Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot from Seth Rogen set for release in August 2023

Green certainly is his favorite color.  Seth Rogen’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot – in partnership with Nickelodeon – is set to hit theaters on August 11, 2023 as it will be the seventh film in the feature franchise based on the 1984 comic of the same name. The 39-year-old actor took to Twitter to … Read more

India claims it spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that spreads easier and may escape vaccines

India today claimed it has spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that may spread easier and make vaccines less potent.  Government-backed researchers detected the strain in samples taken in the western state of Maharashtra.  They suggested the variant is a hybrid of two different Covid strains — a rare event which occurs when two viruses … Read more

Mutant Covid strains are ‘very unlikely’ to stop UK enjoying a normal summer, expert says

Mutant strains of the coronavirus are ‘very unlikely’ to stop the UK having a normal summer, a top scientist has said. Head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body Professor Sharon Peacock said tweaking vaccines will allow Britain to ‘stay ahead’ of Covid-19. Prof Peacock said she was ‘optimistic’ Britain’s world-leading jab rollout means the … Read more

Brazilian mutant Covid strain arrives in UK

Six cases of the troublesome Brazilian variant of coronavirus which scientists believe is more contagious and responds less well to vaccines been found in Britain, officials announced today.   Three cases of the mutant variant first detected in Manaus in the South American country have been found in Scotland after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil via Paris … Read more

South African mutant Covid strain spreads to Essex as surge testing is launched

The South African mutant Covid strain has spread to Essex and led to surge testing being launched in a new postcode after a single case was found.  Surge testing comprises of increased testing (including door-to-door testing in some areas) and enhanced contact tracing in specific locations across England.  It allows people without any coronavirus symptoms … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

Boris Johnson warns UK can’t ‘shut ourselves off completely’ amid mutant Covid fears

Boris Johnson tonight warned that Britain cannot close its borders completely to prevent mutant coronavirus strains getting in as he revealed details of ‘quarantine hotels’ will finally be announced tomorrow. The PM insisted ‘shutting ourselves off completely’ is not an option because the countries relies heavily on imports of food and medicine. But he said … Read more

French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal 

French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain that left thousands of HGV drivers stranded and sparked chaos at ports cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal Emmanuel Macron ordered closure of the border with the UK on December 20 Thousands of HGV drivers spent Christmas parked in laybys near Port of Dover Freedom of … Read more

British firm creates vaccine aimed at protecting against all mutant strains of Covid

Porton Down scientists are ‘confident’ that all mutant strains of coronavirus can be beaten with vaccines Porton Down scientists increasingly confident vaccines will counter new strains  Research lab says this includes the so-called South African and Kent variants  British firm ConserV Bioscience’s vaccine aims to protect against all strains By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:14 … Read more