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Coronavirus cases in England have fallen 17 per cent in a week amid brutal lockdown restrictions, official figures reveal. Test and Trace said 274,898 people tested positive for the virus in the week to January 20, the lowest number since before Christmas and the second week in a row a dip has been recorded. It … Read more
For the estimated six million people in Britain who have a needle phobia, it’s the news many have been anxiously waiting for. This month, scientists in the UK will begin testing a vaccine against Covid-19 that can be squirted up the nose rather than injected into muscle, as is the case with most of the vaccines … Read more
Youths torched a Dutch Covid testing centre and an effigy of the Danish Prime Minister was set alight in fiery anti-lockdown protests sweeping across Europe. The testing facility in the village of Urk in the Netherlands went up in flames on Saturday night with its burnt-out shell remaining cordoned off on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, … Read more
‘Completely fearless’ police officer and father-of-two, 40, dies in hospital one month after testing positive for Covid-19 PC Abbasuddin Ahmed, 40, had been serving on Greater Manchester Police He died in hospital on Thursday, only a month after testing positive for Covid-19 PC Ahmed had been working from home in the pandemic ‘to look after his … Read more
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccines yet because they are ‘not in close contact’ with the virus and have PPE Department of Health said they weren’t in ‘close contact’ with the virus It also said they had ‘appropriate PPE’ to protect them from the disease Testing staff lean into cars … Read more
Everyone testing positive for Covid could be given £500 under dramatic plans being considered by ministers. The proposal, which would cost up to £450million a week, is aimed at encouraging more people to undergo swabs and self-isolate to stop the virus spreading. Detailed in an official policy paper, it is said to be the ‘preferred … Read more
Robbie Williams is reportedly self-isolating in a luxurious £15,000-a-night six-bedroom villa in St. Barts after testing positive for COVID-19. The singer, 46, is holed up with wife Ayda Field, 41, and their four children Teddy, seven, Coco, 23 months, and sons Charlton, five, and Beau, six months, at the lavish property that also boasts its … Read more
Anger as Tory donor’s firm gets £350m coronavirus contract: Healthcare company controlled by Lord Ashcroft is given Covid-19 testing role Deal requires Medacs Healthcase to provide staff for both lab and mobile testing Lucrative contract was awarded without an open competitive tender process Lord Ashcroft’s involvement fuels controversy over the so-called ‘chumocracy’ By David Rose … Read more
Mass testing of whole regions is being considered by No10 to help bring the hated cycle of lockdowns to an end by the spring. Testing could be used to move the worst-hit areas of the UK down the tiers, which could be implemented as the third national shutdown ends. One idea under consideration is to … Read more
Government denies claims its schools testing plans have been thrown into chaos because the medical regulator has refused to green-light using the necessary kits Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ‘would not sign off’ Reportedly objected to the use of rapid 30-minute lateral flow tests for pupils Government has denied the claims and defended its … Read more