Britain’s daily coronavirus deaths fell by nearly 30 per cent today, as the number of people who have received a second dose soared past 17million. There were 2,047 positive tests across the country, the Department of Health announced, up 7.3 per cent on last Saturday’s number (1,907). Officials also recorded just five lab-confirmed deaths within 28 … Read more
The former mill town of Bolton has been revealed as the UK hotspot for the new Covid 19 strain detected in India which has been escalated to a ‘variant of concern’. Urgent measures to contain the variant are in the works in the town including surge testing and a strengthened vaccination campaign urging people to … Read more
The former mill town of Bolton has been revealed as the UK hotspot for the new Covid 19 strain detected in India which has been escalated to a ‘variant of concern’. Urgent measures to contain the variant are in the works in the town including surge testing and a strengthened vaccination campaign urging people to … Read more
For the first time, India has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-19 related deaths as cases continue to surge across the country and two more states go into lockdown. Saturday’s record of 4,187 deaths takes the country’s official death toll from the virus to nearly 240,000, although the true figure is believed to be much higher. … Read more
For the first time, India has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-19 related deaths as cases continue to surge across the country and two more states go into lockdown. Saturday’s record of 4,187 deaths takes the country’s official death toll from the virus to nearly 240,000, although the true figure is believed to be much higher. … Read more
The Indian Covid strain is now officially a variant of concern, health chiefs have announced. Public Health England confirmed the variant is ‘at least’ as infectious as the current dominant Kent strain, with cases more than doubling in a week to 520. The variant’s other characteristics ‘are still being investigated’, the health body said. Cases … Read more
The Indian Covid strain is now officially a variant of concern, health chiefs have announced. Public Health England confirmed the variant is ‘at least’ as infectious as the current dominant Kent strain, with cases more than doubling in a week to 520. Cases of the mutant coronavirus have been found in schools, care homes and … Read more
India’s true Covid death toll could top 1million before the end of the month after doubling in six weeks, researchers in the US have predicted. Officially, the country has reported just 234,000 deaths from the virus, but most analysts say that is a considerable under-estimate as it only counts deaths in hospital and with a … Read more
India’s true Covid death toll could top 1million before the end of the month after doubling in six weeks, researchers in the US have predicted. Officially, the country has reported just 234,000 deaths from the virus, but most analysts say that is a considerable under-estimate as it only counts deaths in hospital and with a … 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