Coronavirus London: Met Police crack down on high R-rate boroughs

The Metropolitan Police have deployed extra officers to Hammersmith and Fulham and Hackney as the Government tries to control those boroughs with the highest rates of coronavirus transmission. As the nation continues to grapple with the pandemic, officers will conduct extra patrols in the worst-affected areas in the capital to help clampdown on breaches of the … Read more

Coronavirus London: Met Police crack down on high R-rate boroughs

The Metropolitan Police have deployed extra officers to Hammersmith and Fulham and Hackney as the Government tries to control those boroughs with the highest rates of coronavirus transmission. As the nation continues to grapple with the pandemic, officers will conduct extra patrols in the worst-affected areas in the capital to help clampdown on breaches of the … Read more

Coronavirus R-rate could be ABOVE the dreaded figure of one in England

The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in England could be higher than 1, according to a leaked document from Public Health England.  Keeping the rate below 1 has been considered key to easing lockdown because it means the virus is shrinking as not everyone who catches it passes it on. If the figure rises higher, … Read more

Coronavirus R-rate could be ABOVE the dreaded figure of one in England

The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in England could be higher than 1, according to a leaked document from Public Health England.  Keeping the rate below 1 has been considered key to easing lockdown because it means the virus is shrinking as not everyone who catches it passes it on. If the figure rises higher, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 57 new fatalities as R-rate stays below 1

Britain today announced 173 more coronavirus deaths including a 12-year-old, as government scientists confirmed the outbreak is in retreat with the number of new cases shrinking by 4 per cent each day and the crucial R rate remaining below the dreaded level of one.  Number 10’s scientific advisory panel SAGE revealed the reproduction rate – the … Read more