Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg U.K. inflation unexpectedly accelerated in January, in what economists say is the first step toward a significant increase that could bring the rate close to the Bank of England 2% target later this year. Prices climbed 0.7% from a year earlier, boosted by the …
Read More »Mass tests for teachers and pupils to be part of England lockdown easing, report says | World news
Teachers, schoolchildren and their families could be tested for coronavirus twice a week under a plan for mass rapid testing that has been touted as key to safely easing England’s lockdown, reports claim. As many as 400,000 rapid lateral flow tests will be sent to homes every day, supported by …
Read More »The Latest: Israeli study confirms vaccine efficacy
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Read More »The Latest: Auckland, New Zealand begins 3-day lockdown
LONDON — U.K. government scientific advisers say the COVID-19 variant now predominant in the country may be up to 70% more deadly than previous … Source link
Read More »Is the workplace Covid test free and other essential questions answered on new guidelines
Rules on getting Covid tests in the workplace changed in February. Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced that workplaces with more than 50 employees can now apply for Covid-19 tests – a change to the rules which had applied to businesses with more than 250 employees. At a press conference …
Read More »U.K. Honors Captain Sir Tom Moore After His Death by Clapping
U.K. Honors Captain Sir Tom Moore After His Death by Clapping | PEOPLE.com Skip to content Top Navigation Close View image Captain Sir Tom Moore Honored After His Death as the British Public Clap at the Same Time Around the Nation this link is to an external site that may …
Read More »Prime Minister Boris Johnson responds to Covid-19 outbreak at Caernarfon’s Royal Mail sorting office
Concerns about the impact on services of a coronavirus outbreak at Caernarfon’s sorting office have been raised with the Prime Minister. A number of workers at the Cibyn Industrial Estate depot are self-isolating after nine positive Covid-19 cases were reported. It has led to substantial disruptions to mail services in …
Read More »ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to a post-Covid, post-Brexit future
ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to the future as it reveals fresh efforts to defeat all mutations of the coronavirus By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 3 February 2021 Despite its amazing vaccine credentials, GlaxoSmithKline has not had a good war against …
Read More »Fury at Sandhurst as 50 recruits catch Covid-19 after officer cadets flouted social distancing rules
EXCLUSIVE: Fury over Covid outbreak at Sandhurst as 50 recruits – including member of Qatari royal family – catch virus after officer cadets flouted social distancing during alcohol-fuelled bash Nearly 50 positive cases among 750 trainees at Sandhurst Military Academy Outbreak thought to be caused by recruits dining and socialising …
Read More »Covid UK: Intensive care doctor says Covid crisis in hospitals has ‘stabilised’
The coronavirus crisis in hospitals across the UK has ‘stabilised’ and staff are no longer having to plan for extra capacity, an intensive care doctor has said. But Professor Rupert Pearse from the Intensive Care Society said 2021 is going to be ‘another very hard year’ and warned of the mental …
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