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30% of Omicron cases in England are reinfections

By Nidz Godino

"We observed unprecedented levels of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in England in January 2022 and almost complete replacement of Delta by Omicron," Imperial College London report said nearly two-thirds of people in England who tested positive for Covid-19 in January previously had  virus or suspected they had it, a large long-running infection survey revealed .

The finding, in the latest report on coronavirus transmission by Imperial College London, is seen as further evidence of  Omicron variant's ability to dodge immune systems of those previously infected with  virus.

As part of its regular assessment, Imperial received around 100,000 valid swap tests self-administered by  random sample of people across England between January 5 and 20,2022.

Approximately 4,000 showed  positive result, and nearly 3,600 of those individuals specified whether or not they had Covid before.

Around 65 percent of those respondents had previously tested positive, while  further 7.5 percent said they suspected they had caught the virus previously but had not received confirmatory test.However Paul Elliott, who directs the Imperial study, noted not all these cases could be confirmed as reinfections because some could be residual illness, meaning a person had tested positive twice for the same infection.

But the numbers reporting reinfections in the study are markedly higher than those published by UK Health Security Agency, a public health protection body.

Its latest figures show 11 percent of all English cases were reinfections.

The UKHSA  would begin including reinfections data on government's rolling coronavirus data dashboard from the end of the month.

A reinfection is defined as person testing positive twice at least 90 days apart.

The Imperial survey also confirmed Omicron, which has swept  UK since late November, is now responsible for nearly all new infections in England.

Positive cases among its randomly selected sample were three times higher in  January sampling period than  previous month, it found.

The  study detected  prevalence of  virus among adults was starting to decline.

England on Thursday will lift the last of various virus curbs reimposed last month as Omicron surged nationwide, including  requirement to wear masks in most settings.

A so-called Covid pass system for nightclubs will also be scrapped, as  country returns to its lowest level of restrictions of any stage of the pandemic.

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