Health bosses in Newcastle and Gateshead have warned "we'll need to watch" rates of Covid in children - especially those at primary school - which are still rising, even as rates of Omicron infection across the population begin to fall.
Speaking at a meeting of the Newcastle Gateshead NHS CCG, Andy Graham and Michelle Stamp - public health consultants with Gateshead and Newcastle councils respectively - both shared positive news suggesting we are past the peak of the Omicron Covid-19 wave.
However they also explained there were still considerable numbers of new cases in the under 15s in both areas.
