Content based on the tag Covid-19

What new Covid figures tell us about spread of 'more infectious' JN.1 variant

The JN.1 subvariant known as Juno now represents nearly nine in ten Covid infections across the UK

8 months ago

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Why experts are worried about the Covid booster uptake

While the virus may be less severe than it was, it can still lead to serious illness and death, especially in the vul...

8 months ago

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Most people vulnerable to long Covid have already had it, says top NHS adviser

The NHS is looking to tackle a long Covid treatment backlog through a network of more than 100 specialist clinics

8 months ago

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Covid vaccines saved more than 400,000 lives in England and Scotland, WHO says

The study is the most comprehensive to date in showing how effective Covid vaccines have been, scientists say

8 months ago

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1.3 million people infected with Covid at start of 2024

Cases nearly halve in just two weeks raising hopes that the current wave may not have much further to run

8 months ago

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7,000 Covid deaths and hospitalisations would have been avoided if more had jabs

UK nations show 'striking differences' in landmark study involving data from the entire population aged five and above

8 months ago

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UK faces up to three more Covid waves this year, scientists warn

i asked leading Covid scientists for their views on how Covid was likely to develop in 2024 and beyond

8 months ago

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Covid cases fall to 1.9m infected in first signs of winter wave waning

Latest winter infection survey shows cases unexpectedly dropped by 25% over Christmas after sharp rise in previous weeks

8 months ago

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Should we wear masks again? UK virus cases rise as Spain restores Covid rules

We ask scientists whether the UK should follow Spain and make mask wearing in hospitals and GP practices mandatory again

8 months ago

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Long Covid costs NHS up to £60m more a year in GP appointments, analysis reveals

Patients with a history of Covid-19 who are reporting relevant symptoms, without a formal long Covid diagnosis, are r...

8 months ago

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JN.1 Covid variant continuing to spread as UK cases head towards record numbers

JN.1, combined with colder weather and Christmas and New Year gatherings is fuelling a huge Covid wave in the UK, sci...

8 months ago

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Flu and Covid patient surge continues as seasonal viruses squeeze hospitals

The number of patients in hospitals with Covid is up 72% in a month, while those with flu needing treatment rising fi...

8 months ago

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Long Covid patients risk serious long-term injury from running or cycling

A new study helps to explain why people with long Covid can feel such high levels of fatigue

8 months ago

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Covid cases may break UK record in January due to JN.1 variant, scientists warn

A leading data scientist predicts cases will keep rising for another week or two - as JN.1 becomes the dominant subva...

8 months ago

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Covid cases may break UK record in January due to JN.1 variant, scientists warn

A leading data scientist predicts cases will keep rising for another week or two - as JN.1 becomes the dominant subva...

9 months ago

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Covid cases set for New Year spike as latest wave peaks this weekend

Modelling by scientists has pinpointed the most likely date for a peak in Covid cases amid warnings a higher number o...

9 months ago

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How we 'headed for disaster' under Boris Johnson: Lessons from the Covid inquiry

Lady Hallett's inquiry has lifted the lid on chaos, indecision and infighting at Downing Street as the virus struck

9 months ago

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Make 'millions' of unused Covid boosters available to entire UK, scientists say

Almost 10 million people who are eligible for a booster haven't taken the offer up, suggesting there are millions of ...

9 months ago

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Covid Christmas warning as new dominant variant JN.1 fuels spike in cases

As JN.1 becomes the dominant Covid subvariant in the UK, scientists warn the UK faces a 'cocktail of viral threats'

9 months ago

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Covid cases double in December as 2.5 million people infected

Colder weather and increased socialising are helping to push up Covid numbers, experts say

9 months ago

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Hancock was 'chatty rat' behind lockdown leak, No 10 believed according to messages

Messages from Cabinet Secretary Simon Case released by the Covid inquiry also reveal the scale of the battle between ...

9 months ago

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Out-of-date Covid tests could risk spread of virus at Christmas

Scientists say we could be in for a spate of out-of-date tests this Christmas as the last of the free government test...

9 months ago

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Johnson hoped Covid test would get 'army of bludgers and skivers' back to work

Chris Whitty warned ministers last year they risked failing to learn lessons by dismantling virus infrastructure, new...

9 months ago

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Eat Out to Help Out scheme may have broken the law and cost lives, Covid bereaved families say

Treasury policy was designed to kickstart the economy in 2020 when Mr Sunak was chancellor, but scientists say they w...

9 months ago

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PM expected to tell Covid inquiry Eat Out to Help Out aided women and minorities

Rishi Sunak set be challenged over discount meals scheme when he gives evidence on Monday

9 months ago

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Lockdown filled me with 'astonishment and regret', Johnson tells Covid inquiry

Ex-PM recounts anguish at going against libertarian instincts and 'taking away the ancient inalienable right of peopl...

9 months ago

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How Boris Johnson finally snapped at being told 'you didn't care that much'

The former prime minister's display of emotion at the witness stand in the Covid inquiry was clearly genuine, but why...

9 months ago

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Boris Johnson fights back tears as he recalls nearly dying from Covid

At Covid inquiry former PM angrily denies he did not care about elderly or how parties in Downing Street would look

9 months ago

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Boris Johnson says sorry to Covid inquiry – but claims it wasn’t all his fault

The ex-PM tells Lady Hallett he believed 'the entire Whitehall establishment, scientific community included... undere...

9 months ago

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Boris Johnson to blame 'chopping and changing' scientific advice for Covid chaos

The former Prime Minister is appearing at the Covid inquiry this week and is set to deny that his decision-making pro...

9 months ago

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Scientists fear reduced booster uptake raises Covid risk over Christmas

Meanwhile, millions of people who were offered the booster last autumn have not been this year

10 months ago

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'People should be shot': Cummings's furious WhatsApp to Gove over Covid 'f*** up'

Dominic Cummings told Michael Gove that ministers 'should be shot' at the beginning of the pandemic in a WhatsApp exc...

10 months ago

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Should we worry about swine flu? Risk explained as first human case detected

It is not known at this stage how transmissible the strain is or if there could be other cases in the UK

10 months ago

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Should we worry about JN1? Covid's new variant rapidly spreading in UK

JN.1 is the latest in a series of subvariants spawned by Omicron - the Covid variant which shows no sign of going any...

10 months ago

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UK 'closely monitoring' pneumonia outbreak in children in China

The World Health Organisation is investigating the surge in respiratory disease, likely to have been caused by a bact...

10 months ago

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Whitty played down warnings UK could be engulfed by Covid, inquiry hears

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam warned in mid-January 2020 that a 'significant pandemic' was coming while Professor Neil Ferguso...

10 months ago

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Scientists to lift lid on Sunak, Johnson and 'No 10 chaos' at Covid inquiry

Professor Sir Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance will appear before the inquiry this week and are expected to reve...

10 months ago

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Johnson and Sunak braced for new claims from Vallance diaries at Covid inquiry

The inquiry has already heard that Sir Patrick wrote of Boris Johnson: 'This flip-flopping is impossible. One minute ...

10 months ago

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Humza Yousaf denies breaching ministerial code by misleading MSPs over Covid WhatsApp saga

He 'refuted' claims he had deliberately concealed when the Covid inquiry had requested the disclosure of WhatsApp mes...