Key workers are to be tested for Covid-19 twice a week in bid to ‘break the chain’ of people passing on the virus without knowing they have it Key workers unable to work from home will be eligible for two Covid tests a week Lateral flow tests will become a key way to avoid current … Read more
No new cases of the South African Covid variant have been spotted in Britain over the past fortnight, in a glimmer of hope that the highly-contagious mutation has not yet taken root in the country. Two infections with the mutant form of Covid had been identified on British soil by December 23, Health Secretary Matt … Read more
Pregnant women who catch Covid may pass on the virus to their babies as some infants test positive within hours of birth, study shows Some babies develop COVID-19 within hours of their birth, according to study Five out of 139 newborns from infected mothers were diagnosed within hours Confirming Covid-19 transmission from mother to newborn … Read more
Since the 1870s, when Britain stopped sending children up chimneys, this country has upheld its commitment to the care of the young. As of Monday, when it was announced that all schools would have to close until mid-February at the earliest, that principle is now in question. It is clear to me, and to other … Read more
A SAGE adviser today hinted a third national lockdown including mass school closures may be required to suppress Covid as he insisted ‘keeping people apart’ stops the virus from spreading. Professor Sir Mark Walport claimed the ‘mutant’ strain of coronavirus was transmitting rapidly among children, with those aged between 12 and 16 seven times more … Read more
A gravely-ill couple who have been together for 55 years were home in time to see in the New Year – after beating Covid while side-by-side in intensive care. Lin Attew, 76, was rushed into intensive care the day after her husband Dave, 75, and was placed in a bed next to him at Warrington … Read more
For the second consecutive day, the United States has set a record-high number of coronavirus deaths. On Thursday, the country reported 3,744 fatalities due to COVID-19, data from Johns Hopkins University shows. This breaks the previous record set on Wednesday of 3,725 and brings the total number of deaths to 342,414. The figure also marks … Read more
Russia ‘is researching how to weaponise deadly Ebola virus as part of a catastrophic doomsday project’, experts fear Unit of the FSB spy agency is believed to be researching Ebola and Marburg virus Diseases lead to organ failure and internal bleeding and have caused outbreaks Ex-intelligence insider fears Moscow could be going beyond studying diseases … Read more
The coronavirus vaccine programme must be speeded up, politicians and business leaders said on Wednesday night. Jeremy Hunt led calls to accelerate the roll-out as the pandemic tightened its grip with a fast-spreading new variant. ‘Time is against us with this new strain so we now need a great national effort to turbocharge the vaccination … Read more
All-clear for Covid-19 tests at home: Tens of millions of 30-minute virus swabs are set to be sent out… but you can only use them to confirm you need to isolate – NOT to make decisions on whether to mix with family and friends Rapid Covid test cleared for use at home – but with … Read more