Published date 29 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
The number of coronavirus patients being treated in England is higher than at the peak of the first wave and the number of infections has reached a new record, according to a British health official. Yesterday, Monday morning, 20,426 people were hospitalized in England from the disease, compared to 18,974 at the peak of the first wave, on April 12....
Published date 29 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
Britain needs to vaccinate two million people a week against the coronavirus to avoid a third wave of the epidemic, according to research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). More than 2.3 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country so far and more than 71,000 deaths from the disease as of Monday, according...
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Published date 21 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
The United Kingdom is now cut off from most of Europe after travel was cut off by its closest allies over fears of a new coronavirus being found in the country, wreaking havoc on families and companies just days before end of the transitional period for Britain’s exit from the EU. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Israel and...
Published date 21 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
“Please, help us leave!”, A German woman begs in a video that is circulating on social networking sites. He is among dozens of passengers on flights from Britain who were stranded at German airports Sunday night through Monday. Cause: the new, much more contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2, found in the United Kingdom. At Hanover Airport in the north of the...
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Published date 21 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
The Turkish government announced yesterday that, like the authorities of many other countries, it has decided to ban passenger flights from Britain and other countries following the discovery of a new, even more contagious strain of the new coronavirus in the United Kingdom. “Following the instructions of the President (of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan), in coordination with the Ministry of...
READ MORE The list of countries suspending flights to and from Britain is getting longer
Published date 20 December 2020 Categories COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was in “constant contact” with British officials about the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus. This strain spreads faster than the original form of the virus, although it is not considered more deadly. The same mutation has also been found in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, the WHO told the BBC....
READ MORE The new strain “escaped” Britain. Continuous communication with WHO