Tag: COVID
Covid: Some schools to plan for home learning, says FM
Mark Drakeford says decisions on whether pupils will return to home learning will be made locally.
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Covid: UK 'incomparably better placed' this new year – PM
Boris Johnson urges revellers who go out to take a Covid test and "remember the importance of ventilation".
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Fauci warns against large New Year’s Eve parties as Covid cases hit pandemic high
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021.Kevin Lam [...]
Covid: France suspends transit ban for UK nationals during Christmas period
EU-based Brits trying to get home will be allowed to cross France during the Christmas period.
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Covid: Confusion over French travel rules for EU-based Brits
Two cross-channel operators say UK citizens cannot travel through France to their homes in the EU.
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WHO warns vaccine-resistant Covid variants could emerge amid pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus talks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headqu [...]
Covid: Nightingale surge hubs to be set up in eight hospitals, NHS England says
The hubs will be located at the Royal Preston hospital in Lancashire, St James' University Hospital in Leeds, Lister Hospital in Stevenage, St Geor [...]
Fauci predicts omicron Covid wave will peak in U.S. by end of January
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday predicted that the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic may hit its peak in the U.S. by the end of January."It's [...]
UK reports record 183,037 covid cases
Today alone, one-in-every 366 people in the UK reported a positive covid test.For reference, the US reported a record near 276K cases today. The UK [...]
U.S. Covid cases rise to pandemic high as delta and omicron circulate
U.S. Covid cases have hit their highest level of the pandemic as two highly infectious variants circulate throughout the country and health officia [...]
US hits new record for daily confirmed covid cases
The CDC has been all over the place on estimating the prevalence of omicron. Last week it pegged the number at +90% but now it's revised that to ar [...]
Covid: Boris Johnson says enjoy New Year but get a booster
Boris Johnson says people should enjoy New Year in a sensible way, and urges them to get a booster jab.
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Omicron ‘not the same disease’ as earlier Covid strains: Oxford scientist
Christmas shoppers in London on Dec. 23, 2021.Hasan Esen | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesLONDON — Horrific scenes seen in previous Covid-19 waves ar [...]
Covid: England reports record 117,000 daily cases
Cases continue to rise, but the surge in infections has so far not led to a spike in hospital admissions.
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