After throwing its doors open to partygoers over the New Year, Dubai is now facing the economic cost of surging coronavirus cases as flight bans threaten its £23billion tourism sector. Britain last night placed an outright travel ban on the Middle East party haven where the New Year revelry has been blamed for a spike … Read more
An investigation has been launched into reports that some of the laptops handed out to vulnerable children for homeschooling are infected with a virus. Teachers from schools in Bradford, Lincolnshire and Wolverhampton said on an online forum they noticed the issue and believe it contacts Russian servers. One person wrote: ‘Upon unboxing and preparing them … Read more
As deaths from Covid-19 in our hospitals reach a new high, while the country endures a third lockdown in the dispiriting cold and damp of a British winter, we need a boost to our national self-belief. As it happens, there is a genuine reason to feel such positive emotion — and, believe it or not, … Read more
Caprice has revealed that her beloved grandma has died of Covid, saying she will miss her ‘with all my broken heart’. The model, 49, shared several personal snaps to Instagram on Friday as she explained that her family member passed away at the age of 91. As well as paying tribute, the grieving star urged … Read more
Britain could face even more super-infectious coronavirus variants because surging infections across the globe fuel the chances of the pathogen mutating to beat the immune system, scientists say. More than 90million Covid-19 cases have been recorded worldwide since the pandemic began, with numbers surging 33.8 per cent in the last two months alone. And … Read more
Circus veteran Gerry Cottle dies at 75 after catching Covid-19… just a week before he was due to be vaccinated Circuis legend Gerry Cottle has died aged 75 after contracting Covid He died at a Bath hospital just a week before he was due to be vaccinated Mr Cottle found fame in the 1970s when … Read more
Angela Merkel has warned Germany will see ten times as many Covid cases by Easter if they ‘don’t manage to stop this British virus’. The Chancellor told lawmakers in her conservative party that she expects the latest lockdown to last until April to stop the spread of a more-infectious mutant strain that first emerged in the … Read more
Angela Merkel has warned Germany will see ten times as many Covid cases by Easter if they ‘don’t manage to stop this British virus’. The Chancellor told lawmakers in her conservative party that she expects the latest lockdown to last until April to stop the spread of a more-infectious mutant strain that first emerged in the … Read more
Angela Merkel warns Germany that they must ‘stop this BRITISH virus’ or the country ‘will see TEN TIMES as many Covid-19 cases by Easter’ The Chancellor said she expects Germany’s current lockdown to last until April Merkel said she needs up to 10 weeks to control the ‘British virus’ in the country Donald Trump has … Read more
One year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan – 12 months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world. But in the central Chinese city of 11 million where the first known outbreak started, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud … Read more