UK's Health Secretary Sajid Javid visits King's College Hospital's ICU ward

The transcript discusses the status of COVID-19 patients in intensive care, highlighting that about half are COVID positive, with some having COVID pneumonitis. It mentions the delay in identifying the Omicron variant due to testing time and genotyping. The utility of genotyping data in influencing antiviral therapies is also discussed, though it is noted that it doesn't significantly change treatment outcomes.

What is the delay mentioned in the testing time for COVID-19 patients?

What was the outcome of the patient who had Omicron but died of heart failure?