Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy has halved among black Britons following No10’s PR blitz to quash fears, data revealed today. Ministers launched a media campaign to address hesitancy in BAME communities back in February, after experts raised concerns about low uptake in ethnic minorities. The Department of Health worked with more than 50 ethnic minority TV channels and … Read more
The UK was too slow to ramp up its coronavirus testing capacity and introduce masks and, the boss of Britain’s new pandemic-fighting body admitted today. Dr Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, conceded that officials have ‘an awful lot to learn’ after a series of failures early in the crisis. She said … Read more
Britain’s ‘world-leading’ Test and Trace system has failed to reach more than 100,000 people exposed to coronavirus in England’s hotspots since the second wave began, official figures show. The privately-run arm of the £22billion programme has reached just 58 per cent of the close contacts of people who tested positive for the virus in the … Read more
There’s ‘absolutely no chance’ the Government’s new 15-minute coronavirus tests are accurate enough to get life back to normal, a leading expert warned today. It emerged last night ministers are set to buy 200million of the £5 kits, which are made by US company Innova and give a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ result in a quarter … Read more
Emergency talks were under way last night to prevent Nicola Sturgeon from undermining plans for ‘air bridges’ to popular holiday destinations. Ministers agreed a new traffic light system last week that would pave the way for the creation of ‘travel corridors’, allowing tourists to visit certain ‘green’ countries deemed safe without the need to quarantine at … Read more