There is no evidence Britain will be struck by a second wave of Covid-19 – despite the widespread fears, according to a leading expert. Professor Hugh Pennington, an emeritus microbiologist at University of Aberdeen, said the notion of a second wave is based on outdated flu models. Scientists have repeatedly referred to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic … Read more
Coronavirus could have been circulating in the UK in early December – almost two months before the first British case was diagnosed, experts have admitted. China’s official submission to the World Health Organization (WHO) claims the first coronavirus cases occurred on December 8. But leaked Government data, seen by the South China Morning Post, suggests … Read more
Brexit! So you thought it had happened? Not exactly. Britain may have left the EU, but its crucial future trading relations with the bloc are still being discussed, and in an unproductive and acrimonious way. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has popped up in a Sunday newspaper warning Boris Johnson that he must keep … Read more
Bemcentinib Who makes it? It’s a tablet developed by the Norwegian company BerGenBio. It’s known as an AXL kinase inhibitor. What have studies shown? Bemcentinib is likely to have been chosen because lab tests have shown it has potent anti-viral activity against several enveloped viruses, including Ebola and Zika virus. Preliminary data suggest bemcentinib is … Read more
Thousands of punters poured into pubs across Australia as some of the country’s venues open their doors for the first time in two months as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease state-by-state. The first night of winter didn’t stop patrons packing venues around Sydney as pubs and clubs were brought back to life with up to 50 people … Read more
Emily Andre has discussed her daughter Amelia’s return to school on Monday amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Speaking in her OK! Magazine column, the doctor, 30, said it was time for ‘life to get going again’ and that she felt positive about her daughter, six, going back to education, after Peter, 47, admitted the couple had … Read more
The UK has announced a preliminary daily Covid-19 death toll of 106, taking the official count to 38,482. Department of Health officials – who release the UK’s final coronavirus count every afternoon – have yet to update the official figures. This preliminary toll is calculated by adding up the individual tallies of each of the … Read more
The UK has announced a preliminary daily Covid-19 death toll of 106, taking the official count to 38,482. Department of Health officials – who release the UK’s final coronavirus count every afternoon – have yet to update the figures. This preliminary toll is calculated by adding up the individual tallies of each of the home … Read more
Britain still has a ‘significant burden of infection’, the Government’s top scientist warned as statistics show the coronavirus crisis has barely changed in a week. The chief scientific adviser to the Government, Sir Patrick Vallance, urged the country not to get carried away with the news that lockdown is loosening. In a short speech that … Read more
Britons should get an individual Covid-19 risk score on a scale from one to five to allow healthy youngsters out of lockdown, scientists say. Top experts have floated the idea of ‘stratified shielding’ to kickstart the economy again and end the lockdown, which they claim is ‘damaging’. It would involve rating each person’s chances of … Read more