Government health advisers say missing school is greater risk to kids than catching Covid-19
The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom have said children should return to school after the summer holidays, warning that missing out on...
NHS Test and Trace reaches over 80 per cent of close contacts since launch
The NHS Test and Trace has reached over 272,000 people since its launch in May, helping to stop hundreds of thousands of people at...
Russia approves trial of AstraZeneca virus vaccine
The UK’s AstraZeneca has received regulatory approval to conduct part of a Phase III trial of its potential Covid-19 vaccine in Russia, a filing in the...
Nearly £32m funding to further boost Covid-19 testing in Wales
Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething has announced nearly £32 million to speed up Covid-19 testing turnaround times.
The government hopes to deliver faster results for...
UK unlikely to impose compulsory face coverings in workplaces
The UK is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most...
Government to bring in mass testing to curb spread of Covid-19
The UKÂ plans to bring in regular, population-wide testing for Covid-19 so it can suppress the spread of the virus and limit restrictions that have...
Pakistan’s drug regulatory agency approves phase-3 trial for a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine
Pakistan’s drug regulatory agency has approved final-phase testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against Covid-19.
In a statement on Monday (Aug 17), the state-run National Institute...
Depression in UK doubles during pandemic: ONS
The proportion of people in the UK suffering with depression has almost doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday (Aug 18).
The...
Matt Hancock confirms Public Health England to be scrapped and replaced by new body
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today (Aug 18) that Public Health England is being scrapped and replaced by a new national body which could...
Study links Covid-19 to rise in childhood type 1 diabetes
Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible...
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