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One year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan – 12 months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world. But in the central Chinese city of 11 million where the first known outbreak started, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud … Read more
Vehicle safety experts have named the five best new cars to hit the market in the last 12 months based on their crash test performance in Europe’s stringent assessments. The models have been flagged by UK automotive research centre, Thatcham Research, as part of the forthcoming What Car? Car of the Year 2021 awards later … Read more
A leading aviation group has revealed the world’s 20 safest airlines for 2021 – and it’s Qantas that’s No1 again. The ranking has been drawn up by Australia-based AirlineRatings.com, which monitors 385 carriers and takes into account audits from aviation governing bodies, government audits, airlines’ crash and serious incident records, fleet age and pilot training … Read more
Schools are some of ‘the safest places places’ children can be, CDC director says as he calls shutting down in-person learning an ’emotional response’ to surging COVID-19 cases CDC director Dr Robert Redfield urged U.S. schools to stay open during a Thursday White House coronavirus task force briefing He called schools among ‘the safest places’ … Read more
Schoolkids hiding in the back corner of the classroom are sat in the SAFEST part of the room, study claims US study looked at the spread of coronavirus particles in classrooms Found opening windows removes 70% of all particles smaller than one micron Air conditioning removes half of particles released during exhalation and talking Authors … Read more
Britain has the second SAFEST roads in Europe behind Sweden based on traffic deaths per population, new data shows There are 28 deaths on the road per million people in Britain each year Only Sweden has fewer, with the ACEA saying there are 25 fatalities The average across EU nations is 49, with eastern Europe … Read more
A traffic light system showing the safest holiday destinations is set to be introduced so families can book summer getaways – as ministers agree to open air corridors for dozens of countries. The partial dismantling of Priti Patel’s quarantine scheme means UK holidaymakers will be able to return home without having to self-isolate for 14 … Read more
Regular six-week lockdowns could be the way to defeat the coronavirus, according to Cambridge University scientists. Researchers have suggested that alternating between 50 days of strict lockdown and 30 days of more relaxed social distancing could be the safest way forward. Under such a scenario an epidemic could last a year and a half, they … Read more
Which dividends look safest from the coronavirus crisis? City analyst runs the rule over 15 that are likely to survive City firm usually assesses dividends that look shaky – but is too spoilt for choice So it has turned its attention to which dividends look more solid in current crisis Canaccord also looks at which … Read more
With at least 164 countries around the world battling coronavirus, there seems to be only one place that has not been infected –the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has a strategy in place to prevent astronauts from carrying potentially dangerous viruses and pathogens to the ISS known as ‘health stabilization.’ Crews heading to the ISS … Read more