Fury at Sandhurst as 50 recruits catch Covid-19 after officer cadets flouted social distancing rules

EXCLUSIVE: Fury over Covid outbreak at Sandhurst as 50 recruits – including member of Qatari royal family – catch virus after officer cadets flouted social distancing during alcohol-fuelled bash Nearly 50 positive cases among 750 trainees at Sandhurst Military Academy Outbreak thought to be caused by recruits dining and socialising together Recruits now banned from … Read more

Isle of Man lifts lockdown rules as pubs, schools and shops reopen with social distancing scrapped

Isle of Man lifts ALL lockdown rules as pubs, schools and shops reopen with social distancing and face masks scrapped – but borders remain shut Pubs have reopened on the Isle of Man after it scrapped its lockdown measures The island, which is self-governing, had held a 25 day circuit-breaker lockdown Rules including social distancing … Read more

COVID-19: Rich people are up to 54 PER CENT more likely to follow social distancing rules

Richest people are 54 PER CENT more likely to follow social distancing rules than those earning £10,000 a year or less, study finds US experts surveyed more than 1,000 adults about their pandemic behaviours The higher your income, the more likely you are to take protective measures These included wearing face masks, social distancing and … Read more

Covid UK: Jonathan Van-Tam dismisses 3m social distancing rule

Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more

Jonathan Van-Tam shoots down calls for social distancing rule to be extended to three metres

Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more

Covid UK: BBC staff must wear ‘social distancing proximity devices’

BBC staff will have to wear ‘social distancing proximity devices’ in the office to make sure they keep two metres apart BBC staff have been told to wear ‘social distancing devices’ which will beep Technology will alert them if they are less than 2 metres apart from someone else Staff working in office will also … Read more

BBC staff will have to wear ‘social distancing proximity devices’ in the office

BBC staff will have to wear ‘social distancing proximity devices’ in the office to make sure they keep two metres apart BBC staff have been told to wear ‘social distancing devices’ which will beep Technology will alert them if they are less than 2 metres apart from someone else Staff working in office will also … Read more

Thousands of maskless sun seekers pack Miami beaches and ignore social distancing protocols

Pandemic won’t stop the party: Thousands of maskless sun seekers pack Miami beaches and pool parties – despite a surge in the city’s cases and Florida reporting 31,000 new cases in two days Hundreds of revelers crowded Miami beaches and attended a hotel pool party on Saturday  Photos show almost all of the sun seekers … Read more

CBI lobbies for cuts in Covid social distancing

CBI lobbies for cuts in Covid social distancing to help manufacturers The CBI has floated with Government the possibility of using Test to Release This would  allow employees to work more closely together By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 26 December 2020 Britain’s … Read more

Cloth masks are NOT enough to stop the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing

Cloth masks are NOT enough to stop the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing because they let in enough droplets to infect someone standing less than six feet away, study finds Five types of masks were examined: an N95 mask, s surgical mask, a cloth mask, a two-layer cloth mask and a wet two-later cloth … Read more