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Wearing two face masks could slow down the spread of coronavirus even more than just one, Dr Anthony Fauci has claimed – but experts say there isn’t enough proof. Dr Fauci — the US Government’s top infectious diseases expert — said it was ‘common sense’ that double-masking would be more effective. He added it was … Read more
Rishi Sunak was today warned that hiking taxes too early risks wrecking the fledgling economic recovery as a think-tank said the UK faces the biggest hit in the G7 The respected NIESR urged the Chancellor to be cautious in his Budget next month, despite hints that he intends to start repairing the battered public finances. … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen has taken a barbed swipe at Boris Johnson over his ‘space race’ approach to vaccines as she faces a huge backlash over the EU shambles. The European Commission president complained that some countries saw the drive to inoculate populations as a Cold War style ‘confrontation’. The comments, as she addressed students attending … Read more
Britain is at the ‘forefront’ of developing vaccines to fight new Covid variants by ‘second guessing’ future mutations, the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce boss says, amid plans to offer jabs to all adults by May – not just the over-50s. Clive Dix told BBC Radio 4’s Today it was ‘absolutely’ possible to produce a vaccine that … Read more
Tragically, the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates, per capita, of any country in the world (only Belgium and Slovenia are worse). But although the British Government can be criticised for a lot that went wrong, one thing it got absolutely right was the vaccine programme. Just before I sat down to … Read more
Tragically, the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates, per capita, of any country in the world (only Belgium and Slovenia are worse). But although the British Government can be criticised for a lot that went wrong, one thing it got absolutely right was the vaccine programme. Just before I sat down to … Read more
Almost all adults in Britain could receive their first vaccine dose by the end of May, a Downing Street official has suggested in a leaked letter to Boris Johnson. No10 adviser Samuel Kasumu appeared to inadvertently reveal a private target to jab nearly every over-18 by summer in his resignation statement today. The letter, which was later … Read more
The 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants could be scrapped as Boris Johnson seeks to simplify coronavirus restrictions. As lockdown is eased, ministers are looking to make the rules easier to follow for both businesses and the public. The Prime Minister wants to remove the requirement on pubs to serve a ‘substantial meal’ alongside alcoholic … Read more
Could THIS be one of Britain’s quarantine hotels? West London three-star offers government its rooms for traveller forced to spend 10 days in isolation Government is in the process of reserving thousands of rooms for passengers St Giles Hotel’s site near Heathrow could be among those chosen to host people Chief executive Abigail Tan said … Read more
UK Government is ‘working on vaccine passports’ for British people to go on summer holidays amid signs Greece will drop quarantine rules for those who can prove they’ve had jab Ministers working on different options for vaccine passport to open up holidays Greece said to be preparing to waive quarantine for people who have had … Read more