Around 700,000 pupils in England have still not returned to their classrooms since schools were reopened on March 8, according to Government figures. Statistics from the Department for Education show that around 89 per cent of secondary school pupils were in class on March 15 – a week after secondary schools began to stagger the … Read more
More than a THIRD of people in England now have Covid antibodies as official data shows 75% of over-80s now have some immunity against the disease because of vaccine roll-out Office for National Statistics data up to March 3 show 34.6% of people in England have Covid antibodies The proportion has jumped 77 per cent … Read more
Not a single coronavirus case has been reported on the Isles of Scilly during the UK’s second wave and nobody has ever died of Covid there, official records show. The virus-free island off the coast of Cornwall has been kept under the same lockdown rules as the rest of England during that time, but official … Read more
New pictures show Facebook’s gargantuan new data center taking shape beneath snow-capped mountains in Utah – with plans already being made for a further expansion. The Eagle Mountain Data Center will house some of Facebook’s vast network of servers, joining other sites belonging to the tech giant in the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland and … Read more
Teachers are no more likely to catch coronavirus than their peers, an official report has confirmed amid concerns about schools reopening next week. The Office for National Statistics study of 120 schools in England at the start of the second wave found similar rates of Covid antibodies among school staff and the general public. About 14.6 … Read more
Lockdown easing SHOULD speed up if infection rates and vaccine drive data remain positive to save the economy, says boss of influential Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson, director of IFS, said ‘if we can do it quicker we absolutely should’ Mr Johnson said ‘no need to stick to a date if things go better … Read more
Parents are increasingly feeling the strain of home-schooling during Covid crisis as half say it is negatively affecting their wellbeing while two thirds say it is negatively affecting their children’s wellbeing Latest Office for National Statistics data showed growing toll of home-schooling Half of parents surveyed in January said it is negatively affecting their wellbeing … Read more
Facebook is accused of misleading advertisers with inflated and ‘wrong’ figures about how many users adverts reach Facebook has been fighting a lawsuit over claims it overstated advertisers’ reach Employees warned about ‘revenue we should never have made’, filings show ‘Potential reach metric’ informs advertisers of their potential online audience Bosses allegedly chose not to … Read more
For the first time this year no state in the country saw more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases across a seven-day average, it was reported on Tuesday, in the latest encouraging sign in pandemic progress. The COVID Tracking Project found that every single state is showing a decline in numbers compared to January. New York, … Read more
Both Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc say they expect to have data on how well their coronavirus vaccines work in teenagers later this year. Currently, immunizations against COVID-19 are only recommended in Americans aged 16 and up for Pfizer and ages 18 and up for Moderna. However, Pfizer says it has completed enrollment of 2,259 … Read more