Covid Sweden: Entering lockdown earlier would have curbed first wave deaths by 40%, study says

Sweden could have saved thousands of lives if it imposed a lockdown last spring instead of opting against restrictions, researchers say. The Scandinavian nation defied calls to take the draconian action in the first wave, prompting fierce criticism of its ‘herd immunity’ approach.  Around 6,000 Swedes died during the first six months of the pandemic, … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE advisers downgrade warnings on UK’s third wave Covid death toll

Mathematical modellers who advise SAGE have dramatically downgraded their bleak predictions of more than 100,000 further Covid deaths within the next year and a third wave of the virus to rival the first two. Their total death toll projection – which is shown to the Prime Minister and has previously been criticised for being too … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE advisers downgrade warnings on UK’s third wave Covid death toll

Mathematical modellers who advise SAGE have dramatically downgraded their bleak predictions of more than 100,000 further Covid deaths within the next year and a third wave of the virus to rival the first two. Their total death toll projection – which is shown to the Prime Minister and has previously been criticised for being too … Read more

Coronavirus: Student areas make up majority of worst-hit places in England’s second wave

Student areas in Nottingham, Manchester and Durham were the worst-hit places in England in the second wave of Covid with up to one in five people getting sick, MailOnline can reveal. Figures showing the areas hardest hit by coronavirus between September and April reveal that a staggering 18 per cent of the population was infected … Read more

India Covid: Top advisor warns of third wave even before second has peaked

Chilling footage has emerged of Covid patients left to die on a hospital ward in India from lack of oxygen as victims’ relatives say they were ‘abandoned’ by doctors. The tragic scene unfolded at Kriti Hospital, a private clinic near New Delhi, on Friday last week around 9pm after families of the Covid patients were told … Read more

India Covid: Top advisor warns of third wave even before second has peaked

Chilling footage has emerged of Covid patients who died on a hospital ward in India after oxygen ran out as victims’ relatives say they were ‘abandoned’ by doctors. The tragic scene unfolded at Kriti Hospital, a private clinic near New Delhi, on Friday last week around 9pm after the families of Covid patients were told medics … Read more