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With Christmas approaching, I couldn’t help wondering how The Nativity might have turned out if coronavirus had been around back then. The Bible would probably have recorded it something like this… And lo, Caesar Borisius decreed that a mass vaccination for the pestilence which is called Co-Vid should take place among all the citizenry of … Read more
Wuhan in China – Coronavirus Ground Zero – is learning how to party again almost year after millions were locked down at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nightlife in the Wuhan is back in full swing almost seven months after the city lifted its stringent lockdown and the city’s young partygoers are embracing the … Read more
Hopes that some regions might be moved out of the highest coronavirus tiers ahead of Christmas look set to be dashed today. The overwhelming majority of areas are expected to remain in their current level of restrictions when the results of the first review are announced. Despite hopes that some places such as Leeds and … Read more
Heartbreak for relatives as care homes hit by coronavirus outbreaks are being locked down for MONTHS at a time National guidance means entire homes have to be closed to visitors for 28 days Care homes in England hit by successive outbreaks have been shut for months Managers are confining residents to their rooms for the … Read more
The parents of up to 200,000 disabled children who need to go to court to access locked Child Trust Fund savings may no longer have to pay fees in order to do so, in a partial victory for campaigners. Families can ask for the Government to waive or refund Court of Protection fees of hundreds … Read more
Almost the entire nation is set to be banned from socialising indoors until Easter, officials admitted last night. The senior sources said it was ‘unrealistic’ to expect areas under the toughest curbs – Tiers Two and Three – to move down to Tier One before spring. Under a ‘virtual lockdown’ revealed on Thursday, 99 per … Read more
Kim Jong Un has had two people executed and locked dow Pyongyang as he tries to tackle coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea claims. The panicked North Korean leader has also banned fishing at sea as part of frantic efforts to guard against the virus, South Korea’s spy agency the NIS told leaders today. … Read more
Kent was placed under Tier Three coronavirus restrictions today, prompting fury from rural areas who say they’ve been unfairly locked down by spiralling cases in urban centres. The county has an overall infection rate of 260.6 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending November 20, according to the latest data from the Department of … Read more
Boy, ten, is locked in his cockroach-infested Moscow home alone for eight days with no food or water while his mother visited friends – and is only rescued after neighbors heard his screams Natalya Azarenkova, 31, was arrested after abandoning her son for eight days She left Mikhail in a flat with only dry rice … Read more
Nick Candy and his wife Emily Crompton (pictured) are building a huge £150m estate in a leafy village in Surrey Property tycoon Christian Candy is locked in a planning war with neighbours over the latest stage of his mind-boggling £150m ‘Candyland’ complex. The billionaire faces furious opposition over his plan to build two huge tunnels … Read more