Scottish student, 20, gets ‘worst haircut of his life’ at barber after Covid lockdown

Scottish student, 20, gets ‘worst haircut of his life’ on first visit to a barber after four months of Covid lockdown Andrew Riley, of Glasgow, visited hairdresser in Bearsden on April 7 – two days after they were allowed to reopen across Scotland He paid £12 for mid-skin fade – a tapered cut that ends between … Read more

Fauci says Covid cases ‘are at a disturbing level’ and are set to surge

Dr Anthony Fauci warned that the number of new coronavirus cases recorded every day has flattened at a ‘disturbingly high level.’ On Wednesday, the country reported 75,038 infections with a seven-day rolling average of 65,882, marking the 13th day in a row that the average has topped 60,000, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns … Read more

UK’s foreign aid spending falls by £712million to £14.5billion due to the impact of Covid pandemic

UK’s foreign aid spending falls by £712million to £14.5billion due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time it has gone down since the global financial crisis in 2007 International aid spending stats for 2020 show it declined by £712m to £14.5bn  Figure linked to UK economic prosperity, battered by Covid shutdowns last … Read more

UK’s foreign aid spending falls by £712million to £14.5billion due to the impact of Covid pandemic

UK’s foreign aid spending falls by £712million to £14.5billion due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time it has gone down since the global financial crisis in 2007 International aid spending stats for 2020 show it declined by £712m to £14.5bn  Figure linked to UK economic prosperity, battered by Covid shutdowns last … Read more

Government-listed Covid test supplier slammed for `appalling´ service

Dozens of complaints have been made against a Covid-19 test supplier after quarantined travellers were left waiting several days for a kit to arrive. East Yorkshire-based Latus Health has been accused of providing an ‘appalling’ service, with customers claiming they received their £175 coronavirus tests late – potentially delaying their exit from quarantine. The healthcare … Read more

More than HALF of people who test positive for Covid have no symptoms

More than HALF of people who test positive for Covid have no symptoms – but fatigue is still most common sign, official data shows Office for National Statistics found 53 per cent suffered no symptoms Fatigue, headache and cough were the most common warning signs, they said NHS only lists a temperature, cough and loss … Read more

GP Clare Bailey gives advice: Is my brain fog a symptom of Long Covid?

Q I’ve always been good at multi-tasking, but recently I’ve been finding it hard to think straight — I turned on the washing machine without laundry in it, and I’ve found my car keys in the fridge more than once. I’m 65, and I had this brain fog during the menopause but it seems to … Read more

Half of US adults will be vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid shot by this weekend

Half of all U.S. adults will receive at least one coronavirus vaccine dose by the end of the weekend. Currently, 41.7 percent of Americans aged 18 or older have gotten at least an initial shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time on Tuesday, Andy Slavitt, … Read more

Wellwishers raise more than £8,000 to help care for mother-of-four, 55, left paralysed by Covid

Wellwishers have raised more than £8,000 to help care for a mum-of-four left paralysed from the eyes down after Covid-19 worked its way into her brain stem.  Ayesha Hussain, 55, was ‘fine and fit’ before being struck down with coronavirus in December, according to her daughter, Amina Bux, 30.  But within days of contracting the … Read more