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Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 41 per cent in a fortnight. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, with the … Read more
Covid survivors are almost twice as likely to suffer side effects from Pfizer’s vaccine compared to those who have never contracted the virus, data suggests. Figures from a symptom-tracking app show 33 per cent of people who had already been struck down the virus endured at least one mild side effect — such as fatigue … Read more
The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab. Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more
Why Britain is NOT the sick man of Europe: New data shows UK economy has fared better through the pandemic than initially thought By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 1 February 2021 Throughout the pandemic, the UK has been mocked as the sick man … Read more
Israel’s world-leading vaccination drive has come under fire over a ‘data-for-doses’ deal struck with Pfizer in which the country pledged to share medical information with the pharma giant. The Israeli health ministry has agreed to hand over data about vaccinations among different population groups to help assess how quickly herd immunity is achieved. In return, … Read more
Vaccination is already easing the UK’s Covid-19 pandemic and is definitely reducing cases, early data has shown. Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said preliminary research suggested the first dose of the vaccine is helping to protect young adults and over-80s. He added that the data, … Read more
All but five local authorities in England saw coronavirus infections fall last week, official data shows in the clearest sign yet that cases are trending downwards across the country during lockdown. Public Health England figures published today reveal 144 out of 149 areas (97 per cent) recorded a drop in weekly positive tests in the … Read more
Trials of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid vaccine could produce results next WEEK adding a fourth approved jab to Britain’s arsenal with 30million doses on order UK has deal for 30million doses, with the option of ordering 22million more Government scientists believe it will be rolled out in Britain starting mid-Feb Uses same technology as … Read more
The head of the UK’s data privacy watchdog has told MPs she can see the benefit of Covid-19 immunity passports, but warned they could pose data privacy risks and create a ‘two-tier’ society based on who has had the jab. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MPs such a system would raise concerns about how health … Read more
A flaw was identified in the popular video-sharing app TikTok that would have let hackers scrape personal information from users’ accounts, according security researchers at Check Point. Such details included phone numbers, nicknames, profile and avatar pictures, unique user IDs, as well as certain profile settings. The vulnerability, found in TikTok’s ‘Find Friends’ feature, have … Read more