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Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair is urging the government to give as many people as possible an initial dose of a Covid vaccine – rather than preserving stocks so there is enough for second jabs. The Pfizer-Biontech and Oxford University-Astrazeneca vaccines require two doses to be fully effective. Mr Blair said his idea would speed up […]
The U.S. marked a grim milestone on Wednesday, hitting the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus in a single day since the pandemic began. Just over 2,800 people died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data, higher than the previous record of about 2,600 people dying one day in mid-April. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace. Trump, fresh off his reelection loss to President-elect Joe Biden, remains angry that an announcement about progress in developing a vaccine for the disease […]
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ending a requirement for travelers from places with a high amount of coronavirus cases to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in the state. Instead, […]
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Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish groups filed two federal lawsuits Thursday challenging the restrictions Gov. Andrew Cuomo (R-N.Y.) established for COVID-19 hot spots this week. Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella group for the strictly observant Haredi branch of Orthodox Judaism, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn are seeking an injunction to block Cuomo […]
Joe Biden issued a scathing condemnation of President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he’s giving up on congressional negotiations over another COVID-19 stimulus package until after the presidential election. “Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs […]
Faith communities are being invited to take part in a study of the role singing plays in spreading coronavirus. Participants will be asked to sing at different volumes, and lasers will be used to detect and measure the droplets they produce. Researchers will then look into how many droplets are blocked by different types of […]
People are waiting longer for test results from England’s community Covid testing centres, figures show. Only 28% of tests carried out in these venues came back in 24 hours in the week up to 16 September. That is down from one in three last week, and two in three the week before, NHS Test and […]
There is widespread growth of the epidemic across the country and the R number has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4, say the government’s scientific advisers. Officials are warning of “far worse things to come” as cases are thought to exceed 6,000 a day in England. And the scientist behind the Covid Symptom Study app […]
President Donald Trump was called out on Wednesday for bragging that the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus would be lower if one subtracted the deaths from “blue” states. “The blue states had tremendous death rates,” Trump said. “If you take the blue states out, we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night raised the notion of Americans developing herd immunity to the coronavirus, which he referred to as a “herd mentality.” Speaking at an ABC town hall event, Trump repeated his claim that the virus was going away. “It’s probably gonna go away now a lot faster because of the vaccine,” […]
Restrictions banning social gatherings of more than six people are now in effect, as Covid-19 cases keep rising. The “rule of six” applies both indoors and outdoors in England and Scotland, and indoors only in Wales. England’s restrictions affect everyone, but children under 11 in Wales and under 12 in Scotland are exempt. Crime Minister […]
Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK. On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said the studies were being paused while it investigated whether the adverse reaction was linked with the vaccine. But on Saturday, the university […]
The government has written to care home providers in England to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus infections within the sector. A letter from the Department of Health urged care bosses to take “necessary action to prevent and limit outbreaks”. Cases were mainly among staff but risked spreading to residents, it said. It […]