NHS worker whose sister died with coronavirus on same ward where she works vows to carry on coming in for shifts because ‘the fight needs to go on’ Healthcare assistant Andrea Haysman was with her sister Wendy Dennis, 60, when she died at Royal Cornwall Hospital Her brother-in-law Victor Dennis died with Covid-19 on same … Read more
The seventh temporary mortuary has been set up in Britain to cope with the ‘significant pressures’ created by the number of coronavirus deaths. An overflow mortuary is being set up in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire to provide extra capacity amid the ongoing pandemic. The new facility will become operational on Thursday to support the four major … Read more
Britain today announced a record 1,610 new coronavirus deaths in the country’s deadliest day of the pandemic so far — but cases are down by a quarter as the third lockdown continues to drive down the infection rate. Today’s grisly death toll marks a sharp 30 per cent rise on the 1,243 announced last Tuesday and … Read more
The number of people getting vaccinated against Covid in the UK has fallen for the third day in a row raising fears that the rollout has stalled over the weekend. Some 204,076 people in Britain were vaccinated yesterday, January 18, with the total slumping from 225,000 on Sunday, 277,000 on Saturday and a dizzying high … Read more
The South African coronavirus variant may slip past parts of the immune system in as many as half of people infected with different versions in the past, scientists fear. Researchers say that a mutation on a specific part of the virus’s outer spike protein appears to make it able to ‘escape’ antibodies. Antibodies are substances … Read more
Working out whether you are doing pelvic floor exercises correctly can be a challenge. And if the technique is wrong, the squeezes — designed to improve urinary incontinence — will have little effect. Many women are advised by physiotherapists, or decide themselves, to use biofeedback therapy, which measures how well you are performing these exercises, … Read more
Matt Hancock has insisted the UK’s ambitious vaccination drive is a ‘full seven-day service’ – despite an apparent drop in the number of people receiving jabs at the weekend. This week’s figures showed a total of 321,951 people received a dose of the Oxford or Pfizer vaccine on Thursday – followed by a further 328,260 on Friday. The … Read more
Matt Hancock has insisted the UK’s ambitious vaccination drive is a ‘full seven-day service’ – despite an apparent drop in the number of people receiving jabs at the weekend. This week’s figures showed a total of 321,951 people received a dose of the Oxford or Pfizer vaccine on Thursday – followed by a further 328,260 on Friday. The … Read more
Dido Harding today said the UK is in one of the ‘leading positions worldwide’ to recognise and deal with new variants of the coronavirus. And the NHS Test and Trace boss admitted to MPs that her biggest fear about Covid-19 is ‘what we don’t know’, saying she was certain it would present new, unknown problems … Read more
Dozens of cases of the South African Covid variant have already been spotted in Britain, it was revealed today. The Covid-19 Genomics Consortium UK (COG-UK) said 54 Brits have tested positive for the variant so far, with the first case spotted in October last year. It’s likely that there have been far more than 54 … Read more