UK Covid alert level downgraded as hospital pressure eases February 25, 2021 The UK’s Covid alert level has been downgraded, after officials said the NHS is no longer at immediate risk of being overwhelmed. The UK was placed under the highest alert level last month, after the Joint Biosecurity Centre found there was “a risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed”. However, Britain has now moved from alert [...]
EU hosts virtual summit on vaccine supply as scepticism blights Astrazeneca uptake February 25, 2021 EU leaders will host a virtual summit this afternoon over its immunisation programme, as supply issues and false suspicions over the Astrazeneca jab continue to hamper vaccine uptake. Countries across the continent are facing growing anger over the sluggish progress of the EU’s vaccine rollout, as the bloc continues to lag behind Britain. European leaders [...]
Extra surge testing rolled out in Ealing after new South Africa Covid cases found February 25, 2021 Additional surge testing will be rolled out in the London borough of Ealing after new cases of the South Africa Covid mutation were detected. The extra measures are an extension of the surge testing launched in the West London area earlier this month following the discovery of previous cases. People living in Ealing are strongly [...]
London has highest level of antibodies in England, study finds February 25, 2021 London currently has the highest level of Covid antibodies in England, a major new study has found, following a huge surge in coronavirus cases in the capital over Christmas. Imperial College London’s latest React study used blood tests on over 155,000 people to test for immunity levels against coronavirus. One in seven people in England tested [...]
Exclusive: Jefferies drops mooted ‘no jab, no entry’ policy for office return February 25, 2021 Global investment bank Jefferies has dropped plans to require staff to receive a vaccine before returning to the office, City A.M. can reveal. An all-staff memo, sent at the start of the month, said that “verification of vaccination will be required to access the office” once work-from-home restrictions were lifted across the globe. But a [...]
Hikma Pharmaceuticals sees revenue soar on strong demand for Covid treatment drugs February 25, 2021 London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals has said it expects a huge rise in annual core operating profit for the year, after being called in to supply emergency drugs for Covid patients during the pandemic. The FTSE 100–listed company, which supplies generic drugs including anaesthetics, pain medications and sedatives, said core operating profit jumped 11 per cent to [...]
Nuns broke lockdown rules to perform exorcism in front of 70 people February 24, 2021 Two nuns have been caught breaking covid-19 lockdown rules after they performed a public exorcism in front of the Irish parliament. Mother Irene Gibson and Sister Anne Marie reportedly attended the exorcism, on 8 December of last year, of the Dáil in Hebert Park, Dublin. A video was later posted online which showed the exorcism, [...]
Govt should step back and let free markets drive pandemic recovery, says CPS February 24, 2021 Centre for Policy Studies report argues for less government intervention by spending less.
Covid-19: Hospitalisation risk 64 per cent higher with British variant February 24, 2021 People infected with the more contagious British mutation of the coronavirus, first discovered in Kent, have a much higher risk of being hospitalised, according to a new study. The data, published this evening by Denmark’s Serum Institute, which is part of the country’s Ministry of Health, monitored 2,155 people infected with the British variant. Of [...]
Reading and Leeds festivals to go ahead this summer in boost for return to normality February 24, 2021 Reading and Leeds music festivals will go ahead this summer, organisers have confirmed, in a major boost for hopes of a return to normality in the second half of the year. Stormzy, Post Malone and Liam Gallagher have been confirmed as the headline acts of the twin events, which will run on the August Bank [...]