Is England’s Covid-19 outbreak finally shrinking for good? ONS estimates 2,400 people are catching the virus each day – down 37% in a week as symptom-tracking app names three new hotspots Office for National Statistics thinks 2,400 people contracting disease every day, down from 3,800 last week Statisticians at the Government-run agency say upward trajectory in … Read more
Younger people should not feel ‘invincible’ as draconian coronavirus restrictions are lifted, a World Health Organization official has said. Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, admitted he was ‘very concerned’ that under-24s are regularly appearing among new cases. And he warned low risk does not mean no risk, saying the disease ‘may stick … Read more
How Covid-19 helped the British corner shop: Convenience stores see growth DOUBLE compared to 2019 as customers rush to support local businesses Convenience store market is set to reach an estimated £47.5 billion in 2020 Sales are up eight per cent, compared to the three per cent achieved last year Quarter of Britons say they shop … Read more
Mel Gibson, 64, packs on the PDA with girlfriend Rosalind Ross, 30, during a stroll in Malibu… four months after being hospitalized with COVID-19 By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 23:44 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 01:06 BST, 21 August 2020 He spent a week in the hospital in April after testing positive for … Read more
This year’s season of The Block is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic so far. But instead of feuds between the teams, contestants Sarah and George Bragias told The Daily Telegraph the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to ‘get along’. ‘This season has COVID, which makes it so dramatic, but all the teams banded … Read more
Rapid pregnancy-style tests for Covid-19 could be approved within weeks, according to a leading scientist. Sir John Bell, an Oxford University scientist and key Government adviser, said the cheap devices were currently being assessed by scientists at Public Health England. He claimed they could be sold on Amazon or Boots for as little as £5 … Read more
A landscape photographer whose work was cancelled during lockdown used the time to self-publish a book of his favourite images to inspire others. Thomas Heaton, 36, released a tome containing 53 incredible pictures he’d taken, from images of majestic mountains to photos of epic waterfalls, showing his journey as a photographer over the past five … Read more
A record-breaking number of NHS staff were off sick during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, official figures show. NHS Digital statistics released today revealed 6.2 per cent of health service staff in England were absent on any given day in April, on average. At that point hospitals were battling an extraordinary influx of Covid-19 … Read more
University of Oxford Oxford University academics began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in January. It is now named AZD1222, after the researchers signed a manufacturing partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Human trials started on April 23 and they are now in the final phase, with trials being carried out in the UK, Brazil and South … Read more
Eat an orange each day and count your blessings: 107-year-old Angela — Britain’s oldest Covid-19 survivor — reveals her secrets for a long life Angela Hutor lived through both World Wards and five respiratory pandemics She almost died from coronavirus in April but managed to pull through Mrs Hutor urges everyone to ‘keep calm’ like … Read more