Captain Sir Tom Moore is admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid as family reveal he has been treated for pneumonia over ‘past few weeks’ By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 17:14 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 17:22 GMT, 31 January 2021 Captain Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital after testing positive … Read more
The Mail on Sunday today launches a major campaign to roll out rapid Covid-19 testing in workplaces across Britain – and help reboot the economy. An investigation by this newspaper found that a string of giant companies had recorded astonishing successes in large-scale trials of regular testing for their employees. John Lewis, Tata Steel, Jaguar … Read more
Coronavirus cases in England have fallen 17 per cent in a week amid brutal lockdown restrictions, official figures reveal. Test and Trace said 274,898 people tested positive for the virus in the week to January 20, the lowest number since before Christmas and the second week in a row a dip has been recorded. It … Read more
For the estimated six million people in Britain who have a needle phobia, it’s the news many have been anxiously waiting for. This month, scientists in the UK will begin testing a vaccine against Covid-19 that can be squirted up the nose rather than injected into muscle, as is the case with most of the vaccines … Read more
Youths torched a Dutch Covid testing centre and an effigy of the Danish Prime Minister was set alight in fiery anti-lockdown protests sweeping across Europe. The testing facility in the village of Urk in the Netherlands went up in flames on Saturday night with its burnt-out shell remaining cordoned off on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, … Read more
‘Completely fearless’ police officer and father-of-two, 40, dies in hospital one month after testing positive for Covid-19 PC Abbasuddin Ahmed, 40, had been serving on Greater Manchester Police He died in hospital on Thursday, only a month after testing positive for Covid-19 PC Ahmed had been working from home in the pandemic ‘to look after his … Read more
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccines yet because they are ‘not in close contact’ with the virus and have PPE Department of Health said they weren’t in ‘close contact’ with the virus It also said they had ‘appropriate PPE’ to protect them from the disease Testing staff lean into cars … Read more
Everyone testing positive for Covid could be given £500 under dramatic plans being considered by ministers. The proposal, which would cost up to £450million a week, is aimed at encouraging more people to undergo swabs and self-isolate to stop the virus spreading. Detailed in an official policy paper, it is said to be the ‘preferred … Read more
Anger as Tory donor’s firm gets £350m coronavirus contract: Healthcare company controlled by Lord Ashcroft is given Covid-19 testing role Deal requires Medacs Healthcase to provide staff for both lab and mobile testing Lucrative contract was awarded without an open competitive tender process Lord Ashcroft’s involvement fuels controversy over the so-called ‘chumocracy’ By David Rose … Read more
Robbie Williams is reportedly self-isolating in a luxurious £15,000-a-night six-bedroom villa in St. Barts after testing positive for COVID-19. The singer, 46, is holed up with wife Ayda Field, 41, and their four children Teddy, seven, Coco, 23 months, and sons Charlton, five, and Beau, six months, at the lavish property that also boasts its … Read more