Faster booster jabs, a wonder pill and falling infection rates delivered a triple boost in the fight against COVID. From Monday the double vaccinated will be able to book their third dose a month earlier than before, and in a second significant development, a new antiviral pill has been found to cut the risk ofContinue reading “COVID Gets A Triple Boost Now”
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As Few As Six Per Cent Of COVID Cases May Have Been Prevented By The 37 Billion-Pound Test and Trace Scheme
According to official estimates, No 10’s Test and Trace system has had hardly any influence on preventing the spread of COVID. The controversial £37 billion scheme has been massively criticised over the past year for being ineffective at breaking the chain of transmission. New Government modelling found the programme, which critics have characterised as beingContinue reading “As Few As Six Per Cent Of COVID Cases May Have Been Prevented By The 37 Billion-Pound Test and Trace Scheme”
GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones Warns The United Kingdom Is On The Verge Of A National Lockdown
There are rising concerns that a second national lockdown will have to be set, due to the exponential rise in coronavirus cases and reports suggest that England’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty was urging Boris Johnson to implement another UK wide lockdown. Doctor Hilary Jones told ITV’s GMB that the situation in the countryContinue reading “GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones Warns The United Kingdom Is On The Verge Of A National Lockdown”