Category: Infection
Spain: Mallorca superspreader event sees 700 students infected with coronavirus
“Parties in hotel rooms, large bottles, boat trips and a massive reggaeton concert in the Palma bullring are behind the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 700 students from eight autonomous communities and forced the isolation of another 2,000 in Madrid who participated in end-of-year trips to Mallorca. More...
Sky News host Trevor Phillips: “the next time one of you tells me what to do in my private life, explain to me why I shouldn’t just tell you where to get off?”
Trevor Phillips, Sky News host: “Over the past two days, every Cabinet minister, including you, has come out to essentially defend the Prime Minister and Matt Hancock. More...
BBC’s Andrew Marr caught coronavirus at G7 superspreader event in Cornwall
BBC presenter Andrew Marr told viewers this morning that he believes he caught a “nasty” bout of Covid at the G7 Summit in Cornwall. More...
Brazil: new strain of coronavirus identified in Rio de Janeiro, designated P5
Monitoring in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has identified a possible new Sars-Cov-2 lineage, originating from P.1.1.28, in the region of Barra Mansa and Porto Real, on the border with the State of São Paulo, and which has only now been called P5. More...
Australia: Sydney goes into coronavirus lockdown with 80 cases
Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong will go into a 14-day lockdown as health authorities try to regain control of a coronavirus outbreak that has ballooned to 80 cases. More...
Israel: 50% vaccine breakthrough for coronavirus cases in the last month
Half of those recently infected with Covid-19 in Israel were fully vaccinated. More...
Germany: Delta coronavirus infections double in one week
In Germany, the proportion of Delta variant infections is growing significantly. More...
Scotland: Delta runs rampant – record high coronavirus infection numbers for second day in a row
The Scottish Government has said that Scotland has recorded the highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic for the second day in a row. More...
Angela Merkel: quarantine the British to prevent Delta coronavirus variant
Angela Merkel has only just returned from the G7 summit in Britain where there was virtually NO social distancing*, NO masks, NO vaccine requirement and NO quarantine on return. More...
UK: G7 Superspreader Summit – Cornwall coronavirus rates soar above England average for the first time ever
Covid rates in Cornwall have risen above the England average for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.