Health

[ad_1] Tonight the ministers issued a statement on Christmas plans in Northern Ireland. An aggressive new strain of Covid-19 reinforces the need for everyone to be vigilant and follow public health advice, ministers have said. In a statement issued late Saturday night, the Executive Office said: “The Prime Minister, the …

[ad_1] However, the British government has notified the World Health Organization of the new strain so that other countries can prevent Brits from traveling there if they wish. The first to do so was the Dutch government, which banned all passenger flights from Britain until January 1 after finding a …

[ad_1] Football Focus: I don’t want to be a relegated coach – Allardyce New West Brom boss Sam Allardyce says he considered the health risks of returning to top management. But he feels the positive mental aspect of being back on the bench shouldn’t be discounted. Allardyce will take over …

[ad_1] The draconian new restrictions imposed last night were drawn up after the number of people carrying the coronavirus tripled in a week. The rapid rise in areas that sank last night to new Level 4 measurements is said to be due to a new strain of virus, which was …

[ad_1] The Dutch government has banned air travel from the UK due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus. The move comes after health authorities in the Netherlands confirmed at least one case of the same strain that has prompted parts of the UK to revert to lockdown …

[ad_1] The grim faces of Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance told the story even before they began to speak: Christmas was over. When Boris Johnson sat in the Cabinet Room at 5 p.m. on Friday, Whitty and Vallance appeared on the Zoom monitors and began collecting increasingly alarming data …

[ad_1] The nation’s Christmas plans were thrown into chaos last night after Boris Johnson drastically abandoned his attempts to bypass tighter Covid restrictions and instead placed millions of people under new lockdown measures to try to stop a new highly infectious strain of virus. In a major U-turn that prompted …

[ad_1] Once the dose is approved, it will begin to be implemented in January (Image: JUSTIN TALLIS) Oxford University’s Covid vaccine will be approved just after Christmas, in time to vaccinate millions in January. Whitehall sources told the Telegraph that final data on the vaccine will be delivered to the …

[ad_1] Viruses mutate all the time. Most of the new variants disappear. Sometimes they spread without altering the behavior of the virus. Very occasionally, they cause dramatic changes. And the question that scientists now face is simple: does the VUI-202012/01 variant fall into the latter category? Does it pose a …

[ad_1] Good afternoon, I regret to report that the situation has deteriorated since I last spoke to you three days ago. Yesterday afternoon I was briefed on the latest data showing the virus is spreading faster in London, the South East and East of England than would be expected given …