Changes to UK amber list travel rules will be “later this summer” June 24, 2021 Travel to the UK’s amber list countries will be quarantine-free on return for fully vaccinated Brits “later this summer,” under government plans still being decided. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government is still considering plans and will set out further details on amber list travel in July, delaying what the travel industry had hoped [...]
Fully vaccinated Brits in line for quarantine-free travel ‘later this summer’ June 24, 2021 Brits who have had two jabs of a coronavirus vaccine may yet be able to travel without quarantining on return ‘later this summer’, the government said this evening. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government was considering removing the quarantine period for fully vaccinated people travelling from amber list countries, “showing a real sign of [...]
JP Morgan may mandate all US staff to get Covid vaccine June 24, 2021 JP Morgan Chase also ordered all US employees to disclose their vaccine status by the end of June. America’s largest bank has sent a memo to all US staff “strongly urging” them to get a Covid vaccine before a planned return to the office in July – and dangled the possibility of mandatory vaccination. “We [...]
Small businesses battered by Covid restrictions see return to pre-pandemic sales June 24, 2021 Small businesses are seeing their sales slowly creep back toward pre-Covid levels, but sectors such as hospitality and arts and recreation still have a way to go. An analysis of the records of hundreds of thousands of companies shows that the health of small businesses has remained steady. However, despite the easing of lockdown restrictions [...]
Exclusive: CEO of deVere Group on why Bitcoin bashers have got it all wrong June 24, 2021 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have experienced a major sell-off this week following China’s crackdown on the sector. Around $400bn in value has been wiped from the total digital currency market since Friday, when a major Bitcoin mining hub ordered miners to shut down operations. It followed reports saying that China’s central bank had a meeting [...]
Brain damage in people who die from Covid-19 identical to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s June 24, 2021 The brains of people who died as a result of Covid-19 show such a degree of inflammation that they are nearly identical to those in patients who passed away as a result of Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s. Even though none of the patients reported signs of brain impairment in the runup to their death, researchers [...]
UK researchers identify level of antibodies needed to prevent symptomatic Covid-19 June 24, 2021 Scientists at the University of Oxford said the results of their research could help speed up new vaccine development. Oxford-based medical researchers have today released a new study indentifying the level of antibodies required to prevent symptomatic Covid – referred to as the “correlates of protection”. Their findings could serve as a huge breakthrough in [...]
Travel green list: Will Ibiza, Malta and Madeira be added even as Merkel urges EU to shut the gates June 24, 2021 Travel green list: Will Ibiza, Malta and Madeira be added even as Merkel urges EU to shut the gates
Shares fly at London-listed DeepVerge as Covid-19 detection tech passes trials June 24, 2021 London-listed scientific research group DeepVerge has said today its wastewater Covid-19 detection technology has successfully completed trials. The news sent the group’s shares flying this morning, rocketing 7.81 per cent and lifting its share price to 34.5p per share. The Covid-19 detection tech, known as Microtox, offers another string to the UK and the rest [...]
2m people in England thought to have had Long Covid June 24, 2021 Some two million people in England are thought to have had Covid symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks, according to Imperial College London’s latest REACT study. Researchers for the government-funded study said their findings painted a “concerning picture”, as over a third of people who’d had coronavirus reported persistent symptoms lasting at least 12 weeks. [...]