Health

[ad_1] Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has told staff to turn off the contact tracing feature that allows the NHS ‘test and trace app to monitor the spread of Covid-19 while you are at work in case it is “disruptive” to customers. business, The Guardian has learned. GSK, which is among the …

[ad_1] An international group of scientists has called on governments to reverse their strategies against the coronavirus and allow young and healthy people to return to normal life while protecting the most vulnerable. The proposal developed by three researchers, but signed by many more, advocates letting the virus spread in …

[ad_1] Image copyright PA media The number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus in one day increased by a quarter in England. 478 people were admitted to the hospital on Sunday, the highest daily number since early June, up from 386. More than two-thirds of them (334) were in …

[ad_1] The decision on plans to introduce Covid-19 testing for international arrivals to reduce quarantine times will not be made until next month at the earliest, and Downing Street will establish a global travel task force to analyze the proposals, as understood by The Guardian. After months of lobbying by …

[ad_1] The Premier League, EFL, FA, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship have written an open letter imploring the government to allow fans to return safely to the stadiums. Premier League Executive Director Richard Masters, his EFL counterpart David Baldwin, FA Executive Director Mark Bullingham, and FA Director of Professional …

[ad_1] Dress codes are nothing new for students going out in Manchester: no shoes, no football shirts and, increasingly, no men’s bags. But a student party this weekend had a special entry requirement: Covid. According to one of the most recent from the University of Manchester, the “Covid Positive” party …

[ad_1] College students who don’t follow coronavirus rules while socializing are “generally” to blame for a spike in new cases, a minister claimed. Michelle Donelan, UK minister for universities, said Tuesday that a minority of students had been “at times socializing in a way that doesn’t fit the orientation.” His …

[ad_1] A violent protest in the wake of the elections in Kyrgyzstan has left the country in political turmoil, with opposition forces declaring themselves in charge and the president clinging to power but largely absent. The street clashes Monday night left one person dead and hundreds more injured. On Tuesday …

[ad_1] Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny showed his shaking hands as he demonstrated the effects of his Novichok poisoning in August. Meanwhile, the world chemical weapons watchdog confirmed today that blood samples taken from Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family. Navalny held his shaking …

[ad_1] image copyrightReuters ScreenshotParts of the parliament building in Bishkek caught fire The Kyrgyz electoral authorities annulled the results of the parliamentary elections after violent protests. The protesters stormed the parliament overnight and clashed with the police, demanding that a new vote be held. Hundreds of people were injured and …