The United Kingdom's long-running weekly Covid-19 infection survey is to stop gathering data. It is regarded as the "gold standard" for measuring coronavirus among the general population.
The survey, which is based on a sample of tests from households across the country, will be “paused” from March 31, health officials have said. Any new surveys will be announced “in due course”.
The infection survey has been led by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and has run for nearly three years, during which time it has been the most reliable measure of the prevalence of Covid-19 in the UK. It has provided vital data on levels of infection in all four nations of the country, along with regions and age groups in England, and has allowed successive waves of the virus to be clearly identified and tracked.
