Experts urge caution over 90 minute Covid tests and Nobel winner criticises govt’s Covid ‘secrecy’

Revolutionary new 90 minute tests for Covid-19 have been hailed as the latest potential ‘game-changer’ in the battle against the virus. The government plans to have more than one million daily tests by the winter and ministers hope the speed and portability of the new tests will help prevent the need for another national lockdown. […]

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Parts of England back in lockdown as UK records Europe’s highest level of excess deaths

  Matt Hancock has announced new lockdown restrictions to be imposed in parts of northern England from midnight tonight (Thursday) due to a surge in coronavirus cases in the areas. The health secretary’s surprise statement came only hours after the prime minister had urged the public not to “delude” themselves into thinking “that we are […]

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Pubs open at 6am – ‘let’s not blow it’ pleads PM while Wales and Scotland slate ‘ utterly shambolic’ UK govt

The first ministers of Scotland and Wales have slated the UK government’s “shambolic” handling of the quarantine-air-bridges saga on the eve of England’s easing of lockdown that will see pubs open from 6am today (Saturday). “Let’s not blow it” pleaded the prime minister as businesses and venues around the country readied for July 4’s Covid-secure […]

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Scotland should consider quarantining visitors from England, says expert

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to consider quarantining visitors from England to Scotland by one of her most trusted advisors. Edinburgh University’s Prof Devi Sridhar – described in the Telegraph as “one of the most influential members of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 advisory group” – said the first minister should think about introducing quarantine for […]

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