Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go

Ministers have yet to secure a single hotel room for use in a new enforced quarantine plan that is due to come into force in just a week’s time, it was revealed today. A new scheme forcing all UK arrivals to self-isolate at Government-designated accommodation for a fortnight is due to come into effect next … Read more

‘Hotel quarantine’ plan will finally be unveiled ‘in the coming days’

Scientists have floated GPS tracking of phones to help secure UK borders amid rising fears over importing Covid variants – as ministers said details of the ‘quarantine hotels’ plan will finally be revealed in the ‘coming days’. SAGE experts cited the option as a way of increasing compliance with isolation, with fears many are simply … Read more

Fury as 35 countries with cases of South African and Brazilian Covid variants left off red list

Britain’s hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list.  Earlier this week, the Government confirmed that all passengers from 33 ‘red list’ countries would have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel from February 15. But … Read more

NHS bosses need to expand the UK’s official Covid symptom list

A runny nose, sore throat and headache should be added to Britain’s official list of coronavirus symptoms, GPs have urged. The NHS says the only three tell-tale signs of the illness are a fever, cough or loss of taste and smell. But the World Health Organization and officials in the US recognise other less common … Read more

Covid UK: Scammers send fake texts claiming lockdown breach fines

Britons are being targeted by scammers with fraudulent calls and text messages claiming that they must pay a fine for breaching lockdown rules, Ofcom warned. The racketeering messages purport to come from the UK Government, the NHS, people’s local GP surgeries and even the World Health Organisation (WHO). They aim to trick unsuspecting members of … Read more

Super-infectious Kent Covid strain has spread to at least 60 countries

The super-infectious mutant strain of coronavirus that was first detected in Kent has spread to at least 60 other countries, the World Health Organization said today. Cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, sometimes known as VOC 202012/01, have been reported in most of continental Europe, as well as in nations further afield including the US, Australia, India, … Read more

WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in global COVID-19 vaccine distribution

The World Health Organization chief on Monday warned that the world was on the brink of a ‘catastrophic moral failure’ on distributing vaccines which were mostly ‘hoovered up’ by wealthy countries. During WHO’s week-long executive board meeting, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lamented that Guinea received a mere 25 vaccine doses while over 39million jabs have been … Read more

Scientists at Wuhan lab admit being bitten in cave which is home to Covid-infected bats

Scientists at Wuhan lab admit being bitten while collecting samples in cave which is home to Covid-infected bats Scientists at Wuhan lab admitted being bitten while collecting samples in a cave Researcher said animal’s fangs went through his rubber gloves ‘like a needle’ Revelations will raise further questions for the WHO team which is investigating … Read more

China ‘promoting flimsy theories that Covid-19 originated outside the country’

China ‘promoting flimsy theories that Covid-19 originated outside the country’ as WHO experts begin their investigation in Wuhan WHO experts begin their investigation in Wuhan into the pandemic’s source State-run media leapt on report that a woman from Milan with symptoms in 2019 Beijing leaders have made repeated attempts to divert blame for the pandemic … Read more

EDWARD LUCAS: The evidence points to a Covid-19 cover-up… but the truth can’t be hidden for ever

Secrets, lies and thuggery are the hallmark of the Chinese Communist regime. And in the mystery of the devastating Wuhan virus, all three are combined. The strongest evidence of a crime is a cover-up. And the Chinese authorities have provided that. They have fought ferociously to prevent an international inquiry into the pandemic’s origins. Their … Read more