Category: London
The Queen of Denmark tests positive for Covid-19 after THAT funeral
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time in one year after attending the biggest Covid superspreader event in pandemic history – the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in Great Britain.… ...More...
UK: Fresh Covid-19 wave kicks off
The ZOE Covid app is showing that cases have started to climb in Britain again – just as schoolkids head back to school after the summer break.… ...More...
Polio: Almost 1 million children in London to be offered polio vaccine
Every child in London aged between 1 and 9 is to be offered a polio vaccine after poliovirus was found in wastewater across the city.… ...More...
UK: Long Covid recognised as a disability by employment tribunal
The decision in the employment tribunal case of Burke v Turning Point Scotland is one of the first in the UK to address specific facts and has found that the long Covid symptoms suffered by Mr Burke amounted to a disability.… ...More...
BMJ: Stop gaslighting the public over Covid-19
“The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them and the NHS”.… ...More...
UK ONS: nearly 3.5 million infections in the UK in the last week
The UK Covid horror show continues….
The latest coronavirus numbers from the UK Office of National Statistics show that nearly 3.5 million people were infected with Covid in the last week, that’s more than one in twenty people in every area of the country.… ...More...
UK: New pandemic-high record for Covid cases
The UK has just breached its all-time record for new Covid cases.… ...More...
UK: Pandemic record Covid infection rates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Data from the ZOE Covid-19 app today shows that there are pandemic record Covid incidence rates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.… ...More...
UK: Over FOUR MILLION symptomatic Covid infections recorded
The ZOE Covid-19 app is showing that infections in Great Britain are spiralling out of control, with over FOUR MILLION symptomatic infections being recorded today.… ...More...
Jenny Harris: Quite likely BA.5 hospitalizations will exceed those of BA.2
Dr Jenny Harris, of the UKHSA, has said in an interview today that it is quite likely that BA.5 hospitalizations will “peak over” those of the Omicron BA.2 wave, meaning that Britain could see the highest hospitalization figures for eighteen months.… ...More...
UK: Over 3 million symptomatic cases of Covid-19
The UK ZOE Covid app is reporting that, for the second time in just over three months, more than three million people in the UK have symptomatic Covid.… ...More...
UK: More than 1,000 cases of Monkeypox in Britain
Up to 26 June 2022 there were 1,076 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK.… ...More...
Monkeypox: 793 cases in the UK, more than 800 in Spain
Up to 20 June 2022 there were 793 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK.… ...More...
UK: Vaccine derived polio outbreak in London *1 update*
The Guardian newspaper is reporting the discovery of vaccine derived Polio in wastewater from London today:
“UK Public health officials have declared a national incident after routine surveillance of wastewater in north and east London found evidence of community transmission of poliovirus for the first time.… ...More...