Texas COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to see a downward trend more than two weeks after the state scrapped its mask mandate and allowed businesses to reopen at full capacity. On Saturday, Texas’ seven-day COVID positivity rate reached an all-time low of 5.27 per cent, while hospitalizations fell to their lowest level since October, according … Read more
Rutgers University announced on Thursday that all students returning to campus in the Fall 2021 will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate applies to all three of the school’s campus locations: New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden. The university is believed to be the first in the United States to mandate the vaccine for … Read more
Daily Covid cases fall 3% week-on-week to 5,605 while deaths plunge 30% to 98 – with a record 170,000 second vaccine doses dished out By Sam Blanchard Deputy Health Editor Published: 17:26 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 17:26 GMT, 24 March 2021 The UK confirmed another 5,605 coronavirus cases today along with 98 deaths, … Read more
Ashley Judd, 52, ‘could have died’ following her devastating fall in Africa last month says her singer mom Naomi Judd: ‘It was very serious’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 15:27 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 15:27 GMT, 21 March 2021 Ashley Judd ‘could have died’ following her devastating fall in Africa last month. … Read more
Israel reports that coronavirus deaths and cases are continuing to fall even after restrictions being eased as the country unlocks following its world-leading vaccination drive. Around 60% of Israel’s adult population has had their first Covid jab and the country’s R rate is now at 0.68, below the 0.8 threshold which signifies the pandemic is … Read more
The pandemic caused the world’s middle class to shrink for the first time since the 1990s last year, according to an estimate based on World Bank data. Another estimate showed that almost two-thirds of households in developing economies reported that they had suffered loss in income in 2020. A study from non-partisan research group Pew … Read more
Britain’s daily Covid cases fall by 3% week-on-week to 5,758 – while deaths plunge by a quarter to 141 By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 16:36 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 16:37 GMT, 17 March 2021 Advertisement Britain’s daily coronavirus cases have fallen by three per cent week-on-week – even though they … Read more
The UK today recorded a small increase in coronavirus cases compared to last week after a huge testing spike following the reopening of England’s schools. Department of Health figures show there were 6,753 positive tests in the past 24 hours — up 2.7 per cent on last Thursday’s figures. Officials are carrying out a record … Read more
The United States saw a 10 percent decline in the weekly total for news coronavirus cases last week as vaccinations continue to accelerate. New infections have dropped for eight weeks in a row, averaging 60,000 new cases per day for the week ended March 7. Meanwhile, weekly totals fell from 456,080 new cases last week … Read more
The number of sick days taken by Britons fell to a record low last year, as millions were asked to work from home during the pandemic. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures estimated sickness absence – the number of working hours lost due to illness or injury – hit 1.8 per cent in 2020, the … Read more