[ad_1] An announcement will be made about the return of schools in England after the Christmas holidays, amid rising rates of coronavirus cases and hospital admissions. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will make a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon. There has been growing concern from teaching unions and scientists about the spread of … Read more
[ad_1] A Covid-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for mass deployment. The jab, which has been described as a “game changer,” received a green light from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the approval … Read more
[ad_1] A Covid-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for mass deployment. The jab, which has been described as a “game changer,” received a green light from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The UK has ordered 100 million doses … Read more
[ad_1] THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic “is very serious but not necessarily big,” warns the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Mark Ryan, director of the WHO emergency program, said “even more severe” could be on the horizon and Covid-19 is a “wake-up call.” ⚠️ Read our live coronavirus blog for the latest news and updates 3 Appearing … Read more
[ad_1] The government may be forced to implement full Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions due to serious concerns about the number of people hospitalized with coronavirus and the high positivity rate of people being screened for the disease. The number of people hospitalized for coronavirus has “increased dramatically” in the last two days, as the first … Read more
[ad_1] STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES among Leaving Certificate students has slowed over the past five years, and the percentage of sixth-year students studying at least one foreign language has dropped for both girls and boys. At the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year, 67% of sixth-year boys and 84.6% of sixth-year girls were studying at … Read more
[ad_1] Europe has launched a vaccination program that it hopes will end the coronavirus pandemic and allow a return to normal life, but Germany’s deployment has faced delays in some areas of the country. The European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine on December 21 and the goal is for all adults to … Read more
[ad_1] At first glance, it didn’t seem like a great Christmas for Paul Reid. Not the Paul Reid who runs the Health Services Executive, although with the number of Covid-19 cases above 1,000 for the first time in two months and a variant strain threatening to go crazy, it also can’t have been much fun. … Read more
[ad_1] THE Queen proudly displayed a single image of Prince Philip as he delivered his Christmas Day speech. in sweet homage after spending nine months locked up together. Monarch’s desk featured a framed photograph of her husband of 73 years. 6 The Queen’s desk this year only had a photograph of Prince PhilipCredit: Reuters 6 … Read more
[ad_1] It is the day of the kinglet, when groups dressed in various clothes and with masks or straw suits roam the roads in search of the kinglet. Only this year it is not uncommon to see people with masks and strange clothes. After a year like no other before, here are the winners and … Read more