A Tesco worker has died as a supermarket outbreak left '50 staff off work with Covid' Doctors are 'told to throw away extra vaccines rather than give second doses' 41,000 Sun readers sign up for our Jabs Army The US claims it has explosive new evidence that Covid leaked from a lab in China Five million over-70s will begin to get vaccinations next week Today, an expert said England's third national lockdown could drag on for weeks to come - and easing restrictions in February would be a "disaster". … [Read more...] about UK coronavirus deaths rise by 1,295 with fatalities over 1,000 for 5th day in a row and 41,346 more cases
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England’s daily cases and R rate drop AGAIN: UK announces 55,761 more positive tests along with 1,280 deaths as R drops slightly to between 1.1 and 1.3 and symptom-tracking app says infections fell 23% last week to 54,000 a day
'So I think they will meet that target, but they need to go further and faster. Because if we were able to vaccinate just under 30 million people, we would reduce hospitalisations and deaths by 99 per cent, and we should be targeting that now.' … [Read more...] about England’s daily cases and R rate drop AGAIN: UK announces 55,761 more positive tests along with 1,280 deaths as R drops slightly to between 1.1 and 1.3 and symptom-tracking app says infections fell 23% last week to 54,000 a day
Nicholas Lyndhurst says he’s ‘utterly grief stricken’ after his CBBC actor son Archie, 19, is found dead at family home after ‘short illness’
Only Fools and Horses star John Challis, who played 'Boycie' in the show, tweeted: 'The saddest news of all today. The death of Archie Lyndhurst, just starting out on his chosen career in acting. My heart aches for Nick and Lucy. They could not have loved him more.' … [Read more...] about Nicholas Lyndhurst says he’s ‘utterly grief stricken’ after his CBBC actor son Archie, 19, is found dead at family home after ‘short illness’
COVID-19: Second variant from Brazil ‘likely’ already in the UK, SAGE scientist says
The global death toll from COVID-19 has passed two million, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University in the USBoris Johnson said 45% of the over-80s and almost 40% of care home residents have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.Government scientists put the latest reproductive number - the R rate - for the UK at 1.2 to 1.3, for data examined up to 11 JanuaryElsewhere in the UK, toughened lockdown restrictions have come into force in Scotland - with new rules on takeaway food and drink, and the end of non-essential click-and-collect services. … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Second variant from Brazil ‘likely’ already in the UK, SAGE scientist says
Britons ignore Boris Johnson’s plea to ‘stay at home this weekend’ as crowds flock to beauty spots, supermarket shoppers refuse to wear masks and anti-lockdown protesters are arrested
Dr Peter Ingham, a Sutton Coldfield GP and specialist primary care advisor overseeing Birmingham's Millennium Point mass vaccination centre, added: 'We are looking at other sites, I cannot confirm the details of those currently, but we're looking at another three sites for large vaccination centres to open, imminently.' … [Read more...] about Britons ignore Boris Johnson’s plea to ‘stay at home this weekend’ as crowds flock to beauty spots, supermarket shoppers refuse to wear masks and anti-lockdown protesters are arrested
