How to reduce the risk of catching Covid-19 when travelling by car

Experts have revealed their tips for sharing a car or taxi during the coronavirus pandemic, in order to reduce the risk of infection.  Sharing a car with someone who is not from your household or support bubble is not currently permitted under UK government guidelines, but there are exceptions.  If car sharing is undertaken for an … Read more

Chasing whales and catching kingfish – Kenya’s marine life makes for an epic sea safari

Catch of the day: Writer Sadie Whitelocks with a kingfish Sadly, it’s not a whale but there is a frenzy of excitement on the boat as one of our fishing lines pulls tight. A young deckhand wrestles with the line and, with one final tug, a 4 ft-long kingfish flips and flaps on to the … Read more

Covid UK: Circus veteran Gerry Cottle dies at 75 after catching virus

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

Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez meet up in West Hollywood before catching up during a meeting

Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez meet up on the streets of West Hollywood before catching up during a meeting By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 03:56 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 03:57 GMT, 13 January 2021 They are longtime friends and seasoned Hollywood veterans. Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez were spotted meeting in West … Read more

Seven-month-old boy is rushed to hospital ‘struggling to breathe’ after catching Covid

A father has spoken of his terror after his seven-month-old son was rushed into hospital gasping for breath with Covid-19 after catching it from him and his partner. The crisis began between Christmas and New Year when Bonnie Saunders, a nurse at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, developed coronavirus symptoms. She had recently returned to … Read more

Seven-month-old boy is rushed to hospital ‘struggling to breathe’ after catching Covid

A father has spoken of his terror after his seven-month-old son was rushed into hospital gasping for breath with Covid-19 after catching it from him and his partner. The crisis began between Christmas and New Year when Bonnie Saunders, a nurse at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, developed coronavirus symptoms. She had recently returned to … Read more

Catching coronavirus makes you immune to symptomatic reinfection, study claims 

Catching coronavirus DOES make you immune to symptomatic reinfection for at least 6 months, study suggests Researchers scrutinised data from 11,000 healthcare workers in Newcastle  Found nobody who tested positive developed symptoms several months later  Researchers write that previous infection ‘appears to result in protection against symptomatic infection’ By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 13:12 GMT, … Read more

The volunteers who are DELIBERATELY catching Covid

Around 2,500 Britons will deliberately be infected with coronavirus in the world’s first ‘human challenge trials’ which will begin next month in a bid to accelerate research on the pandemic. Alex Greer, 20, is among those who have volunteered to take part in the research, which is due to begin at the Royal Free Hospital in London … Read more

If face masks really stop Covid, then why are so many of us still catching it?

Stifling. Itchy. Dehumanising. Oppressive. Profoundly un-British. Just some of the terms used to describe the experience of mask-wearing. Despite the discomfort, we put up with it for the health of our nation and, so we’re told, to do what we can to bring this nightmare to an end, as soon as possible. And last week, … Read more

Risk of catching coronavirus from a family member you live with is just 16.6%

Risk of catching coronavirus from a family member you live with is just 17% and only one in three people pass it on to their spouse, study finds Researchers analyzed 54 studies with more 77,000 participants reporting household secondary transmission of coronavirus Overall, 16.6% of those infected with COVID-19 passed on the disease to members of … Read more