Northampton faces the threat of a local lockdown after nearly 300 workers at a sandwich factory that supplies M&S have tested positive for coronavirus. The Greencore food facility on the town’s Moulton Park Industrial Estate has revealed 292 staff there have caught Covid-19 and are self-isolating. Local health authorities said 79 people tested positive on … Read more
Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more
The much-delayed NHS Test and Trace smartphone app is being re-launched today with a second round of trials on the Isle of Wight and in the London borough of Newham. England’s beleaguered app, of which the first version had to be scrapped in June after a string of failures, has now been recreated using technology made … Read more
Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more
The NHS Test and Trace smartphone app is being re-launched today with a second round of trials on the Isle of Wight and in the London borough of Newham. England’s beleaguered app, of which the first version had to be scrapped in June, has now been recreated using technology made by Google and Apple. Officials … Read more
The long-awaited mobile tracing app will finally be launched today, three months after it was promised. Pilot schemes will begin within days on the Isle of Wight – where the first app was tested and failed – alongside one other location and among volunteers. The public will be urged to scan barcodes at pubs, cafes … Read more
One healthy child has been killed by Covid-19 in Britain, reveals study that says under-16s played a ‘limited role’ in the outbreak Researchers swabbed more than half a million people during height of UK’s crisis Just 1 per cent of all positive tests were children under the age of 16, study found Comes as major … Read more
Six million people used NHS 111’s online coronavirus symptom checker at the height of the UK’s outbreak between February and August, official data has revealed. The official website got 30million hits across all its pages during the same period by people either checking symptoms of Covid-19 and other illnesses. In mid-March, the site was used … Read more
More than 1,000 people were today diagnosed with the coronavirus in the UK, marking the third occasion in the past four days. The Department of Health today confirmed another 1,009 people have caught the disease. And 77 more people have died of it across the UK. Today marks the 27th day in a row that Scotland … Read more
Another 11 coronavirus victims have been confirmed in the UK today, with NHS England announcing six more deaths and Public Health Wales reporting five. Today marks the 27th day in a row that Scotland has recorded zero new fatalities. Northern Ireland also reported none in the last 24 hours. The early count — which only includes hospital … Read more