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For the first time this year, no state in the country saw an average of more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, it was reported on Tuesday, in the latest encouraging sign in pandemic progress. The COVID Tracking Project found that every single state is showing a decline in numbers compared to January. … Read more
Britain could ease lockdown sooner if No10 was really following the data, a top Sage expert has claimed. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious diseases expert, told a parliamentary committee today that the data was pointing to an ‘earlier unlocking’. ‘I completely agree that we don’t want to be overly focused on dates, not at all. … 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
Both Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc say they expect to have data on how well their coronavirus vaccines work in teenagers later this year. Currently, immunizations against COVID-19 are only recommended in Americans aged 16 and up for Pfizer and ages 18 and up for Moderna. However, Pfizer says it has completed enrollment of 2,259 … Read more
Israel´s swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine. Results are trickling in, and they are promising. More than half of eligible Israelis – about 3.5 million people – have now been fully or partially vaccinated. Older and at-risk groups, the first to be inoculated, are seeing a … Read more
The Eat Out To Help Out scheme boosted visits to retail venues by just six per cent on the days the discounts were offered, a study suggests. Rishi Sunak’s meal deal saw footfall increase by 5.7 per cent in cafes and restaurants but had no impact on the days it was not running, economists found. … Read more
The Pfizer and Oxford jabs provide two-thirds protection against Covid after just one injection, new data is set to reveal. The Pfizer vaccine starts to immunise in as little as two weeks and is just as effective in the elderly as it is in the young, official findings will reveal in the coming days according … Read more
Save your unused mobile data in a ‘piggybank’ and gift it to family or friends who need it more By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 9 February 2021 Sky Mobile customers can now share spare internet data with family and friends who need it … Read more
More than half of local authorities in England and Wales were hit harder by the pandemic in January than at the peak of the first wave, official figures reveal. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 54 per cent – 182 out of 336 – registered more deaths from Covid in the first four weeks … Read more
Real life data shows the vaccine IS saving lives in the UK: Real-world data shows inoculations ARE reducing infections and deaths, top advisor reveals Data set to be published by Public Health England ‘justifies’ delay of second jab Those already given the injection are experiencing high levels of protection Professor hails results, calling the scheme’s … Read more