Britain’s Covid outbreak is continuing to shrink rapidly, with daily infections having almost halved in a week to the lowest levels since September. Deaths have also plunged by 42 per cent, according to the Government’s own figures that will pile more pressure on Boris Johnson to consider easing draconian lockdown restrictions sooner. Department of Health … Read more
Downing Street confirmed today that schools will reopen on Monday, despite fears over a Brazilian strain of coronavirus that has been found in Britain. Six cases of the P.1 variant first detected in the Amazonian city of Manaus have been confirmed in the UK – three in England and three in Scotland. Two were tracked to … Read more
The Brazilian Covid variant detected in the UK is running rife in the Amazon city where it first emerged, despite the population approaching herd immunity – suggesting the new strain can evade existing antibodies. Scientists believe that around 75 per cent of Manaus’ population was infected by the virus during Brazil‘s disastrous first wave last year, … Read more
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BRAZIL VARIANT? Name: B.1.1.248 or P.1 Date: Discovered in Tokyo, Japan, in four travellers arriving from Manaus, Brazil, on January 2. Why should we care? The variant has the same spike protein mutation as the highly transmissible versions found in Kent and South Africa – named N501Y – which makes the … Read more
Six cases of the troublesome Brazilian variant of coronavirus have been found in Britain, Public Health England (PHE) announced today. Three cases of the mutant variant first detected in Manaus in the South American country have been found in England, and three in Scotland. The Brazilian variant carries the E484K mutation which scientists believe allows it to … Read more
First cases of Manaus variant of Covid from Brazil is found in UK: Mutant strain may spread quicker and respond less well to vaccines By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 17:05 GMT, 28 February 2021 | Updated: 17:13 GMT, 28 February 2021 Six cases of the Manaus variant of coronavirus from Brazil have been found in … Read more
Royals, racing and finding Ronnie Biggs: Colin Mackenzie’s new memoir tells how he landed one of the greatest Fleet Street exclusives of all time Colin Mackenzie found Ronnie Biggs, the escaped Great Train Robber, in 1974 Mackenzie, then a reporter on the Daily Express, found him and got his story Pressing My Luck by Colin … Read more
Since the novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, China, in 2019, several variants have emerged from across the world. Most of the attention has been focused on highly contagious variants first identified in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil, all of which have since quickly spread. But a new homegrown variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429, … Read more
Devastated Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker desperately tried to find a way to fly to Brazil following the tragic death of his father but had to make the heartbreaking decision to stay in the UK, according to a source close to the star. Jose Agostinho Becker, 57, drowned Wednesday afternoon in a lake on the family’s … Read more
The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker dies after drowning in a dam at his holiday home in Brazil, with police finding his body hours after he dived in for an afternoon swim Alisson Becker’s father Jose, 57, has died after a swimming accident in Brazil The incident happened in a lake near a dam … Read more