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UK to Stop Publishing COVID-19 Projections

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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said it will stop publishing modelled projections of COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths as the publication is “no longer necessary.”
In its latest publication of the data on Friday, the UKHSA Epidemiology Modelling Review Group (EMRG) said the next publication of its medium-term projections for COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths, which is scheduled on Jan. 6, will be the end of the bi-weekly publication.
The EMRG’s projection, which covers England, Wales, and Scotland, combines a number of individual projections produced by different modelling groups.
The EMRG said all UKHSA data publications will be kept under constant review. It also said the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will continue the publication of  COVID-19 incidence data in its coronavirus (COVID-19) infection survey….