Coronavirus UK: 63 new fatalities in preliminary death toll

Britain announces 63 more Covid-19 deaths in preliminary toll as outbreak continues to fizzle out Department of Health chiefs yet to confirm final toll, which includes lab-confirmed deaths in all settings The preliminary count is calculated by adding up the updates from health chiefs in all of the home nations NHS England today reported 55 … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 64 new fatalities in preliminary death toll

Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out.  Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account all suspected deaths reveals the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 64 new fatalities in preliminary death toll

Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out.  Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account all suspected deaths reveals the … Read more

Coronavirus: Risk of infection from eating meat is ‘very low’

The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.  Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more

Coronavirus: Risk of infection from eating meat is ‘very low’

The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.  Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more

Coronavirus UK: First wave OVER by 13 July, study claims

Britain’s coronavirus outbreak could have died out by July 13 — with daily confirmed cases dropping to zero in all four nations, a study has claimed. The research, by a pair of economists, estimates the number of Brits testing positive for Covid-19 will fall to a daily average of zero in just three weeks’ time.  … Read more

UK Weather: Thunderstorms hit UK a THIRD day with 2.4″ rain

Snow settled in the West Midlands today as Britain’s bizarre month of weather continued – and the landscape is to change again next week as the thunderstorms, lightning and floods of recent days make way for an 82F heatwave. Walsall Council posted the surprising images of the white blanket, which settled after huge amounts of … Read more