Clothing sales slump by almost a fifth with stores forced to close during Covid lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 Clothing sales plunged by almost a fifth last month as stores across the country were forced to close during Covid … Read more
Britain will remain in some form of lockdown until at least March despite the roll out of coronavirus vaccines, Professor Chris Whitty has warned. The Chief Medical Officer said not enough Brits will have been inoculated against Covid-19 over the next three months to keep the most vulnerable out of hospitals. He urged people not … Read more
How the pandemic is driving Americans to drink: Binge-drinkers are nearly 20% more likely to overdo it each week a coronavirus lockdown drags on, study finds Researchers surveyed nearly 2,000 US adults between mid-March and mid-April They found that 34% of participants reported binge drinking during coronavirus pandemic lockdowns About 60% of binge drinkers increased … Read more
Michael Gove is to the Tory Party what Mikhail Suslov was to the Soviet Communist Party in the 1960s and 1970s. Chief ideologue and brainbox. But whereas Suslov was a hardliner and extreme authoritarian, Mr Gove was, until recently, seen as a social liberal and libertarian. One did not associate him with the expansion of … Read more
Sweden now has a higher Covid-19 infection rate than both France and Britain after shunning lockdowns in favour of a ‘herd immunity’ approach to the pandemic. Hospital admissions for coronavirus patients have almost doubled each week in Sweden, with the country recording 208,295 cases and 6,406 deaths since the outbreak began. Though this is far fewer than in Britain, … Read more
Olivia Palermo wraps up in animal prints while leaving a pedicure appointment in flip-flops as new pandemic lockdowns loom By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 03:46 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 03:46 GMT, 18 November 2020 Olivia Palermo wasn’t afraid of the chill when she ventured out on Tuesday in New York City. While … Read more
Since the pandemic began, have you forgotten someone’s name or struggled to remember a word to use in a sentence? As it turns out, you may not be alone. Researchers at the University of California Irvine (UCI) are launching a study to examine if lockdowns and stay-at-home orders have impacted memory. The team believes that our … Read more
The European countries worst-hit by Covid-19 may already be over the peaks of their second waves thanks to draconian nation lockdowns being reinstated across the continent, data suggests. After enjoying a lull in transmission throughout the summer and early autumn – thanks to the first round of nationwide shutdowns – most European countries were hit … Read more
Coronavirus lockdowns widen the ‘disadvantage gap’ between rich and poor children — and may negatively affect their life chances even before they reach school age Experts from Oxford polled more than 500 parents of children aged under three They asked about the kids’ activities both before and after lockdown measures They found that children in … Read more
Experts have warned that two-week circuit breaker lockdowns ‘do not work’ as they point to Scotland’s extension of their coronavirus restrictions. Nicola Sturgeon introduced a 16-day circuit-breaker which forced pubs and licensed restaurants in five health board areas across the central belt to close – impacting 3.4 million people – earlier this month. The temporary measures, … Read more