Category: UK
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...
Hull’s school system on ‘brink of collapse’ as coronavirus infection rates spiral among students and staff
Almost 15,000 pupils and teachers currently absent as entire city is ‘ravaged’ by second Covid-19 wave far worse than first. More...
Felixstowe port clogged up with 11,000 coronavirus PPE containers
11,000 shipping containers full of COVID PPE bought by the Government are stuck in Britain’s busiest container port. 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...
Used coronavirus test kits handed to students in Selly Oak, Birmingham
Birmingham’s drop and collect coronavirus testing service remains suspended after used coronavirus test kits were handed to students in Selly Oak. 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...
UK university students to be sent home after coronavirus lockdown on December 2nd
English university students are to be sent straight home after lockdown ends on December 2nd so they can spend Christmas with their families, official guidance will say. More...