Category: Northern Ireland
700 coronavirus deaths in the UK in 24 hours
The UK has reported 696 further COVID-19 deaths overnight. More...
Around 10% children were absent from state schools in England last week for Covid related reasons
More than 870,000 children were not in school last Thursday, with secondary schools the most severely affected. More...
The coronavirus mutations observed in mink have also been found in ferrets
The UK government’s scientific advisers are drawing up advice for ferret owners amid fears a mutated version of Covid-19 found in mink could leap to other animals. More...
UK secondary schools are second only to supermarkets as a setting where people are catching coronavirus
Which school year groups are seeing most COVID cases in secondary schools? More...
Supermarkets most common places visited before positive coronavirus test in UK
Supermarkets are the most common places that people have visited in the days leading up to a positive coronavirus test reported to the Test and Trace app in England, new data suggests. More...
UK ONS: Secondary school students now have the highest rate of coronavirus infection of any age group
Secondary school pupils are now playing a “significantly higher role” in bringing infections into households, the Government’s scientific advisors have said but they admit they could be catching it from socialising outside of school. More...
More than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in UK schools since September
More than 1,000 clusters and outbreaks of coronavirus have taken place in educational settings since schools reopened in September 2020, documents suggest. More...
Promiscuous coronavirus could infect rats, mice and ferrets and become a ‘revolving door virus’ which keeps mutating
Coronavirus is ‘promiscuous’ and could jump into rats, mice, voles and ferrets and mutate before re-infecting humans, a prominent government advisor has warned. More...
School reopening may have higher impact on coronavirus transmission than previously thought
The Welsh government’s technical advisory group (TAG) has said there is new evidence that schools being open is associated with higher rates of Covid infection in the general population. More...
UK records another 33,470 new coronavirus cases and 563 deaths.
Another 33,470 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours – the highest figure recorded since the pandemic began, according to government figures. More...