Britain’s Covid outbreak is continuing to shrink rapidly, with daily infections having almost halved in a week to the lowest levels since September. Deaths have also plunged by 42 per cent, according to the Government’s own figures that will pile more pressure on Boris Johnson to consider easing draconian lockdown restrictions sooner. Department of Health … Read more
NHS hospitals are now treating FEWER Covid patients than they were during darkest days of outbreak last Spring as statistics show hospitalisations have halved since January There were 20,156 Covid patients in hospital compared to 39,242 in January Those on ventilation beds plunged from 4,077 in January to 2,614 on Wednesday Data shows Covid cases plummeted … Read more
Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists. Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more
Sales of flats HALVE as housing market is crippled by fire risk fears brought on by Grenfell cladding crisis Flat prices halved amid fears over cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower In September last year flat transactions also fell by around 5,600, or 48 per cent Earlier was revealed homeowners could face £40,000 bill … Read more
Sales of flats HALVE as housing market is crippled by fire risk fears brought on by Grenfell cladding crisis Flat prices halved amid fears over cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower In September last year flat transactions also fell by around 5,600, or 48 per cent Earlier was revealed homeowners could face £40,000 bill … Read more
Drug to treat brittle bones could HALVE number of hip replacements that need to be re-done, scientists say Drug to treat osteoporosis could halve number of hip replacement re-operations Scientists have discovered the drug denosumab could help protect the hip bone An estimated 8,500 hip revision procedures are carried out each year on NHS By … Read more
Drug to treat brittle bones could HALVE number of hip replacements that need to be re-done, scientists say Drug to treat osteoporosis could halve number of hip replacement re-operations Scientists have discovered the drug denosumab could help protect the hip bone An estimated 8,500 hip revision procedures are carried out each year on NHS By … Read more
Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more
Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more
Boris Johnson could HALVE the self-isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus to seven days ‘this week’ after PM declares ‘big push’ to get Britons to comply with the quarantine rules Ministers will reduce period to between 10 and seven days as soon as this week Polling suggests that people will do as … Read more