More signs that Britain may have passed the worst of the second wave emerged today as Covid deaths in London appear to have started falling. And the symptom-tracking Covid Symptom Study estimates that the number of people developing Covid-19 has halved in a fortnight, now to 34,000 a day from 70,000 on January 8. Numbers … Read more
More proof Britain’s Covid crisis is on the way out? Government’s own data shows deaths in London began falling LAST WEEK as symptom-tracking app claims daily cases have HALVED in a fortnight Public Health England’s daily data shows the average number of deaths has fallen four days in a row in London The Covid Symptom Study … Read more
Lenders are beginning to reduce interest rates on 10 per cent deposit mortgages, as more products return to the market. This week, Metro Bank cut the rate for its 90 per cent loan-to-value, five-year fixed rate mortgages by 0.4 percentage points. New mortgages are now being offered at 3.59 per cent, while those looking to … Read more
Two NHS trusts in the Midlands will start delivering coronavirus vaccines round-the-clock from Thursday, it was claimed today. University Hospitals Birmingham and Sherwood Forest Hospitals in Nottinghamshire have been chosen to pilot the 24/7 method to see if it could work on a national level, the Health Services Journal reports. It’s not clear which of the trusts’ … Read more
Scientists need to start developing new Covid vaccines now to stop the coronavirus evolving to escape the immune system, an expert investigating new variants of the virus has warned. Professor Ravi Gupta, a Cambridge University microbiologist, fears there is a risk that mutations will ‘chip away’ at the efficacy of the current crop of vaccines … Read more
While airports are probably not the busiest places now because of the pandemic, there are still a lot of people that go through them every day because of necessary travel. That’s why AT&T has decided to equip several U.S. airports with their 5G network, beginning with Tampa International Airport in Florida, right before the Super … Read more
Boots and Superdrug have started dishing out coronavirus vaccines this morning as No10 finally turns to the high street to deliver its lockdown-ending promise of immunising almost 14million people by mid-February. The branches are among six independent pharmacies across England which were converted into Covid hubs this morning and will be able to administer hundreds … Read more
Boots and Superdrug start dishing out Covid vaccines as six high street pharmacies are recruited to hit 13.9m target by mid-February — but independent chemists fear UK will fail unless it uses ‘many more, much sooner’ By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:38 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 08:46 GMT, 14 … Read more
Hospital admissions of Covid-19 patients peaked in London and the South East just days after England’s lockdown was imposed, according to MailOnline’s analysis of official figures that suggest Tier Four was thwarting the virus. Department of Health statistics show daily admissions in the capital hit their high point on January 6 — on day two … Read more
How to tell if someone is lying to you: Watch to see if they mimic your actions Researchers used motion capture technology to monitor volunteer movements They had people tell the truth and increasingly complicated lies to interviewers As the lies became more complex the liars began to mimic interviewer motions This suggests that we … Read more