Denmark becomes first country to suspend Covid vaccinations as virus is brought under control
Denmark has become the first country to suspend its Covid-19 vaccination programme as its health authority said the virus has been brought under control. The Danish Health…
Businesses and public bodies need to move on from Covid
Pandemic and lockdown were a personal tragedy for millions, from which we were rescued by science – and though public policy must remain vigilant and flexible, we…
Wear face masks on the beach this Easter, councils advise
Latest data shows between April 8 and April 14 there were 2,335 people who were confirmed positive for Covid across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Visitors…
How to survive the Easter travel chaos
Heathrow While Manchester has seen the most severe check-in and security delays, more passengers at Heathrow have had their flights unceremoniously cancelled. British Airways has already scrapped…
For the work-shy, Covid is the gift that keeps on giving
Nine new official symptoms of Covid-19 have just been added to the NHS website. Symptoms may or may not include the following: Sneezing in the past 10…
Easter chaos proves we are not yet ‘living with Covid’ – we are living under it
The problem with the now-unproveable Covid excuse gets worse: it’s now synonymous with something having gone wrong, with no explanation required. Which makes it an all too…
New Covid symptoms: How to spot the early signs and what to do if you get them
Nine new signs of infection have been added to the official list of symptoms of Covid-19 – two years into the pandemic and just days after the…
Covid conundrums: your all-new etiquette guide
According to the Office for National Statistics, around one in 16 people across the UK had Covid in the week ending March 19. Anecdotally, that seems conservative,…
Care homes tell visitors to carry on testing for Covid despite end of free lateral flows
Care homes are urging visitors to continue testing amid fears they will spread Covid, even though free lateral flow testing is ending. As part of the Government’s…
Mouthwash and nine other ways to get rid of Covid
For many people, the pandemic is behind us. Yet Covid is spiking again, with about 126,000 new cases daily in the UK. While 21 million of us…
When will free Covid lateral flow tests end in the UK, and how much will they cost in future?
In February, Boris Johnson confirmed that under the Government’s “learning to live with Covid” strategy, free lateral flow and PCR tests would soon come to an end….
When will free Covid lateral flow tests end in the UK and how much will they cost in future?
In February, Boris Johnson confirmed that under the Government’s “learning to live with Covid” strategy, free lateral flow and PCR tests would soon come to an end….
The Covid inquiry must not ignore children
The public inquiry into the Covid pandemic is a unique opportunity to examine the effects of, and seek mitigation for, the biggest national crisis in most of…
When will free Covid lateral flow tests come to an end in the UK?
In February, Boris Johnson confirmed that under the Government’s “learning to live with Covid” strategy, free lateral flow and PCR tests would soon come to an end….
Spotting who really has long Covid can be a challenge
The Government has been much criticised on several counts for its handling of the pandemic. But perhaps unfairly so, for the most recent mortality figures reveal that…
Did Britain’s ‘zero Covid’ policy blight a generation for a lifetime?
In normal times, there is a shocking poverty gap when it comes to how our children do at school. By the time they arrive for their very…
What would really happen if we took 10 days off for a cold in Britain
Partly this is because in Germany, work is work. Office days are shorter than in Britain (about 300 hours less over the course of a year, or…
For the clinically vulnerable, the threat of Covid hasn’t gone away
Sarah Hemmings, 34, from Norwich was diagnosed with highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis in 2019. She is on a disease-modifying treatment called Ocrelizumab to manage her MS…
It’s a time for celebration but the hardest thing of all will be to remember who we were before
What people need to get into their heads is that it simply doesn’t matter how much omicron spreads now because everyone is going to get it. Think…
It’s time to put an end to our default crisis mentality – and not just with Covid
California is bringing an end to its Covid restrictions, and with them, the “crisis mentality” it has been operating under for the past two years, according to…
The pandemic is over, but DIY testing could be here to stay
Squeezing droplets of fluid onto little white cassettes has become a fact of life for most since the mass rollout of lateral flow tests a year ago:…
A crisis mentality has become our default – we must stop living in fear
California is bringing an end to its Covid restrictions, and with them, the “crisis mentality” it has been operating under for the past two years, according to…