Pubs, restaurants and cafes have never been coronavirus hotspots, local public health directors claimed today. Despite hospitality venues facing hugely damaging restrictions, there has never been a ‘terribly big risk’ of someone catching the disease in them, they said. Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, and Dr Richard Harling, his counterpart in Staffordshire, … Read more
Start-ups should look to the North East, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire as the next tech hotspots Regions are ‘levelling up’ their contribution to the tech industry, reports say They have hubs of activity in areas such as fintech, cyber security and AI Companies based in these locations include Sage, Atom Bank and KCOM By … Read more
Ministers ‘will split’ low-infection rural areas from nearby urban hotspots in tier review tomorrow to avoid massive Tory revolt as Sadiq Khan warns moving London into tier 3 will be ‘catastrophic for our businesses’ The Government will carry out its first formal review of the tier system tomorrow Ministers have raised prospect of ‘decoupling’ rural … Read more
Hopes that rural areas will be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring Covid hotspots in high tiers are dashed as Matt Hancock warns move would trigger infections spike Local MPs had hoped they would be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring hotspots However, Matt Hancock has warned move could lead to rural areas ‘catching up’ Review of tiers to take place … Read more
A new global surveillance system may be able to predict where the next coronavirus hotspots will be. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, it can track where the virus is, where it is going, how quickly it will arrive and whether or not it is accelerating. Its most recent report claims Wisconsin is on … Read more
None of London’s 33 boroughs are in England’s top 100 Covid hotspots, statistics show amid calls for the capital to be released from lockdown early. The highest infection rate is in Havering, east London, according to official statistics. It comes 106th in the league table of 317 authorities in England. Some 252 cases were diagnosed per every 100,000 … Read more
None of London’s 33 boroughs are in England’s top 100 Covid hotspots, statistics show amid calls for the capital to be released from lockdown early. The highest infection rate is in Havering, east London, according to official statistics. It comes 106th in the league table of 317 authorities in England. Some 252 cases were diagnosed per every 100,000 … Read more
Only one place in England’s top 50 coronavirus hotspots is in the south, according to official statistics that lay bare the country’s north-south Covid divide. Bristol has the 37th highest coronavirus infection rate out of 317 authorities in England, with officials diagnosing 410 cases for every 100,000 people in the week ending November 6. But … Read more
Coronavirus has spread far more rapidly in poorer areas of the US, which had 25 percent more cases relative to their populations by the time they were identified as ‘hotspots,’ a new report reveals. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that counties in low income brackets where many people lived … Read more
Plans to hold a 10,000-person wedding in Brooklyn on Monday have been blocked by sheriffs in New York City, following a tip off from upstate New York. Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, said the event was the exact example of what not to do during a global pandemic. ‘Look, you can get married. You … Read more