Browsing: Covid-19

The Independent says the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 has reached the highest it has ever been since the start of the pandemic as restrictions ease across the country.

Daily Record says two major Covid restrictions have now lifted in Scotland as the country continues to emerge from the worst of the pandemic.

BBC News says people aged 75 and over, residents in care homes and those with weakened immune systems can now book an extra booster jab against Covid in England.

Euronews says Germany is scaling back its COVID protection measures as the amended Infection Protection Act came into force on Sunday.

The Guardian says rising numbers of people entering hospital with Covid are leading to other patients becoming infected, staff absences, delayed operations and long waits in emergency departments.

BBC News says all remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK.

Euronews says Italy has decided to ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions and will not extend the country’s state of emergency.

All Brits likely to be offered fourth Covid jab this year, Sajid Javid says The Metro says another Covid booster…

Euronews says Germany has registered a new record-high seven-day incidence for COVID-19 for the second consecutive day.

The Independent says coronavirus cases could peak in the next couple of weeks in Scotland as the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron drives a spike in numbers, a public health expert has said.

The Guardian says Global powers have inched closer to an agreement to waive patents for Covid-19 vaccines, a move that would allow for cheaper generic versions to be manufactured and distributed among developing nations faster.

The Independent says Former President Barack Obama announced that he has Covid-19 on Sunday, writing in a tweet that he was experiencing mild symptoms.

The Guardian says China’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across multiple provinces.

The Guardian says Ministers have been accused of “turning off the headlights at the first sign of dawn” after scrapping nationwide Covid surveillance programmes.

France24 says millions of people across China endured lockdowns on Sunday as virus cases doubled to nearly 3,400 in the face of the worst outbreak in two years.

The Metro says the coronavirus pandemic is not over and the number of older people falling ill with the virus is increasing, experts have warned.

The Guardian says Britain’s economy bounced back from the Omicron variant of coronavirus at a faster pace than expected during January, as consumers returned to eating and drinking out in pubs and restaurants.

The Independent says the actual number of deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than official records suggest, according to a new study.

The Guardian says Covid cases appear to be rising in older people as increased socialising, waning immunity and a more transmissible version of the Omicron variant threaten to fuel a resurgence of the virus.

The Guardian says Sajid Javid is expected to back the scrapping of passenger locator forms for all international arrivals in England before Easter, the Guardian has learned.

Sky News says The coronavirus pandemic is not over and cases among older people are increasing, an expert has warned.

France24 says Mathilde calls Hong Kong home, but as the Covid tears through the city she are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route.

France24 says Rules requiring people to show a Covid-19 vaccine passport to access venues will be lifted in France on March 14.

BBC News says Almost half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

TRT World says police have clashed with anti-vax demonstrators outside New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, using pepper spray and making dozens of arrests.