More than one hundred outbreaks of coronavirus are ‘swiftly and silently’ being dealt with every week across the UK, said the Health Secretary. Matt Hancock revealed how flare-ups in schools, businesses and pubs across the country are consistently being handled with ‘local actions’, just nine days after many businesses reopened. He stated that increased testing, some … Read more
Britain will inevitably suffer ‘big’ Covid-19 outbreaks if people continue to flout social distancing rules, a leading expert claimed today. Dr David Nabarro, a World Health Organization coronavirus expert, conceded that ‘everybody has got to have fun’ after more than 100 days of lockdown. But he warned clusters of the virus will inevitably break out … Read more
Twenty six percent of counties across the United States are now battling uncontrollable coronavirus outbreaks, a data map shows – as the number of infections increased by 40,000 for the third day and forecast models predict at least 150,000 deaths by August. The data map, compiled by spatial analytics company Esri, shows that counties in the … Read more
The EU is currently weighing whether to ban American travelers from entering Europe due to the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. European Union officials are in the process of drafting lists to determine who can enter the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries are faring with their current … Read more
Cold air in slaughterhouses and meat-packing factories could be behind coronavirus outbreaks, suggesting winter could bring a second wave of Covid-19. Scientists say cramped and poorly-ventilated working conditions in the factories — the centre of fresh outbreaks in the UK and Germany — could be to blame because they make social distancing difficult. But experts … Read more
Cold air in slaughterhouses and meat-packing factories could be behind coronavirus outbreaks, scientists say, suggesting winter could bring a second wave of Covid-19. The entire Welsh island of Anglesey faces being quarantined after 158 staff at the 2 Sisters chicken factory tested positive for the virus, leading to the plant being closed and 560 staff … Read more
Health experts and officials have raised fears of spike in coronavirus cases after demonstrators gathered to protest the against police brutality inflicted upon African Americans following the killing of George Floyd. More beaches, churches, schools and businesses have recently reopened worldwide, but civil unrest in the United States over repeated racial injustice is sparking concern … Read more
Monitoring sewage for high concentrations of coronavirus genetic material might help officials predict new outbreaks up to seven days early, new research suggests. Scientists have recently confirmed that while spit and mucus from coughs and sneezes are the main ways that coronavirus is transmitted, humans also ‘shed’ the virus in feces. Yale University scientists have … Read more
The devastating toll of the Government’s ‘disastrous’ policy of encouraging care homes to take patients with coronavirus is revealed today. Grieving relatives told of their ‘agony and anger’ at losing elderly loved ones because of the strategy, which they say ‘abandoned an entire generation.’ Care home managers also complained that they had been ‘pressured’ into … Read more
Healthy Britons have been repeatedly told not to wear face masks during the coronavirus crisis because ‘there is no evidence’ they protect people from infection. But data from counties which enforced mandatory mask-wearing suggests they have helped curb the spread of the virus and keep death rates low. Austria seemingly managed to reverse its crisis … Read more