Almost 9,000 Patients Died Within 28 Days after Catching Covid in English Hospitals
Up to 8,700 patients died within 28 days after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for another medical problem, according to NHS data.
Up to 8,700 patients died within 28 days after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for another medical problem, according to NHS data.
Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019 for possible COVID-19. But is that too late for a lab leak?
In denying that herd immunity was ever Government policy, ministers are drawing a distinction between something being policy and accepted as inevitable. If only this distinction had been applied throughout the year.
15 cases of blood clotting have be found in Brits recently given their second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine up until May 12th, according to the U.K.'s medicines regulator.
Millions of older people are still at risk of suffering loneliness because many support organisations closed permanently during lockdown and only 7% have returned to normal service since, according to a new review.
Sweden saw particularly low mortality in 2019, which may partly explain why its mortality rate rose in 2020. Taking the average of 2019 and 2020, Sweden had lower mortality than both Denmark and Finland.
NHS dental surgery waiting lists have gotten so long that patients are being forced to wait three years to be seen. Some have turned to costly private care, while others have pulled out their own teeth due to the pain.
The coronavirus crisis will be over in the U.K. shortly if the current vaccines work against the Indian variant, one of the country's top scientists said on the Today programme.
Reviews on whether social distancing and mask-wearing will stay in place after lockdown should be published this week – but the date of the roadmap's final step won't be announced until June 14th at the earliest.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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