Britain’s vaccination figures dropped to 200,000 on Sunday slowdown

Britain managed to dish out 220,000 coronavirus vaccinations on Sunday, as the pace of the NHS drive to inoculate the most vulnerable slackened for the first time in five days. Department of Health figures showed 220,249 first doses and 818 second doses were administered across the country on January 24. This is half the almost 500,000 doses … Read more

Britain manages 220,000 coronavirus vaccines in Sunday slowdown, early figures show

Britain managed to dish out 220,000 coronavirus vaccinations on Sunday, as the pace of the drive slackened.  Early figures show England vaccinated 199,202 yesterday, while a further 11,519 were done in Scotland and 6,838 in Wales. There was no data for Northern Ireland.   These numbers are preliminary and will be updated by the Department of … Read more

London ‘at risk of Tier Three’ because of the slowdown in the fall in coronavirus cases

London is ‘at risk’ of being plunged into Tier Three because the drop in its coronavirus case numbers appears to be stalling, its head of public health has claimed. Professor Kevin Fenton sought to pour cold water on the capital’s re-surging economy and public life as he warned the ‘promising reductions’ they were seeing have … Read more

Netflix stock plunges 7% after streaming giant revealed dramatic slowdown in new subscribers

Netflix stock is trading sharply lower after the streaming giant reported a slowdown in new subscribers over the summer, after a huge surge of signups in spring left demand tapped out. Shares of Netflix dropped as much as 6.54 percent in morning trading on Wednesday, one day after the streamer posted its biggest earnings miss … Read more

Scientists worldwide to investigate how animal behaviours have been affected by human slowdown

Wildlife scientists around the world are planning to investigate how animal behaviours have been affected by the slowdown in human activity during lockdown. They will gather data from sources including GPS, sensors and surveys to assess how more than a hundred terrestrial and marine species responded to the lockdown – or ‘Anthropause’. At least two … Read more

Persimmon suffers ‘material’ slowdown in sales during lockdown

Housebuilder Persimmon has got back to work on its construction sites this week, amid a ‘phased process’ of reopening. The group, which is holding its annual general meeting today, said customer inquiries had remained at ‘good levels’, even during the lockdown period.  But, after a ‘robust’ start to the year, the company admitted that social … Read more