Ambitious hopes the UK could vaccinate 24million people against Covid by Easter might not be enough to end the pandemic, scientists warned today. In an attempt to soften the blow of putting three-quarters of England under Tier 4 lockdowns today, Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson claimed the approval of Oxford University/AstraZeneca‘s game-changing jab opened the … Read more
Doctors will be paid an extra £10 for every Covid vaccine dose they give to care home residents or staff, NHS England has said. GPs will be given the additional payment, on top of the standard £12.58 fee for each jab, to compensate for the ‘additional time and resources’ required to visit patients on site. … Read more
Lewis Hamilton was made a knight in the New Year Honours list last night – despite living in the tax haven of Monaco. The seven-time Formula 1 champion, 35, was honoured alongside stars, including actress Sheila Hancock who becomes a dame at the age of 87, and NHS workers who have battled the pandemic. Veteran … Read more
Critically ill patients are transferred to hospitals hundreds of miles away because local intensive care units are full – as Britain suffers its highest daily death toll since April Britain recorded 981 coronavirus deaths yesterday, highest daily toll since April Hospitals in London asked NHS colleagues in Yorkshire to take unwell patients Officials have asked … Read more
Britons have been warned not to throw New Year’s Eve parties because ‘Covid loves a crowd’. NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis urged people to see in 2021 ‘within the rules’, which means no indoor mixing between households. All of England – except 2,000 residents on the Isles of Scilly – face the two … Read more
A holiday lettings company in Tier 2 Cornwall apologised after it was accused of ‘encouraging’ Covid rule breaches by offering to help find accommodation for a visitor ‘from Tier 4’ in the New Year. St Ives Holidays, on the south-west coast, was branded ‘disgusting’ and ‘the reason the NHS is on its knees’ when a … Read more
Essex has today declared a ‘major incident’ as the number of coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm its hospitals and ambulances queued outside A&Es all over the country due to a lack of beds and staff, MailOnline can reveal today. UK hospitals are running low on workers, ward space, oxygen and even pillows with patients being … Read more
London’s intensive care units have asked several major Yorkshire hospitals to accept a transfer of critically ill patients as the capital’s hospitals surpass maximum capacity. Leaked figures have revealed that England’s critical care capacity is now running at over 100 per cent at a number of hospitals across the south east and east, the Health … Read more
A retired GP who offered to return to the NHS and fight the Covid pandemic has today accused the health service of incompetency by failing to properly utilise its army of volunteers. Dr Brian Cooper, 73, who used to work at Birmingham City Hospital, was one of tens of thousands of former medics to sign … Read more
The New Year will be welcomed in with a pre-recorded light show involving 300 drones over London which was filmed in the early hours of this morning, MailOnline can reveal with these exclusive photographs. The display has been kept secret until now, with the drones flown over the River Thames at 2am to perform the … Read more