Covid deaths fall by more than a third in a week in England and Wales, official data shows with virus now behind one in 60 fatalities Office for National Statistics data show 129 Covid deaths in week ending May 7 Total deaths in England were 20.2 per cent lower than the five-year average UK has … Read more
Donald Trump was pictured Tuesday waving goodbye to fans in New York City as he plans to spend the summer at his golf club in New Jersey. The former president spent two days holed up in Trump Tower in Manhattan before he was pictured leaving Tuesday afternoon, along with his heavy security detail. It is unclear … Read more
Donald Trump was pictured Tuesday waving goodbye to fans in New York City as he plans to spend the summer at his golf club in New Jersey. The former president spent two days holed up in Trump Tower in Manhattan before he was pictured leaving Tuesday afternoon, along with his heavy security detail. It is unclear … Read more
Britain’s vaccination drive was given another boost today as yet more real-world data revealed the jabs are saving thousands of lives. Public Health England analysis suggested one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine cuts the risk of death by around 80 per cent. Two doses of Pfizer’s jab slashes the odds by around 97 per cent, academics … Read more
Britain’s vaccination drive was given another boost today as yet more real-world data revealed the jabs are saving thousands of lives. Public Health England analysis suggested one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine cuts the risk of death by around 80 per cent. Two doses of Pfizer’s jab slashes the odds by around 97 per cent, academics … Read more
NASA’s Voyager-1 spacecraft, travelling outside the solar system, has sent back new data revealing a ‘hum’ given off by interstellar gas 14 billion miles from the Earth. The spacecraft, currently further away from the Earth than any human-made object before it, launched 44 years ago to study the gas giants of the outer solar system. … Read more
Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1; B.1.617.2; B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered? The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021. But the first cases appear to date back to October 2020. Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There have since been … Read more
Up to half of all coronavirus cases in London could be caused by the new Indian variant, according to Public Health England figures. It was last week designated a ‘variant of concern’ by PHE because scientists say it could spread as fast – or even faster – than the dominant Kent strain (B117). But there … Read more
Just two thirds of black Caribbean Brits have taken up the offer of the Covid vaccine compared to nearly 95 per cent of white adults, official data revealed today. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures released today show 66.8 per cent of black Caribbean people over 50 in England had a first dose between December … Read more
Just two thirds of Black Caribbean Brits have had a Covid vaccine compared to almost 95% of white adults – and hesitancy rates are up to five times higher in ethnic minorities, official data shows Some 66.8 per cent of black Caribbean people over 50 in England had a jab between December 8 to April 12 … Read more