Mauritius must brace for ‘worst case scenario’ after oil spill

A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must still prepare for ‘a worst case scenario’, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said late yesterday.   Conservationists said they were starting to find dead fish as well as seabirds … Read more

UK’s coronavirus outbreak was even deadlier than SAGE’s ‘worst-case scenario’

UK’s coronavirus outbreak was even deadlier than SAGE’s ‘worst-case scenario’ which predicted 50,000 deaths by September and easing lockdown without robust contact tracing scheme will push R above 1, government papers reveal SAGE estimated 50,000 deaths if lockdown compliance was low, in March report But official death toll already at 44,000 and may have passed … Read more