Doctors fear ‘fake news’ is causing BAME people to reject Covid vaccine

Doctors fear ‘fake news’ is causing BAME people to reject Covid vaccine over claims the jabs contain alcohol or meat and can alter patients’ DNA Dr Harpreet Sood said cultural boundaries are partly responsible for false news He is part of NHS anti-disinformation campaign with South Asian influencers Doctor said it ‘needs to be clear’ … Read more

Doctors fear ‘fake news’ is causing BAME people to reject Covid vaccine

Doctors fear ‘fake news’ is causing BAME people to reject Covid vaccine over claims the jabs contain alcohol or meat and can alter patients’ DNA Dr Harpreet Sood said cultural boundaries are partly responsible for false news He is part of NHS anti-disinformation campaign with South Asian influencers Doctor said it ‘needs to be clear’ … Read more

Coming to a supermarket near you? Retailers fear Northern Ireland-style food shortages

Ministers are drawing up plans to allow supermarket lorries to bypass queues at the Channel ports amid fears of food shortages in the UK. Certain vehicles will be given access to open lanes on the M20 in Kent during delays at the Port of Dover and the Eurotunnel terminal in order to cross the Channel, … Read more

Price of homes soars by £14k in six months but experts fear it could fade as stamp duty holiday ends

Price of a home soars by £14k in just six months… but experts fear boom could fade away once stamp duty holiday ends Average price of a home in the UK jumped to record £252,211 at the end of 2020 Market was ‘turbocharged’ by Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday  Biggest regional annual rise was … Read more

Price of homes soars by £14k in six months but experts fear it could fade as stamp duty holiday ends

Price of a home soars by £14k in just six months… but experts fear boom could fade away once stamp duty holiday ends Average price of a home in the UK jumped to record £252,211 at the end of 2020 Market was ‘turbocharged’ by Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday  Biggest regional annual rise was … Read more

Care home bosses fear betrayal over Covid-19 jabs

Frail residents in the nation’s care homes have been betrayed by the slow rollout of the vaccine, it was claimed last night. Care providers say they have been ‘left in the dark’ and hit by outbreaks while waiting for jabs. Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised on December 10 that care home residents would be vaccinated … Read more

Care home bosses fear betrayal over Covid-19 jabs

Frail residents in the nation’s care homes have been betrayed by the slow rollout of the vaccine, it was claimed last night. Care providers say they have been ‘left in the dark’ and hit by outbreaks while waiting for jabs. Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised on December 10 that care home residents would be vaccinated … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: I fear our lions on the front line are led by donkeys  

Sir John Bell is one of those medical figures whose voice during the pandemic has always been clear, constructive and, even, at times, captivating. Such as his ‘Yes, yes, yes!’ moment when the final test results of the Pfizer vaccine came through a month ago and he was asked by the BBC’s Sarah Montague if … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: I fear our lions on the front line are led by donkeys  

Sir John Bell is one of those medical figures whose voice during the pandemic has always been clear, constructive and, even, at times, captivating. Such as his ‘Yes, yes, yes!’ moment when the final test results of the Pfizer vaccine came through a month ago and he was asked by the BBC’s Sarah Montague if … Read more