Covid UK: Mother and daughter die after 11 family members who met up at Christmas tested positive

A mother and daughter both died within a month of each other after 11 members of the same family all tested positive for Covid-19 after gathering on Christmas Day.   Heartbroken family said Kashmir Bains, 64, and her 43-year-old daughter Paramjeet, of Wolverhampton, fell ill after testing positive for the virus. The daughter, who had Down’s syndrome … Read more

Garth Brooks says wife Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for coronavirus as he’s tested negative

Garth Brooks says his wife Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for coronavirus … as he’s tested negative Singer and team addressed Yearwood’s health in a statement on Facebook  He says Yearwood is ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ in her health battle  Yearwood is ‘dealing with symptoms’ of COVID-19, Brooks’ team says  By Dailymail.com … Read more

More than three million American children have tested positive for COVID-19

At least 3.03 million children in the U.S. tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic took holds in he county last year, a new report finds. In the past week  nearly 100,000 kids were newly diagnosed with COVID-19, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revealed. Pediatric cases make up 13 percent of all infections in the US, which … Read more

One in FIVE people in England tested positive for Covid antibodies at the start of February

Nearly one in five adults in England – the equivalent of 8.3million people – had coronavirus antibodies at the beginning of February, a major surveillance study revealed today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) took blood samples from 30,000 over-16s across the country and found 18.5 per cent tested positive for antibodies, up from 10 per … Read more

Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and ‘even newborns and pregnant women’

Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and ‘even newborns and pregnant women’ as trials are expanded AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials Fellow vaccine maker Janssen said it is looking into testing on newborn babies AstraZeneca said a trial will begin this month on 300 volunteers … Read more

Oxford Covid vaccine will be tested on children as young as six in world-first trial 

Oxford Covid vaccine will be tested on children as young as six in world-first trial Scientists want to see if jab will produce a strong immune response in children The first vaccinations under the clinical trial will take place later this month Up to 240 will receive the vaccine with others receiving a control meningitis … Read more

An extra 10,000 people will be tested for Covid in Manchester after four cases of new Kent strain

Thousands more people in Manchester will be tested for coronavirus after four new cases of the Kent variant were detected there. Some 10,000 extra tests will be rolled out in the region from Tuesday, after four people from two unconnected households were found to be infected with the mutation, Manchester City Council has said. This … Read more

Pregnant Covid conspiracy theorist, 28, admits virus is ‘real’ after she tested positive

Pregnant Covid conspiracy theorist, 28, admits virus IS ‘real’ after she tests positive and is left struggling to breathe Tori Howell adamantly believed pandemic was a hoax before getting symptoms She then tested positive and is now at home struggling to breathe due to virus Said: ‘I read so many things online about it and thought … Read more

Rufus Hound is AXED from Dancing On Ice after the comedian tested positive for Covid-19 twice

‘They can be truly proud of their achievements’ Rufus Hound and partner Robin Johnstone are AXED from Dancing On Ice after the comedian tested positive for Covid-19 twice By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 21:59 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 3 February 2021 Rufus Hound will play no further part in the … Read more

Study finds 10% of Marine recruits who tested positive for COVID before basic training did so again

Getting reinfected with the novel coronavirus may not be as rare as previously believed, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among young Marine Corps recruits who had previously tested positive, more than 10 percent had a second positive test during a six-week follow-up. What’s more, the group that became infected again had lower antibody … Read more