Business travel groups urge government to prioritise international visitor exemption from quarantine July 8, 2021 Business travel firms have cheered today’s loosening of travel restrictions, but warned that the government needs to apply the same rules to international visitors if the sector is to fully recover. Earlier today transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that fully vaccinated Brits would no longer have to quarantine on return from “amber list” countries. The [...]
Official global Covid-19 death toll exceeds four million July 8, 2021 The world’s known Covid-19 death toll has passed four million, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the equivalent to around half of London’s population. Taking just nine months to cause one million deaths, the rate at which coronavirus has swept through communities has quickened. The second million lives [...]
Covid infection can lead to erectile dysfunction, scientists warn July 8, 2021 The inflammation of blood vessels that typically takes place during a Coronavirus infection may limit the blood flow to the penis, leading to erectile disfunction, scientists have said. According to Dr Ryan Berglund, a urologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, warned she has seen a jump in patients with erectile problems only after they [...]
England’s Euro 2020 success could be behind rising Covid-19 infections in men July 8, 2021 Increased group gatherings to watch the Euros could be why men are a third more likely to test positive for Covid than women, according to Imperial College London’s latest REACT study. Results from the REACT-1 study, which tested more than 47,000 volunteers across England, showed a significant increase in infections between 24 June and 5 [...]
UK records highest daily Covid-19 case rate since January July 7, 2021 The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has surpassed 32,000 for the first time since January, according to the latest government figures. In the latest daily update, there were 32,548 reported cases of the virus, up from 28,733 cases on Tuesday. The latest total has more than doubled from just over a week ago [...]
London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping July 7, 2021 London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping
Government adviser says Test and Trace app usage “at all-time high” July 7, 2021 A Test and Trace adviser to the government has dismissed suggestions that people are deleting the app and instead said usage is at an “all-time high”. Epidemiologist professor Christophe Fraser, who advised the Department of Health on the programme, squashed suggestions that people were deleting the app because they were getting “pinged” too often as [...]
OECD: Covid-19 pushed 22m people out of jobs in advanced economies July 7, 2021 Around 22m more people are now jobless in major economies than before the pandemic, according to new research by the OECD. Of these 22m people living in rich countries that have been pushed out of work during coronavirus, 8 million are unemployed and over 14 million people are classed as inactive. In its annual employment [...]
Double jabbed Brits ‘to avoid quarantine’ from amber list destinations from 19 July July 7, 2021 Double jabbed Brits will be able to return from amber list countries without needing to quarantine from 19 July, in a major boost to summer holiday plans. The Sun reported that transport secretary Grant Shapps would announce the change of rules tomorrow. The change of rules – which will come into effect at the same [...]
Kwarteng: Businesses “can’t have it both ways” with self-isolation rules July 7, 2021 Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has defended the government’s decision to keep self-isolation rules while other restrictions are dropped from 19 July. It comes after Conservative MPs and business leaders – especially in the hospitality industry – slammed the decision for the effect it would have on staff operating capacity. Kwarteng told Sky News: “You can’t [...]