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Young people and children are at risk of becoming a ‘lost generation’ because of the UK Government’s Covid-19 response, members of SAGE warned today. Generation Z — those aged between seven and 24 — have largely avoided any direct consequences of coronavirus to their health. But the disruption to education, huge national debt and climbing … Read more
Boost for Boris’s testing ‘moonshot’ as government secures 20 million ‘game-changing’ 15-minute swab kits and starts rolling them out to hospital staff Government secured 20million antigen tests validated by Public Health England The ‘game changing’ swab kit said to provide 100% specificity in 15 minutes Tests to be used regularly on hospital staff to help … Read more
Boost for Boris’s testing ‘moonshot’ as government secures 20 million ‘game-changing’ 15-minute swab kits and starts rolling them out to hospital staff Government secured 20million antigen tests validated by Public Health England The ‘game changing’ swab kit said to provide 100% specificity in 15 minutes Tests to be used regularly on hospital staff to help … Read more
Six Russian military officers have been charged in the US with carrying out ‘cynical and reckless’ global cyber attacks, including attempts to disrupt next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. British and US officials said the attacks were conducted by Unit 74455 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. In an indictment unsealed today, the US … Read more
The Welsh Government is demanding more support from Westminster to protect jobs and businesses ahead of a possible two-week circuit-break lockdown, the country’s health minister has said. Vaughan Gething said the furlough scheme ends on October 31 and will be replaced by the UK Government with a ‘less generous’ Job Support Scheme. He told the … Read more
Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown after being warned that daily coronavirus cases could reach up to 690 in less than a fortnight. A pincer movement of regional mayors and senior scientists are calling on the Prime Minister to usher in a ‘circuit breaker’ of blanket restrictions to wrestle down … Read more
Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown after being warned that daily coronavirus cases could reach up to 690 in less than a fortnight. A pincer movement of regional mayors and senior scientists are calling on the Prime Minister to usher in a ‘circuit breaker’ of blanket restrictions to wrestle down … Read more
Sweden hasn’t suffered a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 because it has some immunity and kept its messaging clear and consistent – unlike the bungling UK government, top experts say. The Scandinavian country has become a talking point during the pandemic for its resistance to impose a national lockdown like its European neighbours. Anders Wallensten, deputy … Read more
Andy Burnham launched a fresh salvo at the government’s bungled bid to make Greater Manchester a ‘sacrificial lamb’ by imposing tougher lockdown today – demanding bigger bailouts and accusing Boris Johnson of southern bias. The region’s mayor said the North was being treated like a ‘canary in the coalmine’ with experimental restrictions – claiming that … Read more
Andy Burnham launched a fresh salvo at the government’s bungled bid to make Greater Manchester a ‘sacrificial lamb’ by imposing tougher lockdown today – demanding bigger bailouts and accusing Boris Johnson of southern bias. The region’s mayor said the North was being treated like a ‘canary in the coalmine’ with experimental restrictions – claiming that … Read more