UK Covid alert level lowered as risk of NHS being overwhelmed recedes
However, the officials warned that health services “remain under significant pressure with a high number …
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Three-quarters of disabled students say wellbeing has worsened since Covid
The report found that almost half (48 per cent) of disabled students have considered dropping …
Man offered vaccine after NHS error lists him as 6.2cm tall and ‘morbidly obese’
Liam Thorp, who has no underlying health conditions, is in fact six foot two and …
UK risks ‘another large wave’ of Covid if restrictions lifted too early
Professor Steven Riley said the “incredibly successful” rollout of the vaccine and “incredibly high vast uptake” does …
Housebound over-80s ‘forgotten’ in vaccines rollout as younger people get jabs in UK’s ‘world-leading’ scheme
Ministers and scientists have hailed the success of the UK’s “world-leading” vaccine programme, with more …
UK to be ‘more or less free’ of Covid by Christmas
Appearing on ITV after Boris Johnson announced that a quarter of adults in England had …
Ministers failed to learn lessons from first Covid wave and locked down too late
By the end of January, half of the UK’s then-death toll of 100,000 had died …
Forcing people to have a vaccine to keep their job would be ‘discriminatory’
The statement came following reports that ministers believed employers who required their staff to receive …
Boris Johnson challenged as over-80s and over-90s in mutated variant area still waiting for vaccines
Their fears were heightened on Wednesday when the Office for National Statistics said people infected …
Men working in care, leisure and service jobs three times more likely to die from Covid
Analysis by the ONS shows men who worked in low-skilled occupations (699 deaths) or care, …
More women ‘considering technology-aided methods of trying for baby’ since pandemic
Six in ten women report being anxious about their chances of having a family due …
Customers and staff breathe sigh of relief as supermarkets make face masks mandatory
Speaking to The Independent, a manager at Morrisons in Peckham, southeast London, said there was “no …
Antibiotics banned in UK but fed to US animals ‘may undermine drugs for cancer, Covid and infections’
Bringing the meat into the UK would be a seriously backward step in the fight …
NHS chief warns of ‘rising pressure’ as top psychiatrist issues plea for mental health funding
Ahead of the release of figures showing case rates rose in nine out of 10 …
Calls for whole of England to enter Tier 4, as Boxing Day high street sales suffer
The new variant – dubbed VUI-202012/01 – has sparked worldwide concern after scientists warned it …