Alex Reid has declared himself an ‘anti-masker’ and claims coronavirus can be cured by a ‘positive mindset’. In an extraordinary interview with FUBAR Radio, the former mixed martial artist, 45, admitted he’s ‘not a big buyer’ on the law-enforced measure, despite scientific evidence proving that face coverings may reduce the spread of the deadly virus. The sportsman … Read more
Dr Hans Kluge, the European director of the World Health Organization, urged health authorities to prioritise long Covid patients Healthcare services must make treating long Covid patients a priority, the director of the European arm of the World Health Organization has urged. Dr Hans Kluge warned the condition is ‘real and significant’ and can lead … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer fumed today that it was ‘outrageous’ Test and Trace contractor Serco has restarted dividends after raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash during the pandemic. The outsourcing giant reported a surge in profits in 2020 after being handed £350million in Government Covid contracts. Serco is doing so well that … Read more
The coronavirus alert level was downgraded to level four today amid calling cases – but Boris Johnson again rejected calls to bring forward lockdown easing. The PM denied there was any ‘wiggle room’ to speed up the roadmap and relieve the burden on the economy, despite the shift from the Joint Biosecurity Centre. In a … Read more
Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh Britons from other parts of the UK who holidayed in rural Scotland last year did not cause any coronavirus outbreaks, a top Government scientist claimed today. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious disease expert at Edinburgh University, said that, despite being ‘very busy, … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson over his response to the coronavirus crisis as she appeared to back claims that Scotland had done better than England. Ms Sturgeon tweeted a story published by the Financial Times with the headline ‘Scotland reaps dividend of Covid response that diverged from England’. The Scottish First … Read more
Covid cases in England hit their lowest levels since SEPTEMBER: Test and Trace figures reveal 84,000 infections were recorded last week – down by 44% in a fortnight Just 84,310 people tested positive for the coronavirus across the country over the week ending February 17 This is down 44 per cent in a fortnight and … Read more
How many people have died of Covid in YOUR town? Interactive map reveals 99.5% of all districts in England and Wales have suffered victims – as data shows January was the second deadliest month on record Office for National Statistics data shows 36 out of 7,209 districts had not recorded a single Covid fatality They … Read more
Moderna has become the first vaccine maker to develop a jab that targets the South African coronavirus variant. The Boston-based biotech has already shipped the raw materials to the US National Institutes of Health, which helped the firm study its first jab, to start human trials. Dr Anthony Fauci, the US’ top Covid expert, and his … Read more
Pregnant women who catch coronavirus are not more likely to have a miscarriage or stillbirth or to deliver a baby with a low birth weight, a study has found. The research included 4,004 pregnant women in the UK and US and found Covid did not increase the risk of a pregnancy going wrong. Advice for … Read more