Covid 19

The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases reports Reuters. The global health agency's Emergency Committee met on Thursday...

Since September 2020, the NHS Covid app told you which countries were safe to travel to, how close you could get to loved ones and if you could go home for Christmas reports ITV News. Now, come April 27, the app will be switched off. At its peak in mid-2021,...

Offer of free personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health and care staff extended until 31 March 2024. Free COVID-19 PPE scheme extended until 31 March 2024 or until the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) stocks are depleted The scheme will provide protection for frontline staff against COVID-19...

Andrew Bridgen has been suspended as a Conservative MP for spreading misinformation about Covid vaccination. It comes after the North West Leicestershire MP posted a tweet that compared vaccines to the Holocaust. Tory chief whip Simon Hart said the comments had "crossed a line" and caused great offence. He said...

TThe COVID-19 restrictions preventing dentists in England from providing face-to-face treatment required some to unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for dental pain, a study by University of Manchester researchers has shown. The results of the study were based on an analysis of NHS dental antibiotic prescribing data in England from before and...

Covid is on the rise again in the UK and people who feel unwell should avoid vulnerable friends, colleagues and relatives as a precaution, reports the BBC. Data suggests 1.3 million or one in 50 has Covid, with a "marked increase" in infections among over-70s in England. There are no...

Hospital visitors are being asked to wear facemasks and limit their time on wards to help prevent the spread of Covid, two NHS trusts said. Kettering and Northampton general hospitals, in Northamptonshire, have made facemasks mandatory for all visitors to wards and clinical areas. Visiting inpatients has been restricted to...

The first preliminary hearing of the UK Covid public inquiry has begun, the BBC reports. Those who have suffered will be at the heart of the Covid public inquiry, the chair of the inquiry has promised during the first preliminary hearing. Baroness Hallett said the pandemic had caused loss to...

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has called for face masks to be made compulsory on public transport again to prevent a winter Covid wave that could put added pressure on the stretched NHS reports The Telegraph Face coverings have not been in force since July last year, but...

The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the recent Omicron variant. The new vaccine - produced by Moderna - will be offered to some people as part of the autumn booster campaign. Who will get an autumn...