Matt Hancock denies ministers dragged their feet over imposing lockdown

Matt Hancock today insisted vaccines will mean this is the last national lockdown as he set out four criteria for lifting restrictions. The Health Secretary tried to strike an optimistic tone as he faced questions over the delay in bringing in the brutal curbs to control the mutant Covid strain as he gave evidence to MPs … Read more

CDC was ‘too late’ imposing COVID test rule for British arrivals

Canadian health officials have confirmed on Saturday the first two cases of a more contagious COVID-19 mutant strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom and has now spread to Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Holland, and other countries. The announcement was made on Saturday by Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the associate chief medical officer of health for … Read more

Number of Covid deaths in Britain could have been HALVED by imposing lockdown earlier, report claims

Britain’s coronavirus death toll could have been halved if ministers had imposed an earlier lockdown, a report has claimed.  The UK went into full lockdown on March 23, when 36 people were dying of Covid-19 per day on average.  Professor Andrew Harvey, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, used official data to estimate what … Read more

Number of Covid deaths in Britain could have been HALVED by imposing lockdown earlier, report claims

Britain’s coronavirus death toll could have been halved if ministers had imposed an earlier lockdown, a report has claimed.  The UK went into full lockdown on March 23, when 36 people were dying of Covid-19 per day on average.  Professor Andrew Harvey, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, used official data to estimate what … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson backed down from imposing Tier 3 on Manchester amid policing fears

Boris Johnson backed down from plunging Manchester into Tier Three coronavirus restrictions amid fears police would not enforce the rules without Mayor Andy Burnham’s backing.  Greater Manchester Police currently answers to the city’s Labour Mayor, while police and crime commissioners – a role filled in Manchester by Mr Burnham – have the power to set strategic … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson backed down from imposing Tier 3 on Manchester amid policing fears

Boris Johnson backed down from plunging Manchester into Tier Three coronavirus restrictions amid fears police would not enforce the rules without Mayor Andy Burnham’s backing.  Greater Manchester Police currently answers to the city’s Labour Mayor, while police and crime commissioners – a role filled in Manchester by Mr Burnham – have the power to set strategic … Read more

Will families be denied care home visits?Ministers consider imposing restrictions on visits

Will families be denied care home visits? New curbs on to stop spreading coronavirus between nursing centres is unveiled… as ministers consider imposing restrictions on visits by loved ones  MP’s  consider imposing restrictions, given the recent rise in infections The new plan would ‘toughen up rules’ surrounding staff movements and  impose restrictions on family visits … Read more

Britain sees worse economic slump than Sweden after imposing lockdown

The UK is suffering far graver economic damage than Sweden after Britain imposed a lockdown and the Scandinavian country did not.  Britain’s GDP has already seen a larger slump than Sweden’s this year – with only one week of lockdown included in the figures so far. The UK’s construction and retail sectors both saw their … Read more

Britain sees worse economic slump than Sweden after imposing lockdown

The UK is suffering far graver economic damage than Sweden after Britain imposed a lockdown and the Scandinavian country did not.  Britain’s GDP has already seen a larger slump than Sweden’s this year – with only one week of lockdown included in the figures so far. The UK’s construction and retail sectors both saw their … Read more

Imposing lockdown sooner could have prevented 2,000 coronavirus deaths in Scotland, study finds

Tens of thousands of coronavirus deaths in Britain may have been avoided if officials imposed the lockdown a fortnight earlier, a study has claimed. University of Edinburgh researchers said at least 2,000 lives would have been saved in Scotland, if the measures were brought in on March 9 instead of March 23. The official COVID-19 … Read more