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President Donald Trump tweeted about a video shot from the White House Rose Garden where he says he has been ‘cured’ by the experimental drug Regeneron – then pitched the medication and promised to make it available to all Americans. The president released the outdoor statement Wednesday evening, after being out of sight for more … Read more
Covid vaccine ‘will be rolled out NEXT MONTH with tens of thousands of Britons getting the jab every day by Christmas’ Tens of thousands could be vaccinated each day according to leaked documents Hundreds of NHS staff deployed in ‘five mass vaccination sites’ across country Plan relies on Oxford University getting successful vaccine trial result this … Read more
A pensioner died of lung cancer after treatment which ‘could have given him a few more years’ was delayed for three months because of coronavirus. Malachy Watkins, 73, from Stevenage, died 12 days ago after his cancer treatment, which should have restarted in March, was delayed for three months. His distraught wife Sheila, 71, told … Read more
World’s first Covid passport will be trialled on flights from Heathrow this week in bid to let passengers travel without risk of quarantine Heathrow test of app to let people travel the globe without quarantine risk United Airlines and Cathay Pacific are trying out CommonPass software The pass works by passengers taking a test at … Read more
University students are throwing ‘Covid positive’ parties as they desperately try to salvage their social lives amid draconian lockdown measures on campuses. Freshers at the University of Manchester and Northumbria University say undergraduates confined to their halls of residence are throwing 24-hour parties as they remain under stringent restrictions. This comes as universities started cancelling face-to-face teaching … Read more
Scotland could close PUBS in lockdown announcement today: Sturgeon will unveil new curbs amid warnings outbreak could peak again in just TWO WEEKS after surge in COVID cases – with fears the rest of the UK will follow soon Nicola Sturgeon announcing new Covid restrictions for Scotland this afternoon First Minister expected to impose restrictions … Read more
Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced strict new restrictions that force non-essential businesses to close, bans religious gatherings of more than 10 people and stops all dining in nine New York City neighborhoods where COVID-19 rates are surging. Set to take effect no later than Friday, the new rules will be imposed in parts of Brooklyn … Read more
A ‘hardworking and generous’ nurse died of cancer, aged 44, after her treatment was delayed due to Covid-19, her friend has claimed. Mother-of-two Anna Fernandez died peacefully at her Solihull home last month after battling colon cancer. The trained nurse was in remission for almost five years, having originally been diagnosed at the age of … Read more
Does that include Santa? Foreign traders will be BANNED from Manchester Christmas Markets under raft of Covid measures for locked-down city, reveal city health chiefs Locked-down Manchester’s world-famous Christmas Markets are ‘under review’ The city’s councillor Pat Karney said foreign market traders would be banned Manchester is England’s Covid capital with infection rate higher than … Read more
Multiple Covid deaths are reported across two Scottish care homes where 82 residents have now tested positive Redmill Care Home in West Lothian and Milford House in Edinburgh are affected Both homes have been closed to visitors and additional testing is in place ONS has reported 15,601 Covid-related deaths in care homes this year But … Read more