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Patrick Dempsey’s CBS pilot Ways & Means ‘scrapped’ after ‘script supervisor tests positive’ for COVID By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 17:25 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 17:25 GMT, 17 February 2021 Emmy nominee Patrick Dempsey’s CBS political drama pilot Ways & Means has allegedly been ‘scrapped’ after the ‘script supervisor tested positive’ for … Read more
The ancestor of the coronavirus could have been lurking in animals for millions of years before it jumped to humans, a virologist has claimed. The coronavirus, known scientifically as SARS-CoV-2, became able to infect humans when it mutated while inside an animal and then jumped across species. This happened for the first time last year in … Read more
Three genes inherited from Neanderthals slash the risk of severe Covid-19 by 22 per cent, a new study has revealed. The genes sit next to each other on chromosome 12, and this large chunk of genetic material includes 75,000 individual pieces of DNA. Researchers compared the DNA of 2,200 Covid-19 patients from around the world … Read more
Britain today confirmed 12,718 new coronavirus cases and 738 deaths amid signs that the country’s outbreak may have stopped shrinking, with the symptom-tracking study suggesting infections are now rising in parts of the UK. The unofficial ZOE and King’s College app suggests the number of people reporting symptoms of Covid-19 has started rising again in … Read more
Britons hoping for a staycation in the summer have been given fresh hope after a SAGE expert claimed today there has never been a Covid-19 outbreak linked to a beach. Images of crowded beaches across the UK drew outrage last summer as people flocked to Britain’s coastlines amid uncertainty about foreign travel. Police were forced … Read more
New Covid vaccines could be made in just 40 days if they were needed to tackle mutated versions of the virus, the UK’s taskforce chief has said. Dr Clive Dix, who took over from Kate Bingham as head of the UK’s vaccine squad, said it would take a maximum of 60 days to get new … Read more
What are the rules for entering Britain? You cannot enter the UK if you’ve been in or through a country on the banned travel list (known as the ‘red list’) in the last 10 days, unless you’re British, Irish or you have the right to live in the UK You must either quarantine where you’re … Read more
A hybrid version of the coronavirus has surfaced in California after the UK’s Kent variant and a strain found in the US merged together inside an infected person. The variant, which has not yet been named, has been spotted once in California but scientists say there are likely to be more cases. It has not … Read more
More than 40 per cent of over-80s in England now have Covid antibodies thanks to the vaccine roll-out, official figures have revealed. Office for National Statistics data shows the elderly population — who were prioritised for the jab — are rapidly building up immunity against the killer infection. The number of over-80s testing positive for … Read more
Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor revealed she has received the coronavirus vaccine and voiced her gratitude to NHS staff for their hard work. The actress, 57, has praised the health service for everything they do after she underwent the first of her two COVID-19 jabs on Tuesday. Sally, who has played Sally Metcalfe on the … Read more