Coronavirus cases in England spike back up to pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people infected last week, mass testing shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 10:02 GMT, 24 December 2020 Advertisement The number of people with coronavirus in England last week spiked to pre-second lockdown … Read more
HALF of air samples taken from hospital hallways and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of coronavirus, study finds Researchers looked at 24 studies from eight countries between January 1 and October 27 that examined COVID-19 and air contamination Air samples from ICU rooms were more than twice as likely to be positive for … Read more
Stretch of water in Yorkshire will be assessed for bacteria levels as it is named the country’s first official river bathing site By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 00:04 GMT, 22 December 2020 The thrill of plunging into the water off a rugged stretch … Read more
High levels of coronavirus build up inside a car in just 15 minutes – but opening windows furthest away from you could help avoid infection, computer simulations reveal Researchers used computer models to track how ventilation affected particles Found opening all car windows was the most effective method to reduce risk But, if this is not … Read more
Tui swings to £2.7bn annual loss and warns holiday bookings won’t return to pre-crisis levels until 2022 Tui made a mammoth loss of €3.1bn (£2.7bn) in the year to the end of September Revenues fell 58% to €7.9bn (£7.2bn) as Covid disrupted and halted travel Tui looking to cut costs by another €100m, but no … Read more
UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October but remains 7.9% below pre-pandemic levels, latest figures show, as industry bosses warn it won’t fully recover until the END of 2022 UK economy has grown for six months running according to official statistics Office for National Statistics says it has grown by 23.4% since spring recession … Read more
BBC’s desperate drive to win younger viewers is alienating older middle class ones with satisfaction levels ‘starting to wane’, Ofcom report warns Ofcom said the BBC was out of touch with large swathes of licence fee payers Satisfaction levels from over-55s and the well-off is ‘waning’ for the first time Ofcom warned that only half … Read more
Why you MUST wash your hands after working out or shopping: Gym door handles and self check-out stations are covered in coronavirus but gas pumps are nearly virus-free, swab tests show Swab tests were conducted on 16 high-touch surfaces including gas pumps, door handles, shopping carts, credit card machines and check-out screens Results from gas … Read more
New Pentagon chief confirms troops levels in Iraq and Afghanistan will be cut to 2,500 each before Donald Trump leaves office – but Mitch McConnell ups warnings of move risking chaos Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced plans to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan Miller said the decision fulfilled President Donald Trump’s … Read more
There have been more than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in educational settings since schools reopened in September, the Government’s scientific advisers have suggested. An outbreak or cluster is classed by Public Health England (PHE) as two or more positive cases of Covid-19 related to one setting. A document released by the Scientific Advisory Group for … Read more