Health

[ad_1] The health secretary has not ruled out the possibility of another national lockdown, saying that if the Level 4 restrictions work “it is due to people’s behavior.” He was asked if the government could take further steps to try to stop the spread of COVID-19Matt Hancock told Sky News: …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson has said that parents must “absolutely” send their children to school on January 4, where they are open and that “I have no doubt that the schools are safe.” He spoke on the Andrew Marr Show on January 3 after another government U-turn, in which all London …

[ad_1] The first doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine will be administered today in the UK in what the government has described as a “pivotal moment” in the fight against the coronavirus. Some 530,000 doses will be available, initially at six trust hospitals: Oxford, Sussex, Lancashire, Warwickshire and two in …

[ad_1] England could face a total lockdown until Easter with Boris Johnson set to make a decision in the next 24 hours as coronavirus infections continue to rise “out of control”. Johnson admitted yesterday that the curbs were “probably about to get tougher” despite the fact that three-quarters of England …

[ad_1] These are the numbers that show why schools are highly unlikely to reopen anytime soon in London and the South East and why in a week or so the entire country may be in a lockdown including school closings. Level 4, the so-called “stay-at-home level”, is broadly equivalent to …

[ad_1] The first of 530,000 Oxford / AstraZeneca punches being dealt today, a vital shot to the arm in the British Covid fight. Boris Johnson pledged to vaccinate tens of millions in three months and said: “Now we can see how we are going to get out of this with …

[ad_1] BORIS Johnson will decide whether all of England will fall back into a strict national lockdown that could last for months in today’s crucial talks. The prime minister, currently facing calls for another large-scale shutdown of Labor, has already admitted that the current tiered system will become even more …

[ad_1] By noon Sunday, when the 116th Congress had dissolved and the new 117th Congress was being sworn in, the longtime San Francisco Democrat was back as a regular member, House rules, and leadership structure they were reestablished as they do after each biennial electoral cycle. Three hours later, around …

[ad_1] Hundreds of additional military personnel are being deployed across the UK to tackle COVID-19, in the largest national operation the UK has seen in peacetime. The number of armed forces working in the fight against the pandemic, codenamed Operation Rescript, will increase to more than 5,000, more than at …

[ad_1] Coronavirus vaccines could be ineffective against the highly infectious South African mutation, warned a scientist who helped develop the Oxford jab. Sir John Bell, a royal professor of medicine at Oxford, said the African strain is more concerning than the Kentish one. The vaccines are believed to be effective …