Category: UK
ICU doctor to UK Health Secretary: “I do not want to have a vaccination” *3 UPDATES*
Steve James, a consultant anaesthetist at King’s College Hospital in London who has worked in the ICU since early 2020 treating Covid patients, told UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid why he did not believe in vaccination. More...
UK ONS: 1.3 million long COVID cases in Britain – 2% of the population
ONS: An estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 6 December 2021. More...
UK: First human case of H5N1 bird flu found in Buckfastleigh, Devon *3 UPDATES*
A person in the Buckfastleigh, Devon, area of the southwest of England has been confirmed as having contracted H5N1 bird flu, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. More...
Boris Johnson: We can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave with no more curbs
London, 1940. The city is being heavily bombed in the Blitz. More...
English schools to move some lessons online as Covid hits teacher availability
Schools in England have been given the go-ahead to send pupils home and return to online teaching, if they have a critical shortage of teachers. More...
UK: nearly 2.4 million people have symptomatic Covid
The UK Covid app ZOE is showing another case record in Britain. More...
UKHSA: Vaccine effectiveness drops to just 40% – 50% ten weeks after booster dose
Two to 4 weeks after a booster dose, vaccine effectiveness ranged from around 65% to 75%, dropping to 55% to 70% at 5 to 9 weeks and 40% to 50% from 10+ weeks after the booster. More...
UK.GOV: Vaccine booster doses wane after just 10 weeks
“The latest data suggests this extra protection starts to wane more rapidly, being about 15 to 25% lower from 10 weeks after the booster dose.” More...
Scotland: Hogmanay New Year’s eve cancelled due to Covid
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party has been cancelled off after the Scottish Government confirmed plans for strict caps on numbers at all large events, with the exception of weddings and funerals. More...
Britain plays Russian roulette with Covid – 130,000 symptomatic cases and rising
THE UK Covid app ZOE is reporting 129,970 new symptomatic covid cases in the UK today, as the Omicron variant spirals out of control. More...