BREAKING NEWS: Liverpool’s FA Cup tie at Aston Villa in doubt as hosts are forced to shut their training ground after a ‘significant’ Covid outbreak with ‘a large number of first team players and staff’ testing positive By Tom Collomosse For Mailonline Published: 14:45 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 15:30 GMT, 7 January 2021 … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks are spiralling fastest in former Tier One areas and the North of England, official data has revealed. Of the ten councils registering the biggest surges in Covid infections in the most recent fortnight, eight were in the North of England — including three in Cumbria and three in Liverpool. The remaining two were … Read more
One of America’s most senior government officials says the most ‘credible’ theory about the origin of coronavirus is that it escaped from a laboratory in China. Matthew Pottinger, who is President Donald Trump‘s respected Deputy National Security Adviser, told politicians from around the world that even China’s leaders now openly admit their previous claims that … Read more
A cull of 127,000 ducks has begun in a desperate bid to stop the UK’s latest outbreak of deadly bird flu from spreading. The highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of Avian Influenza has infected a flock being reared for Britain’s largest duck producer Gressingham Foods at Ickburgh, near Thetford, Norfolk. The birds on the farm, and … Read more
A Chinese citizen journalist who was arrested after ‘reporting the truth’ about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan was today jailed for four years. Zhang Zhan, 37, has been found guilty of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ for her criticism of the Wuhan government’s handling of the crisis at the peak of the outbreak. Ms Zhang – … Read more
Visit from Covid-infected Santa to care home in Belgium kills 18 residents after 121 fell ill in outbreak Santa was welcomed into care home of 150 residents in town of Mol, Antwerp Three days after he tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears at the care home Santa is said to be filled with remorse, mayor calls … Read more
Britain’s biggest coronavirus testing lab is hit by Covid outbreak after worker at Milton Keynes site that is targeted to process 70,000 tests a day claimed safety rules had been broken Milton Keynes Lighthouse Laboratory has seen an outbreak of Covid-19 in staff Three of its four scientific teams are isolating and other staff also … Read more
Coronavirus outbreak on submarine-hunting Royal Navy warship with 184 crew aboard forces it to return to port over Christmas HMS Northumberland, a Type 23 Frigate, was due to patrol UK waters this week The vessel, which has a crew of 185, was forced to return to Devonport Several members of crew have reported Covid-19 symptoms … Read more
The Masked Singer is returning to Sydney after production of its most recent season was the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:51 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 00:56 GMT, 23 December 2020 The most recent season of The Masked Singer Australia was rudely interrupted … Read more
Britain’s Covid outbreak continues to worsen with another 33,364 cases as officials record 215 more deaths Data shows daily infections have risen 64.7% in a week, with today’s figure up from the 20,263 last Monday Deaths are still stable, however, with today’s fatality count being 7.3 per cent down on last week’s 232 It comes … Read more