Matt Hancock today warned people to ‘be careful’ when hugging others on Monday, as England prepares to finally unlock from Covid lockdown. Theatres, cinemas and art galleries will be allowed to open across the country for the first time this year when more lockdown measures are eased tomorrow. Restaurants and pubs will also be able … Read more
Those aged over 35 will be invited to get their Covid-19 jabs this week amid fears over the Indian variant, the Health Secretary said. Matt Hancock announced that those in the younger age bracket will be able to start booking their jab within days as Britain steps up its vaccine drive. He told the BBC: … Read more
The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more
The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
Covid jabs have saved almost 12,000 lives and prevented 33,000 hospitalisations, figures revealed yesterday. Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the numbers as ‘remarkable’ after a ‘heartbreaking and difficult year.’ The research by Public Health England showed that vaccines prevented at least 11,700 deaths in those aged 60 and older from December up to April. This … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
Downing Street set itself on a collision course with social care reform campaigners today after the key issue warranted just nine words in the Queen’s Speech. Senior Tories including former health secretary Jeremy Hunt and deputy prime minister Damian Green warned today that ongoing delays over making sweeping changes to the system were causing ‘incredible … Read more
Jeremy Hunt blasts successor Matt Hancock over lack of social care reform saying delays are causing ‘incredible worry’ – as the Health Secretary insists the Government is ‘committed’ to changes once Covid is gone Hunt and ex-deputy prime minister Damian Green slammed inaction today There are fears there will be no firm plans laid out … Read more
Matt Hancock warns rise of new Covid variants poses ‘biggest risk’ to ending lockdown on June 21 – but says there is NO evidence vaccines don’t work against Indian and other troubling strains spreading in Britain Cases of the Indian variant – B.1.617.2 – in Britain have risen tenfold in a month PHE has classed it … Read more