Study estimates 67% of cases between December and February were linked to UK variant

About two-thirds of all U.S. coronavirus cases identified over the past three months may be linked to the variant first identified in the UK, a new study suggests. There are at least 11,569 cases of the strain, known as B 1.1.7, in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  But … Read more

Covid UK: One in 25 people hospitalised since December WERE vaccinated, says SAGE

One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found.  Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca‘s jab.   The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more

One in 25 people hospitalised with Covid since December WERE vaccinated

One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found.  Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca‘s jab.   The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more

Kate Garraway’s Covid stricken husband Derek Draper may remain in hospital until December 2021

Kate Garraway‘s husband Derek Draper may remain in hospital until December as his slow recovery from Covid was documented on her documentary Finding Derek. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, filmed every step of Derek’s year long battle with COVID-19 following his hospitalisation with the respiratory illness in March 2020 with the fly-on-the-wall programme aired on … Read more

How badly was YOUR NHS hospital hit in December?

Exactly how badly Covid ravaged the NHS during December was laid bare today by an interactive tool that tells you how your hospital fared before the second wave even peaked. MailOnline’s analysis of the most up-to-date monthly NHS statistics has uncovered the huge blow dealt to cancer services and other routine treatments by the surge … Read more

Nursing home COVID deaths have plunged 75% since December as new cases fell by 90%

One of the earliest coronavirus pandemic hotspots is seeing a rapid decline in cases and deaths that far [outpaces[ the U.S.: nursing homes. Between late December and mid February, weekly infections among residents fell by nearly 90 percent – xx the rate as seen in the general population, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of federal … Read more

Engine on Boeing 777 flight failed over Japan in December [Video]

A passenger has re-shared footage of the moment the engine of a Boeing 777 blew just moments after take-off in Japan back in December – in eerily similar circumstances to a frightening mid-air engine explosion in Denver on Saturday. The footage captured by Naru Kurokawa, 40, has resurfaced amid calls from Boeing to ground its … Read more

Petrol prices have risen 7.5p-a-litre since end of December

Motorists will be in for a shock once lockdown eases and they can travel, as the price of petrol and diesel has likely jumped since the last time they visited a filling station. Analysis of national prices show that unleaded now costs almost 122p-a-lite on average in the UK, which is the highest it has … Read more

Pfizer has not delivered ten million vaccine jabs to the EU that were due in December

Pfizer has not delivered ten million vaccine jabs to the EU that were due in December in latest blow to the bloc following AstraZeneca row with UK Pfizer has not delivered 10 million vaccine doses to the EU due back in December So far the EU has received around 28 million two-dose vaccines from Pfizer … Read more

Controversial Strictly star Seann Walsh ‘has been claiming furlough payments since December’

Controversial Strictly star Seann Walsh ‘has been claiming furlough payments since December after comedy gigs dried up amid the pandemic’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 01:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 02:02 GMT, 18 February 2021 Comedian and controversial former-Strictly contestant Seann Walsh has reportedly been claiming furlough payments since December amid the … Read more