Election 2020: Countries warn citizens to avoid US as riots feared

Businesses are boarding up across New York City as special police units gear up to tackle looters and rioters and foreign countries are warning the few travelers who are not banned from entering the country to avoid it for fear of civil unrest after the election.    Dozens of retailers in Manhattan, including stores on Fifth … Read more

Second lockdown will spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn

Second lockdown will ‘crucify’ Britain’s travel industry and spark hundreds of thousands of job losses, furious business chiefs warn Association of British Travel Agents said industry will enter ‘complete shutdown’  It is fear some carriers will be forced to ground their fleets and lay off staff  Estimates found that 80% of independent agents will run … Read more

Now 42 mental health experts warn lockdown will trigger spike in suicide, self-harm and alcoholism

Leading mental health experts have warned today that this lockdown will trigger spikes in suicide, self-harm, alcoholism and domestic abuse. In an open letter to the Government, obtained exclusively by the Daily Mail, the 42 signatories said the longer the lockdown lasts, the worse this ‘collateral damage’ will be. Consultant psychologist Dr Keri Nixon, an … Read more

Doctors warn of a high rate of symptom-less COVID-19 infections among grocery store workers

Grocery store workers have a 20-fold higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than the general population, a new study suggests. At one supermarket in Boston, researchers found an infection rate of 20 percent compared to the rate of up to 1.3 percent in the local community. The majority of employees, more than three-quarters, did … Read more

A wildlife catastrophe is imminent unless urgent action is taken warn Rewilding Britain

Restore natural habitats or ‘face wildlife catastrophe’, campaigners warn Experts say global warming means species’ ‘climate zones’ moving north too fast Species like the red squirrel will face population declines warn Rewilding Britain  UK needs ‘natural corridors’ to link up species’ habitats, enabling them to move  By Xantha Leatham For The Daily Mail Published: 00:51 … Read more

Around 1.4% of Covid-19 patients will suffer a stroke, scientists warn

At least one in every 100 Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital will suffer a stroke, according to fresh data. Academics found strokes typically occur a few days after infection and may affect those who never show tell-tale symptoms of the coronavirus in the first place. Those who suffer the life-threatening complication tend to be older, … Read more

SAGE experts warn second wave will be deadlier than the first

Boris Johnson has been warned by his scientific advisers that the UK is facing a second wave of coronavirus even deadlier than the first as they urge the Prime Minister to impose tougher lockdown rules.  The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has presented the PM with projections which suggest the peak of the … Read more

No10’s publicly-available coronavirus statistics are ‘disparate’, top scientists warn

Number 10‘s publicly-available coronavirus statistics are ‘disparate’ and mask the true scale of England’s second wave, top scientists have warned. Researchers from University College London warned there are ‘significant gaps in data quality, consistency and availability’ which make tracking the virus’ trajectory near-impossible. They slammed ministers for cherry-picking figures — which are ‘often from disparate sources … Read more

PM faces North AND South revolt as 54 Red Wall Tory rebels warn over new lockdown measures

Boris Johnson was facing a growing north and south revolt over lockdown today as some of his newest MPs demanded he produce an exit strategy for some of the areas worst hit by the second wave of the pandemic. In the biggest Tory challenge to his leadership since the general election a group of 54 … Read more

Is West Yorkshire next for Tier Three? Council bosses warn tougher restrictions are needed

West Yorkshire may become the next part of England to move into the strictest Tier Three lockdown, with council leaders demanding tougher action to curb spiralling coronavirus cases and hospital admissions. Local officials held crunch talks with senior ministers yesterday to discuss the ‘next steps’ in tackling Covid-19 in West Yorkshire, with further behind-closed-doors meetings … Read more