Category: Wales
UK AstraZeneca coronavirus jab trial on children paused as regulator investigates rare blood clots in adults
A vaccine trial into the safety and efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while the UK medicines regulator investigates a possible link to rare blood clots in adults who had the jab. More...
8,000 tourists a day arrive in the UK in the middle of global coronavirus pandemic
Britain’s opposition Labour party has said it is “completely outrageous” that up to 8,000 tourists may be arriving in Britain every day and demanded the UK government tighten up its hotel quarantine system to avoid new coronavirus variants being brought into the country. More...
What would Boris the Libertarian have thought of this Prime MInister ruling by diktat?
That champion of freedom now leads a government which can remove liberties at the stroke of a pen, dismiss dissent and scorn scrutiny. More...
ONS: Prevalence of Long Haul symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK
Among a sample of over 20,000 study participants who tested positive for COVID-19 between 26 April 2020 and 6 March 2021, 13.7% continued to experience symptoms for at least 12 weeks. More...
UK: 122,000 NHS personnel and 114,000 teachers have Long Covid
At least 122,000 NHS personnel have Long Covid, the Office for National Statistics disclosed in a detailed report that showed 1.1 million people in the UK were affected by the condition. More...
UK MHRA finds blood clots in 30 recipients of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Britain has identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events following the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine — 25 more than initially reported. More...
Over a million people in Britain are living with long-Covid.
More than a million people in the UK were experiencing “long Covid” in a recent four-week period, according to new survey figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More...
Japanese residents in U.K. wowed by efficient coronavirus vaccine rollout
As Japan prepares for its COVID-19 vaccine rollout for its older population next month, a program underway since December in Britain has impressed many older Japanese residents there with its emphasis on a speedy deployment. More...
70% of patients hospitalised with coronavirus haven’t fully recovered five months later
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study today. More...