Ministers are cautiously optimistic that targeted vaccinations can arrest a surge of the Indian variant and stop it from derailing Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown. Door-to-door Covid ‘hit squads’ are heading to Bolton and Blackburn, where the strain is at its most virulent, to focus on areas with the greatest ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Entire multi-generational … Read more
Ministers are cautiously optimistic that targeted vaccinations can arrest a surge of the Indian variant and stop it from derailing Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown. Door-to-door Covid ‘hit squads’ are heading to Bolton and Blackburn, where the strain is at its most virulent, to focus on areas with the greatest ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Entire multi-generational … Read more
SAGE says it’s a ‘realistic possibility’ Indian variant could lead to 1,000 Covid deaths by summer There is a ‘realistic possibility’ the Indian Covid variant is far more transmissible than the Kent strain and could lead to up to a thousand deaths a day by summer, the Government’s scientists warned last night. The SPI-M subgroup … Read more
SAGE says it’s a ‘realistic possibility’ Indian variant could lead to 1,000 Covid deaths by summer There is a ‘realistic possibility’ the Indian Covid variant is far more transmissible than the Kent strain and could lead to up to a thousand deaths a day by summer, the Government’s scientists warned last night. The SPI-M subgroup … Read more
There is a ‘realistic possibility’ the Indian Covid variant is far more transmissible than the Kent strain and could lead to up to a thousand deaths a day by summer, the Government’s scientists warned tonight. The SPI-M subgroup said it was confident the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was more infectious than the currently dominant variant, and that … Read more
There is a ‘realistic possibility’ the Indian Covid variant is far more transmissible than the Kent strain and could lead to up to a thousand deaths a day by summer, the Government’s scientists warned tonight. The SPI-M subgroup said it was confident the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was more infectious than the currently dominant variant, and that … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight sent out a clear warning that England’s emergence from lockdown in June could be halted by the Indian variant – but gave drinkers the all clear to head into pubs on Monday. Facing the nation tonight he said that Monday’s Step 3 easing of restrictions including indoor hospitality and hugs for family … Read more
Boris Johnson sent out a clear warning that England’s emergence from lockdown in June could be halted by the Indian variant. Facing the nation tonight he said that Monday’s Step 3 easing of restrictions would go ahead as planned. But he told the nation it might face ‘hard choices in the weeks ahead’ if the … Read more
Covid patient ‘is raped by a male nurse in Indian hospital and dies hours later’ The nurse is named as 40 year-old Santosh Ahirwar, who was once suspended The rape happened at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital, Madhya Pradesh in April The nurse is believed to have also sexually assaulted a 24-year-old colleague By Crystal Jones … Read more
The June end of lockdown will be ‘in doubt’ if the Indian Covid variant sees a surge in serious illness, a top medical expert warned today, threatening to send the Government’s unlocking plans into chaos. Epidemiologist Professor Paul Hunter said that the nation faces an anxious wait to see how serious the outbreaks of the … Read more