Marc Chadeau-Hyam, David Tang, Oliver Eales, Barbara Bodinier, Haowei Wang, Jakob Jonnerby, Matthew Whitaker, Joshua Elliott, David Haw, Caroline E Walters, Christina Atchison, Peter J Diggle, Andrew J Page, Deborah Ashby, Wendy Barclay, Graham Taylor, Graham Cooke, Helen Ward, Ara Darzi, Christl A Donnelly, Paul Elliott
Background: The Omicron wave of COVID-19 in England peaked in January 2022 resulting from the rapid transmission of the Omicron BA.1 variant. We investigate the spread and dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the population of England during February 2022, by region, age and main SARS-CoV-2 sub-lineage. Methods: In the REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study we obtained data from a random sample of 94,950 participants with valid throat and nose swab results by RT-PCR during round 18 (8 February to 1 March 2022)...
October 2022: The Lancet regional health. Europe