Multiple failures by the NHS 111 telephone advice service early in the pandemic left Covid patients struggling to get care and led directly to some people dying, an investigation has found. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) looked into the help that NHS 111 gave people with Covid in the weeks before and after the … Read more
From 14 October, people who test positive to Covid will no longer have to isolate, following a unanimous decision by national cabinet on Friday. The decision has divided epidemiologists, with some arguing it is safe to drop the mandatory requirements, while others say it will only increase cases. Here is everything you need to know … Read more
UK economy grows 0.2% in Q2, vs previous estimate of -0.1% Output still below pre-pandemic peak, according to new estimates UK’s big current account gap comes in narrower than forecast LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Britain’s economy remained below its pre-pandemic peak, according to data published on Friday that left the country further adrift of … Read more
Photo by Daniel Harvey González/In Pictures via Getty Images The UK is the only G7 economy not to have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to revised data from the Office for National Statistics. The figures show that GDP for the three months to June this year remained 0.2 per cent below the level reached in … Read more
The pace of the news cycle around the Covid-19 pandemic is relentless. Just last week, the UK announced that the grim landmark of 200,000 deaths involving the virus had been reached. And as the current wave of infections, largely fueled by the Omicron BA.5 variant, starts to recede, fears have been building up that a … Read more
Hospitals across the country are “bursting at the seams” as the number of people being admitted with Covid-19 reaches record levels in several states. Western Australia recorded its highest number of Covid hospitalizations to date on Thursday, with Queensland also expected to surpass its January peak in coming days. Meanwhile, hospitalizations in Tasmania and ACT … Read more
THOMAS TUCHEL admits he may have to reconsider signing unvaccinated stars for Chelsea in the future. Blues midfielders N’Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have been unable to travel to the USA for the two-week pre-season tour due to their Covid-19 vaccination status. 2 Kante missed 16 games last season due to a combination of injury … Read more
A masked pedestrian in Australia, where people have been warned that they are at risk of catching SARS-CoV-2 again four weeks after a first coronavirus infection.Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Natural immunity induced by infection with SARS-CoV-2 provides a strong shield against reinfection by a pre-Omicron variant for 16 months or longer, according to a study1. … Read more
The NHS must “redouble” its efforts to vaccinate hard-to-reach communities as coronavirus cases continue to rise, MPs warn. The Public Accounts Committee urged the health service not to take its “eye off the ball,” as a report found nearly three million people in England are still unvaccinated. It comes the number of people testing positive … Read more
VSvid changed my life, so anything I say about it is colored by what has happened. To my mind, we are chewing over several levels of trauma at the same time: personal, social, national and possibly global. This can feel as if we have been bombarded. Even though I have the date clear in my … Read more
