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Coronavirus UK: Top Covid Omicron symptom in patients revealed by new data as cases surge in England
Covid-19 infections in the UK have jumped by around 7 per cent, with the ongoing rise still driven by the newest Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. Hospital numbers are also continuing to... Read more »
A rise in Covid infections in the over-55s could see an increased number of hospitalisations and deaths in the coming weeks, experts have warned. Imperial College London’s latest React-1 study found that... Read more »
A record number of people in the UK are estimated to have COVID-19 in the week leading up to 26 March, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows. It said... Read more »
Two years since COVID prompted the first UK lockdown, new figures reveal more detail about the numbers of additional deaths that occurred during the pandemic. Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer,... Read more »
Law requiring those infected to isolate could be scrapped this month as PM plans to end domestic COVID restrictions. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that laws requiring people in England... Read more »
People in England who test positive for COVID are no longer legally required to self-isolate. From today, all remaining restrictions have been replaced by the government’s “living with COVID plan”. This comes... Read more »
People who test positive for Covid-19 in England are no longer obliged to self-isolate under law. What are the current coronavirus rules across the UK nations? Lateral flow tests have been free... Read more »
A n airline has been fined for not ensuring passengers complied with England’s coronavirus rules, the aviation regulator has announced. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Romanian firm Blue Air pleaded guilty... Read more »
Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling group (Spi-M), said that the latest Covid-19 case figures were “cautiously good news” which could... Read more »