Two UK cases of rare monkeypox virus identified in remote Welsh village June 11, 2021 Two cases of monkeypox have been identified in North Wales, health bosses said. Public Health Wales and Public Health England are monitoring the cases, which have seen the two patients admitted to a hospital in England, with one since released. A spokesman for Public Health Wales said the index case was acquired overseas and the [...]
EU approves restriction-free travel for vaccinated citizens but UK left out over Delta variant fears June 11, 2021 EU countries have today agreed a plan to relax travel restrictions over the summer months, with fully vaccinated tourists not required to take tests or quarantine. However, due to concerns over the spread of the so-called Delta variant of Covid-19, the UK will not initially be included on a list of extra countries the rules [...]
Exclusive: Government says return to the office is up to ‘personal discretion’ when restrictions ease June 11, 2021 A government minister has told City A.M. it will be up to “personal discretion” whether businesses return to the office after 21 June, as it remains unclear if the ‘work from home’ message will be scrapped as originally planned. Small business minister Paul Scully said that “personal discretion is the key thing” when it comes [...]
UK pledges to share 100m coronavirus vaccines globally June 10, 2021 Ahead of the G7 summit, prime minister Boris Johnson today announced the UK will donate 100m surplus coronavirus vaccines worldwide within the next year. 80m doses will be supplied to the Covax vaccine sharing scheme, while the remaining 20m doses will be shared bilaterally with countries in need. The donated doses will come from the [...]
Goldman Sachs orders US employees to declare their vaccination status June 10, 2021 Goldman Sachs has sent a memo to staff ordering them to report their Covid-19 vaccination status, ahead of a return to the office. The bank gave its United States employees a deadline of noon on Thursday to declare whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. In a memo first reported in The New [...]
14,000 deaths prevented by Covid-19 vaccine, says Public Health England June 10, 2021 Public Health England (PHE) today published its weekly Covid-19 vaccine surveillance report, estimating that 42,000 hospitalisations and 14,000 deaths have been prevented by the vaccine in England. The true impact of the vaccination programme is likely to be even greater, as PHE’s estimations do not take into account the impact of vaccination on transmission. The rollout [...]
Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings’ claim he lied to the Prime Minister over Covid-19 June 10, 2021 The health secretary has denied Dominic Cummings’ accusations that he lied to Boris Johnson during the pandemic, telling MPs that he followed the “clinical advice” at all times. Giving evidence to MPs at a joint inquiry by the Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees on the government’s coronavirus response, Matt Hancock insisted [...]
Boris Johnson is set to lift Covid-19 limit on weddings June 10, 2021 Boris Johnson will lift the 30-person limit on weddings, even if the June 21st easing of lockdown is delayed, according to reports last night. The prime minister, who married Carrie Symonds on May 29 in a secret ceremony capped at 30 attendees, is understood to be determined to relax current wedding restrictions this month, The [...]
Covid-19 at Euro 2020: What are the rules if players test positive for coronavirus during the tournament? June 10, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic may not be over yet but Euro 2020 is about to take place, a year later than planned, all across Europe. Despite measures in place to minimise the risk of infection, it is likely that teams will suffer outbreaks during the tournament. So what happens if a player tests positive for Covid-19 [...]
Exclusive: Pandemic prompts close to 4m Londoners consider moving in quest for a better life June 9, 2021 The pandemic and subsequent UK lockdowns have had a transformative impact on UK employees, with more than a third aged 18-34 moving house so as to secure a better quality of life. The corresponding figure for those aged 55+ is just 9 per cent, while the UK average is one-in-five, according to research from Close [...]