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Covid news: Omicron variant ‘milder’ but UK ‘not out of danger zone’

Covid Around The World: How Omicron Is Impacting The Holidays Omicron is less likely than the Delta variant to lead to severe disease and hospitalisation, two new studies have suggested. Research from... Read more »
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Sadiq Khan cancels New Year’s Eve celebrations as London grapples with soaring Covid cases | UK | News

It had been hoped that the event would replace the capital’s iconic firework show after it was cancelled in October due to continued uncertainty amid the pandemic. But this evening the Mayor... Read more »
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Covid UK: Is London taking ITSELF into lockdown?

Parts of London’s West End were effectively in lockdown today as theatre shows were suspended and pubs and restaurant suffered a wave of cancellations triggered by mounting fears over the new Covid... Read more »
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Ontario’s COVID cases top 4,000 again

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News The province has so far provided a booster dose to almost 2.13 million people Author of the article: Free Press staff, Postmedia staff Publishing date: Dec 22,... Read more »
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Omicron Covid IS MILDER, says SAGE member Neil Ferguson in first real-world study on severity

Boris Johnson will wait until after December 25 to announce any post-Christmas Covid changes, after studies showed Omicron is milder and far less likely to cause hospitalisation than Delta – but hospitality... Read more »
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London NHS employees arrested for making fake Covid vaccine records

Cybercrime officers investigating suspected fake Covid-19 vaccination records have made two arrests. On December 22, a 28-year-old woman from Redbridge was arrested, after a 36-year-old man from Ilford was arrested on December... Read more »
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More than 1 in 4 people in hospital with Covid in England are in London

M ore than 25 per cent of people in hospital with Covid in England are in London. There were 2,036 coronavirus patients in hospital in London as of December 22, according to... Read more »
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Covid Omicron news – live: Million Britons given vaccine in a day, as JCVI says only vulnerable children will get one

Wales brings back rule of six and distancing from Boxing Day, first minister says Children aged five to 11, who are in a clinical risk group, or who are a household contact... Read more »
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Omicron: What do COVID hospitalisation figures in London tell us about how severe the new variant is? | UK News

Omicron cases are surging in the UK and as the variant has taken hold for more than a week we can start to see the effect it’s having on hospitalisations for the... Read more »
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London Covid: Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘devastated’ as Cinderella cancelled due to coronavirus fears

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been left ‘devastated’ after his theatre production of Cinderella was postponed until February. The theatre boss, who has ‘devoted’ his life to the stage, was forced to push... Read more »