Britain vaccinated people faster against Covid than EU countries because it is free of Brussels’ bureaucracy, the bloc’s chief negotiator has admitted. Michel Barnier, 70, said that ideology, red tape and an aversion to risk-taking led Europe to bungle its early vaccination drive – with just 24 per cent of the continent’s population given at … Read more
Property price growth slowed slightly in the last month amid a ‘softening’ of demand ahead of the original end of the stamp duty holiday. The annual pace of growth slid from 6.9 to 5.7 per cent, according to the latest Nationwide index, marking the slowest 12 month rise since September 2020. The average cost of a … Read more
Covid cases are continuing to drop in England — but the speed of decline has slowed, another set of official data revealed today. NHS Test and Trace data showed 68,738 people tested positive for Covid in England between February 18 and 24, an 18.7 per cent decrease compared to the previous week. But the fall … Read more
Covid cases are continuing to drop in England — but the speed of decline has slowed, another set of official data revealed today. NHS Test and Trace data showed 68,738 people tested positive for Covid in England between February 18 and 24, an 18.7 per cent decrease compared to the previous week. But the fall … Read more
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the ‘hard-won’ progress of the last two months could be at risk Matt Hancock has urged England to stay vigilant after a major surveillance study claimed the rate of decline in coronavirus cases has slowed, and infections could even be rising in London and the South East. The Health … Read more
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the ‘hard-won’ progress of the last two months could be at risk Matt Hancock has urged England to stay vigilant after a major surveillance study claimed the rate of decline in coronavirus cases has slowed, and infections could even be rising in London and the South East. The Health … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has slowed significantly since the start of the month, suggesting the latest suite of lockdown restrictions are successfully flattening the second curve of the outbreak. Infections were almost doubling every seven-to-eight days in September, which sparked widespread fears the country had sleep-walked into a second wave following a lull in transmission over summer … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has slowed significantly since the start of the month, suggesting the latest suite of lockdown restrictions are successfully flattening the second curve of the outbreak. Infections were almost doubling every seven-to-eight days in September, which sparked widespread fears the country had sleep-walked into a second wave following a lull in transmission over summer … Read more
Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official data showing Glasgow’s spike in coronavirus cases was controlled within days of being hit by fresh restrictions. Residents in the city, home to around 600,000 people, and two neighbouring areas were banned from visiting any other households back at the start of September, in a desperate attempt to … Read more
New GPS tracking data from 45 million cell phones in the US shows that stay-at-home orders slowed the spread of COVID-19 by three-fold. The amount of time it took for the number of US coronavirus cases to double was stretched from less than two days to six after more Americans started moving less, University of … Read more