Matt Hancock warns hug ‘carefully’: Brits are urged to be cautious as country unlocks tomorrow

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

Matt Hancock warns hug ‘carefully’: Brits are urged to be cautious as country unlocks tomorrow

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

Don’t hug too much, keep them short and wear a MASK, cautious SAGE scientist warns

Don’t hug too often, keep embraces short and avoid face-to-face contact, is the message from No10’s cautious scientific advisers ahead of the next major relaxation of Covid rules.   Boris Johnson will announce England’s next steps out of lockdown at a Downing Street press conference today, where he is expected to confirm that friends and can … Read more

How Chile’s new Covid spike proves England’s cautious roadmap is the right route out of this crisis

Things are going according to plan. Despite a few wobbles about vanishingly small blood-clot risks, our vaccine rollout charges forward. And tomorrow we will enter the next phase of our roadmap to freedom. But at the Downing Street press conference last Monday, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was circumspect. Moving ‘steadily’ was key, he … Read more

NHS boss urges ‘cautious’ approach to lifting lockdown as hospitals remain stretched

NHS boss urges ‘cautious’ approach to lifting lockdown as hospitals remain stretched despite drop in cases NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson warned against easing restrictions  He said there were still 26,000 patients currently fighting Covid-19 in hospital  Stretched capacity has forced frontline staff to work ‘at fever pitch intensity’  By Jack Elsom For Mailonline … Read more

Jet2 cautious for 2021 as it reveals a first-half loss of £111.2m

Jet2 cautious for 2021 as it reveals a first-half loss of £111.2m with just 900,000 passengers flying compared to more than 10m a year earlier By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:21 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:21 GMT, 19 November 2020 Jet2 has revealed a first-half loss and cautioned … Read more

Coronavirus: UK scientist says risk of reinfection is ‘low’ but people should still be cautious

Can you catch Covid twice? Top scientist says risk is ‘low’ but admits as many as 10% of recovered patients could get the virus again as self-isolating Boris Johnson claims he’s ‘bursting with antibodies’ Imperial College’s Danny Altmann said recovered patients ‘should not be blasé’  Scientists have found ‘hard confirmed’ cases of people infected twice … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout: Chancellor upstages a cautious Prime Minister

Britain can no longer put normal life on hold, Rishi Sunak warned yesterday. As he unveiled his latest rescue package to save jobs, the Chancellor called on the nation to learn to live with coronavirus ‘without fear’. He added that the country could not carry on ignoring the economic impact of the pandemic. Striking a different … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout: Chancellor upstages a cautious Prime Minister

Britain can no longer put normal life on hold, Rishi Sunak warned yesterday. As he unveiled his latest rescue package to save jobs, the Chancellor called on the nation to learn to live with coronavirus ‘without fear’. He added that the country could not carry on ignoring the economic impact of the pandemic. Striking a different … Read more

FTSE opens down 0.5% by 35 points on 6,154 as cautious investors await Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget

The FTSE 100 has creeped up slightly following Rishi Sunak’s post-coronavirus budget but still remains down 0.19 per cent. London’s blue-chip stock market reacted meekly to the Chancellor’s spending bonanza aimed at creating jobs for young people after lockdown. The index was down 11.50 points to 6,178.40 immediately after the minister finished in the House … Read more