Covid-19 UK: Map shows how virus fizzled out last month – so how many people died in YOUR area?

England and Wales’ rapidly shrinking Covid outbreaks were today laid bare by an interactive map that showed nearly 90 per cent of more than 7,000 neighbourhoods saw no deaths from the virus last month. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveal April was the first month since August last year where deaths were below the … Read more

FDA: Covid antibody tests CANNOT prove you are immune to virus from prior infection OR vaccination

Covid antibody tests CANNOT prove you are immune to the virus from prior infection OR vaccination, FDA warns The FDA warned Wednesday that relying on antibodies for protection from COVID-19 may leave people vulnerable A vaccine is still needed to confirm immunity from the effects of the virus Positive antibody tests also won’t work as … Read more

Boris Johnson backs monument campaign as woman who lost her father to the virus raises £24,000 

Boris Johnson yesterday backed plans for a national Covid memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, telling the Commons it would be a ‘fitting place of reflection’. The Prime Minister announced the creation of a commission to examine ways for the nation to remember the victims of the ‘gravest crisis since the Second World War’. And he … Read more

Data from UK’s roll-out shows first dose of AstraZeneca’s jab cuts risk of dying from virus by 80%

Britain’s vaccination drive was given another boost today as yet more real-world data revealed the jabs are saving thousands of lives. Public Health England analysis suggested one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine cuts the risk of death by around 80 per cent. Two doses of Pfizer’s jab slashes the odds by around 97 per cent, academics … Read more

Malaysian prime minister announces one-month virus…

Malasyia to go into month-long national lockdown after surge in covid cases and deaths with Muslims ordered not to visit each other to celebrate Eid  All of Malaysia will be placed under a near lockdown for about a month  The announcement follows a surge in cases and deaths in the country   Prime Minister said action … Read more

Data from UK’s roll-out shows first dose of AstraZeneca’s jab cuts risk of dying from virus by 80%

Britain’s vaccination drive was given another boost today as yet more real-world data revealed the jabs are saving thousands of lives. Public Health England analysis suggested one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine cuts the risk of death by around 80 per cent. Two doses of Pfizer’s jab slashes the odds by around 97 per cent, academics … Read more

Doctors in Nepal warn of major Covid crisis as virus cases surge by almost 2,500% in a month

Doctors in Nepal have warned they are facing a major crisis as the number of coronavirus cases has soared in a matter of weeks. Medics have said the country’s hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds which could lead to a scale of emergency seen in neighbouring India. Nepal recorded 8,287 new coronavirus cases … Read more

England’s Covid outbreak shrinks: 46,000 people had virus last week

England’s Covid outbreak shrinks… AGAIN: 46,000 people had virus on any given day last week – HALF the rate at the start of April, as number of infected patients in NHS hospitals drop below 1,000 for the first time since September Office for National Statistics data suggested fewer than one in 1,180 people in England … Read more