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New Zealand is placed on high alert as it records three positive Covid tests after 21 consecutive days without any cases Three members South Auckland family tested positive to Covid-19 on Sunday Aucklanders could face lockdown as politicians meet to discuss the new cases The mother is a worker at LSG Sky Chefs, an airport … Read more
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said. The lack of data potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began over a year ago, after it was first detected in China’s Wuhan. The team … Read more
The UK announced another 13,494 coronavirus cases and 678 deaths today as both measures fell by more than a quarter on last Thursday. Department of Health data show that the number of people testing positive for the virus has fallen by more than a third in a week – 35 per cent from 20,634 last … Read more
Last year’s Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans may been responsible for 50,000 cases of the coronavirus, a new study claims. It’s well-known that the 2020 Carnival celebration in Louisiana at end of February made the state one of the earliest U.S. pandemic hotspots. But researchers believe a single person likely brought the virus to the city … Read more
School closures may do little to reduce the spread of coronavirus, a new modeling study suggests. Researchers found that preventing in-person learning only lowered the number of infections among young people by four percent in New York City. By comparison, social distancing of the entire population in public places lowered the number of cases and … Read more
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
Britain’s hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list. Earlier this week, the Government confirmed that all passengers from 33 ‘red list’ countries would have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel from February 15. But … Read more
By Jack Maidment and Jack Elsom for MailOnline Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi today said AstraZeneca is ‘confident’ its jab prevents serious illness caused by the South African coronavirus variant after early data from a small study suggested the vaccine was less effective against the strain. Mr Zahawi said he had spoken to England’s Deputy Chief … Read more
The UK has recorded 18,262 new coronavirus cases – down a fifth in just one week. In a triumphant sign that the UK’s third national lockdown has slowed the spread of a highly-infectious Covid-19 variant, today’s daily case total is down 21.5 per cent on the 23,275 seen last Saturday. Britain’s daily death toll has … Read more
Israel’s vaccine ‘magic’ has started working as cases of coronavirus among vulnerable ages have dived since the second Pfizer dose was doled out. But in a blow to Britain’s strategy to leave 12 weeks between doses, the new study warns the first jab isn’t ‘very effective’ in reducing cases. Nearly 40 percent of the population … Read more