London’s Covid-19 spike and TfL's travel risk u-turn

<p>London’s number of Covid cases diagnosed have risen by nearly a third...so what has happened, and how worried should we be, particularly when using public transport?</p><p>The Standard’s reports on Friday that data suggests one in 19 people have coronavirus symptoms, and this comes as the spring boosters are being rolled out.</p><p>Professor Tim Spector, the King’s College London scientist behind the Zoe Covid tracker app, warns “there has never been a riskier time to travel” in London.</p><p>City Hall statistics gathered from the NHS show there were 58,092 confirmed cases in London in the week to March 18 – up 28 per cent on the 45,211 in the previous week.</p><p>The Leader’s joined by the Standard’s Health and City Hall Editor, Ross Lydall, who has been <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-covid-cases-rise-professor-tim-spector-zoe-app-tfl-tube-travel-risk-b990426.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">investigating the latest developments.</a></p><p>Ross discusses the current infection and hospitalisation rates, and reveals how Transport for London bosses performed a u-turn over their Covid public health messaging on travel risk.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>