R range and growth rate, which during the height of the pandemic was published weekly in England, deemed ‘no longer necessary’
The UKHSA said the data was not necessary as, thanks to vaccines and therapeutics, the country is living with Covid.The UKHSA said the data was not necessary as, thanks to vaccines and therapeutics, the country is living with Covid.Security Agency will stop publishing modelling data on coronavirus in early January.
The R range and growth rate for England had been published weekly during the height of the pandemic, and fortnightly since April this year. It was first published in May 2020 for all of the UK, until April 2021 when it was published for England only. The UKHSA Epidemiology Modelling Review Group said that, following a detailed review, the next publication of its consensus statement on Covid-19 on 6 January “will be the last”.
Watkins, chairman of the EMRG, said: “During the pandemic, the R value and growth rate served as a useful and simple indicator to inform public health action and government decisions.
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