Watchdog opens investigation into Sir Captain Tom’s charity accounts February 10, 2022 The UK charity watchdog is set to launch an investigation into the accounts of the charity set up to honour lockdown legend Sir Captain Tom Moore. Sir Tom became a household name in 2020 after he walked 100 laps in his garden, raising £33m for the NHS. However, accounts show that the Captain Tom Foundation [...]
Costa Rica fielded Covid-19 infected players against us, say Jamaica February 3, 2022 Jamaican football chiefs say Costa Rica knowingly fielded two players who had tested positive for Covid-19 in a match against them. The players were part of the Costa Rica team that beat Jamaica 1-0 on Wednesday in a qualifier for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Jamaica plan to make a formal complaint to governing body [...]
Covid-19 infection sets in 42 hours after exposure, London study reveals February 2, 2022 A London-based Covid-19 study has found the average time between being exposed to the virus and it being detected is 42 hours – far less than official guidance. The government’s estimated “incubation period” is between five and six days. Deputy chief medical officer for England, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said: “Challenge studies could still prove to [...]
Hitting the wrong note: Hong Kong official resigns after attending karaoke bash January 31, 2022 Hong Kong’s home affairs secretary has resigned after he broke the city’s tough “zero-Covid” guidelines to attend a karaoke party. Caspar Tsui attended the bash alongside 14 other senior officials including the police and immigration chiefs, as well as pro-Beijing lawmakers. Hong Kong enforced heavier restrictions following a new Omicron outbreak in the city. Hong [...]
Weekend Read: Brexit and the pandemic have cost UK businesses £250bn, each January 30, 2022 The political choice of Brexit has cost UK businesses as much as the unforeseeable Covid pandemic. British companies have lost over £250bn to Covid and an equal amount to Brexit by the end of 2021, but the Brexit tally is now rising faster, The Centre for Economics and Business Research found that Covid-19 lockdowns had [...]
Coronavirus close-up: Long Covid changes some patients’ lungs forever January 29, 2022 Many long Covid patients who have breathlessness experience abnormalities in the lungs of long which cannot be detected with routine tests. In fact, there is significantly impaired gas transfer from the lungs to the bloodstream in the long Covid patients despite other tests – including CT scans – coming back as normal, according to a [...]
It’s more important than ever for you to get vaccinated January 28, 2022 | Sponsored The Covid-19 vaccine has already saved thousands of lives – and if you haven’t had it yet, it’s not too late. The arrival of a new variant – Omicron – has made it more important than ever that we all pitch in. In particular, the booster jab is vital, offering more protection against Omicron than [...]
Mysterious Covid variant BA.2 spreads like lightning into over 40 countries but Omicron acts as ‘super booster’ to new coronavirus mutation January 27, 2022 The new Covid variant BA.2, first detected at the end of last week, is spreading rapidly across the globe, as the new mutation has now popped up in more than 40 countries around the world, according to various reports. Also called ‘stealth omicron,’ the World Health Organization has reported cases of BA.2 in dozens of [...]
Invisible enemy becomes visible: Face masks that contain coronavirus antibodies from ostriches make human Covid glow up January 25, 2022 Researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan have managed to create a face mask that glows in the dark if Covid-19 particles are detected in a person’s breath or spit. Researchers coated masks with a mixture of ostrich antibodies that react when they interact with the Covid-19 virus in humans. Filters are then removed from [...]
Angry Lord Agnew says Boris Johnson ‘failed spectacularly as fraud in government is rampant’ at £30bn a year January 25, 2022 The Tory minister who quit yesterday in what has been described as “one of the most dramatic moments ever seen” in the House of Lords has claimed that fraud is rampant in the Government. Lord Agnew of Oulton had been the minister for efficiency and transformation before announcing his resignation at the despatch box and [...]