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Covid-19 could have a long-term effect on male fertility, German study claims

Research in Germany found the shape, mobility and concentration of sperm dropped in Covid-19 patients, but experts have warned further research is needed to prove a long-term effect. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2NM4Zac

Germany's vaccine commission says AstraZeneca jab should only be used for under-65s

Boris Johnson and Public Health England struck a bullish note after a Berlin commission said there was 'insufficient data to assess the efficacy of the vaccine for persons aged 65 years and older'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2YmsUir

Experts say Brazil strain may be able to 'escape' vaccine-triggered immunity

Around 75 per cent of people in Manaus, located in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, were thought to have been infected by the virus during the first wave, which should have sparked 'herd immunity'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36n7F4p

Covid UK: Cases continue to decline with 28,680 new positive tests

The Department of Health's announcement comes after Public Health England data showed that infection rates came down in 144 out of 149 local authorities across the country last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3psDssi

England vaccinates 252,992 people against Covid

England, Wales and Northern Ireland gave out 284,954 Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, official figures show, as the drive to immunise the UK is off its 400,000-a-day target. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qUytAM

Pfizer says Covid vaccine WORKS against South African 'super strain'

The research by the US firm strongly suggests the vaccine will still be able to kill off the new strain before it can trigger a serious illness; it said the mutations had 'small effects'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2YkaOh0

Number of people testing positive for Covid in England falls 17% in a week

The latest Test and Trace figures show 56,000 fewer Britons tested positive for the virus in the week to January 20 compared to the previous seven-day spell. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3r3w0nF

ICL scientists say UK coronavirus cases ARE falling in U-turn

Professor Paul Elliot, who leads the Government-commissioned REACT-1 study, admitted a 'decline' in infections may have happened in some regions of England over the third week of lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3iPC7t6

Pubs and cafes are NOT Covid hotspots, contact tracing directors say

Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, and Dr Richard Harling, his counterpart in Staffordshire, said the bulk of transmission has always been in people's homes. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39o2X8x

Covid Ireland: Leo Varadkar says firm close to creating vaccine PILL

The potential breakthrough drug touted by the Irish minister is Molnupiravir, a pill that works by triggering errors in the virus's RNA during replication which make it unable to make copies of itself and spread. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39levt7

Travel bans WON'T keep new coronavirus variants out of the UK and will only 'buy time'

Sir Jeremy Farrar cautioned although the rapid rollout of the vaccine is 'hugely positive', the country is in 'something of a race' against a virus that keeps mutating. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2L05rAG

Cases of coronavirus caught in hospital have fallen by a third since the start of January

The data shows the average number of Covid-19 cases caught on wards in England has dropped from 553 on January 10 to an average low of 369 on January 25. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MBg0dF

Vaccines WILL limit spread of Covid - but we won't know how by much until mid-February, experts say

In a boost to Britain's hopes of ending lockdown, England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said jabs 'couldn't fail to have some effect on transmission'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Msvdhp

Covid UK: 50,000 MORE deaths a possibility, says SAGE

Liverpool University's Professor Calum Semple, who sits on SAGE, warned it 'really would not surprise me if we're looking at another 40 - 50,000 deaths before this burns out'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3iSVIIF

Covid England: Vaccine supply to North West 'to be cut by a THIRD'

NHS England figures reveal the region had vaccinated the second highest number of its over-80s. But well-placed NHS sources said these supplies would be cut next month. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3acoalb

Hospital admissions have peaked in ALL regions of England

NHS England data showed the total number of coronavirus patients being admitted to hospital every week has started to fall in every region of England, but it still remains 'incredibly high'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39jxNPF

People infected with Kent coronavirus variant are MORE likely to get symptoms, ONS report reveals

Data from the ONS revealed that 53 per cent of people in England who tested positive with the Kent variant, compared to 48 per cent of people who caught other versions of the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2NBzNu5

Teachers and police officers 'should be next in line for Covid vaccines'

Sir Simon Stevens, chief of NHS England, said there should be a 'legitimate discussion' about vaccinating public-facing workers such as teachers after vulnerable people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Yk6pdO

Covid could become a 'much more treatable disease' in the next six months, NHS chief says

Sir Simon Stevens said the UK vaccination drive was 'on track' to immunise the most vulnerable Brits with both doses by spring. This, and new therapies, will pave the way for 'a more normal future'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3a437B3

Covid UK: Death toll hits 100k as care home fatalities TRIPLE

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed that, as of January 15, there had been 103,704 Covid fatalities across Britain since the pandemic began. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36cONoN

Tyneside woman, 92, dies from Covid-19 days after first vaccine dose

Mary Green, from North Tyneside, got her first vaccination on New Year's Eve. But five days later she tested positive for the virus. Scientists say it takes around two weeks to trigger immunity. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3a5dsg0

Exhausted medics reveal harrowing reality of battle to save coronavirus patients

A nurse described the situation inside the Royal Free Hospital in London as like 'hell' due to the huge number of 'really sick' patients as nearby Barnet Hospital is seeing younger patients. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sSx2EU

No10 slaps down Tory calls for 'road map' out of lockdown

Downing Street defied mounting anger from MPs and more evidence of the outbreak has peaked, warning the NHS is still under huge pressure and the curbs will only be lifted when it is 'safe. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MfnCmc

Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccine yet

EXCLUSIVE: Workers at drive-through testing centres aren't being offered tests, despite routinely leaning into cars to take swabs from people's throats and noses. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/397fBbN

Doctors accuse ministers of botching Covid-19 vaccine strategy over second doses

Doctors have issued a warning over second doses of coronavirus vaccine. Patients given their first jab have not received an assurance all will get a second jab of the same type in 12 weeks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qG8vB1

Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North

Nadhim Zahawi yesterday blasted claims from a Labour MP that Yorkshire - that is leading the rollout to over-80s - was being punished for its speed, saying it was untrue supplies were diverted. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qEi8QP

Magic Mike star reveals the daily diet that keeps him fit for the stage show

A star in the stage show of Magic Mike in Australia has shared the daily diet that keeps him looking and feeling his best, despite gruelling long hours on and off stage. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3iCmHYR

Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter, NHS data reveals

NHS England figures showed 5,176 critical care beds were occupied on January 17. For comparison, there were 3,066 patients in the beds at the same time last winter. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LKGRnS

NHS chief says jumping Covid vaccine queue is 'morally reprehensible'

The Home Secretary said No10 was keeping 'all measures under review' amid reports of young and healthy people in England and Wales bypassing the priority list using IT loopholes. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qJDf3Y

Covid UK: Government only has to OFFER 13.9m vaccine to hit target

NHS data published today show that almost 250,000 people in Cumbria and the North East have had a Covid vaccine, compared to just 25,000 in Shropshire and Telford. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o2a4rq

Covid UK: Herd immunity may not be achievable even if ALL vaccinated

Analysis from the UEA found the highly-virulent B.1.1.7 strain which evolved in Kent has made it impossible to ever achieve herd immunity with the current effectiveness of vaccines. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qEDSMj

Arthritis drug hailed by Boris Johnson may not help battle Covid-19

The research from Brazil found 11 of 65 people treated with tocilizumab died 15 days after getting the drug compared to just two for those who did not get the drug. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p4bYsR

Covid UK: Another 65 vaccine centres opened to speed up rollout

The coronavirus vaccinations rollout has been turbocharged today as a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury are brought in to help dish out the jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XZIu3n

Hospitals ignoring dose-spacing 'could lose Covid vaccine licence'

A memo sent to staff at an NHS hospital trust in Southampton reportedly were warned not to give doses any earlier than 12 weeks or the hospital could face action from health chiefs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sMXUWG

Coronavirus cases dropped 15% to 330,000 in first week of lockdown - England

NHS Test & Trace statistics published today showed that the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England fell by 15 per cent despite a surge of 400,000 more tests in a week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3911Jjp

Study claiming lockdown 3.0 isn't working 'does NOT prove coronavirus is on the rise in England'

Professor Tim Spector, a King's College London epidemiologist, said the study's testing period wasn't long enough to draw reliable conclusions about how well current restrictions work. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qD695P

Almost 13 TIMES more over-60s have died from Covid in England's hospitals

NHS England figures published yesterday show that while there were 58,600 Covid-19 deaths in older age groups since the pandemic began, younger people accounted for 4,650 deaths. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o3Aucm

NHS algorithm used to spot which Covid patients are most at risk of dying isn't accurate

King's College London researchers studied how good the NEWS2 algorithm was at predicting 1,276 Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital in March and April 2020. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qEMQJp

Coronavirus UK: How many people catching Covid each day in YOUR area?

London-based analytics firm Lane Clark and Peacock created a Covid-19 Tracker which uses official data to estimate daily infections across every authority in England over time. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sKaA0P

Super-infectious Kent Covid strain has spread to at least 60 countries

Cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, sometimes known as VOC 202012/01, have been reported in most of continental Europe, as well as in the US, Australia, India, China and Saudi Arabia. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bTarlD

146 Americans have UK 'super-covid' as cases DOUBLE in Florida and variant strikes 60 countries

Florida has become America's new 'super-COVID' hotspot with cases of the highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK more than doubling from 22 to 46. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bUHd5J

Covid UK: Daily death rate hits 1,820 peak though infections fall

Britain today recorded its deadliest day of the Covid pandemic for second day in a row with 1,820 more victims. Department of Health figures showed the outbreak is continuing to shrink, however. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2McsLLS

Coronavirus UK: Vallance says masks may be needed outdoors on crowded streets and in markets

The UK's chief scientific adviser warned today that face coverings could become the new normal in crowded outdoor places and may have to be used until next winter or longer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p2paOV

Coronavirus vaccine: UK gets jabs to 343,000 people in a day

The PM warned that 'constraints on supply' were making the situation harder as he was grilled by MPs in the Commons this afternoon, after alarm that the daily rate had fallen for a third consecutive day. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/390GoGL

Covid UK: Vallance says vaccines 'should work against Kent mutation'

Sir Patrick, the UK's chief scientific adviser, said in a Q&A on television this morning that he expected vaccines to work against current strains of the virus but that they will likely need updating in future. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MbtUTy

What IS holding up Britain's great Covid vaccination push?

With less than month to go until Number 10's target of vaccinating 14million of the most vulnerable people expires, pressure is growing on officials to pick up pace. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2M3wfA6

Patrick Vallance warns Covid jabs may be needed EVERY YEAR

The Government's chief scientific adviser said a regular flu-style roll out may be required to 'keep on top' of the virus. Scientists fear it could mutate to dodge immunity triggered by the vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sRVq9Q

Two NHS trusts in the Midlands 'will start rolling out 24/7 Covid vaccines from TOMORROW'

University Hospitals Birmingham and Sherwood Forest Hospitals in Nottinghamshire have been selected to trial the 24/7 roll out, senior Government sources say. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/391lSGc

Covid: Pfizer vaccine first dose 'less effective than expected'

Dr Nachman Ash, one of Israel's chief coronavirus medics, said people were still getting infected after the first dose - but Israel does not wait more than 3 weeks for the first dose to take effect. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36ep67t

Labour calls on No10 to speed up Covid vaccine rollout to care homes

Liz Kendall, Labour's shadow social care minister, warned the UK is 'in a race against time to vaccinate residents and staff'. She said No10 'must leave no stone unturned to deliver on its promise'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sCeQiV

Fears UK Covid vaccine rollout has stalled as daily figures drop

Latest figures show the number of people who received a dose of either the Oxford or Pfizer vaccine at the weekend was about a third lower than the number during the week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35Vc9PE

Coronavirus UK: Death rate hits new high with 1,610 new fatalities

Today's grisly death toll marks a sharp 30 per cent rise on the 1,243 announced last Tuesday and nearly the double the number of victims a fortnight ago, when there were 860. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2M90KV9

Coronavirus UK: Scientists 'should start developing new Covid vaccines now' to cope with variants

Professor Ravi Gupta, a microbiologist at Cambridge University, told MailOnline 'the time has come' for vaccines to be updated so they are fully effective against new variants of coronavirus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3itLONr

Pfizer vaccine may prevent infection AND stop people spreading Covid

Recipients of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine developed up to 20 times more antibodies within a week of having the second dose of the jab in the study at the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39GuZLo

Elderly Britons may be missing invites for Covid jabs because GPs are having to TEXT them

Dr Ollie Hart, a GP in Sheffield, said he was concerned sending text messages may be leading to some over-80s missing their jabs. He urged those still waiting to get in touch with their surgery. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LCQiWp

Covid deaths were still responsible for one in THREE deaths in England in first week of January

The Office for National Statistics found 6,057 people died from the disease in England in the week up to January 8, which was 93 per cent more than the 3,144 the previous seven days. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nZj00s

Up to HALF of Covid survivors 'may still be vulnerable to South African variant'

Professor Penny Moore, from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa, found in 44 survivors that 48 per cent of them (21) had no immune response to the new variant. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bRtZqp

54 cases of South African variant have now been spotted in Britain

It's likely that there have been far more than 54 cases of the variant because COG-UK only analyses 10 per cent of random positive Covid-19 samples across the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2M6JYq0

Covid-19: New variants may mean vaccines need regular updates

New variants of the novel coronavirus from the UK, South Africa and Brazil ay be able to bypass the immune response that COVID-19 survivors have developed and allow for easier reinfection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LJ4ixI

Likelihood of severe and long Covid may be established soon after infection

Cambridge researchers studied 207 people who tested positive for Covid-19 over three months and found people with no symptoms or a mild case had a robust immune response. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35RbE90

New COVID-19 strain that is different from UK's 'highly contagious' variant is found in California 

A new coronavirus variant, first seen in Denmark in March, has been identified in California in more than a dozen counties and has been linked to large outbreaks in Santa Clara. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3itlHX1

Tory MPs demand Boris Johnson gives 'road map' out of lockdown

The PM is under pressure to say how and when the brutal restrictions in England will ease after the UK recorded another 37,535 cases - down a fifth from last Monday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35RAPZr

Coronavirus viral load in children 16 TIMES smaller than in over-80s

Data from public health officials in the Netherlands reveals 'a 16 fold difference in viral load' between the over-80s and children younger than 12 years old. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2N8dj3C

Coronavirus: Dido Harding says UK is in 'leading position' to track new Covid variants

Baroness Dido Harding, the boss of NHS Test & Trace, today added that the coronavirus testing system had led to 'substantially fewer' care home outbreaks in the second wave than the first. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3inG5J4

Covid UK: Boris Johnson criticised amid 'vaccine postcode lottery'

Another five million people will be invited to receive a jab from today, with some in Whitehall suggesting the rollout is going so well that the wider population could be covered by June rather than September. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sylRBd

Deaths in London began to tail off last week, official data shows

Department of Health figures show a tailing off in fatalities across the capital last week, signalling the second wave may be running out of steam in the city. Its hospitalisations and cases have peaked. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qprfEK

UK coronavirus: Mutations mean lockdowns needed as vaccine rolls out

Dr Christina Pagel, a health and mathematics researcher at University College London, said she 'can't imagine anything worse' than vaccinating everyone only for a resistant strain to emerge. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p7LXZP

Old people DON'T want a 24-7 vaccine rollout, management consultants claim

Companies helping to achieve Britain's ambitious vaccination programme have told ministers that getting pensioners to vaccination centres in the middle of the night is not 'physically feasible'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XP9T81

Coronavirus survivor, 28, reveals she will have to take blood thinners for at least a year

Rachel Gunn, 28, from Ireland, has penned an emotional Instagram post urging people not to ignore symptoms of long covid, after she was diagnosed with blood clots on her lungs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ipuiKr

Covid: Brazilian 'super strain' already in the UK, scientist reveals

Professor Wendy Barclay, from Imperial College London, said: 'There are two different types of Brazilian variants. One of them has been detected [in the UK] and one of them has not.' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3iesTGt

Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day 

SAGE said that the rate of spread of the virus appears to have started falling in regions of England that were pushed into Tier 4 before Christmas but it's still rising elsewhere. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35IMCcc

The hospitals where Covid admissions are FALLING

Some 20 of 138 acute NHS trusts recorded a dip in beds occupied by Covid-19 patients in the seven days to January 12 compared to the previous week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qhQFUK

Global surge of cases is fueling more chances for the virus to mutate to beat immune system

Professor Trevor Bedford warned that a higher number of severe infections would lead to more super-strains as it gives the virus additional chances to mutate to evade the immune system. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38LeGxx

Care home Covid cases TRIPLE in a month: MOST outbreaks are among elderly residents

Date from Public Health England (PHE) reveals that in the week to January 14, there were 977 outbreaks of respiratory conditions in care homes with 739 confirmed as Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nKOveE

Interactive tool reveals how many patients are in NHS Trusts across the country

Some 27 of 140 major NHS hospitals had no space on critical care wards last Sunday and 12 didn't have a single bed free all week, averaging 100 per cent occupancy. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XDswvJ

Coronavirus: Brazilian woman, 45, is reinfected with new Covid variant

Researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation last week published a paper revealing a woman in Salvador caught Covid-19 a second time because she wasn't immune to the new variant. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qmbKgM

Covid England: Cases fall in every age group except the over-80s

It strongly suggests Tier 4 rules were already slowing England's crisis before the national intervention because lockdown curbs takes weeks to have an effect on case rates. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38GSGDV

Sadiq Khan says Londoners have not had enough Covid jabs after capital gets just a tenth of doses

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he is 'hugely concerned' that only a tenth of vaccines across the UK have been distrubuted in the capital. He said he will meet the government about it today. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nItRvN

NHS waiting list for ops hits record high with 4.46million people now in need of hospital treatment

In November 2019 there were 4.42million waiting for routine ops, and in November 2018 there were 4.45million waiting for further care, NHS England figures also show. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38Iwd9N

Thousands of doses of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine 'could be wasted'

EXCLUSIVE: The Specialist Pharmacy Service says partially used vials 'must not be onwardly transported'. But NHS advice says it is fine to move them between households. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bDJkL7

Lockdown rules may be needed until the AUTUMN

Professor Neil Ferguson - whose modelling that 500,000 Brits could die unless action was taken spooked ministers into the first lockdown last March - said the easing of curbs would be 'gradual'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ieYIic

NHS asks hospitals across England to open more intensive care beds

The letter, seen by the Health Service Journal , says transfers from the East and London will go to the largest Midlands trusts, who may be transferred to smaller trusts. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qo5lBE

Coronavirus UK: Matt Hancock says 3m vaccines have been administered

Matt Hancock tweeted that he was 'delighted' with the news: 'We're accelerating the Covid vaccine roll-out across the UK.' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nDqtlO

Why DO experts say the outbreak is slowing if the death toll is continuing to soar?

There is a roughly three-week time delay between someone catching the disease and dying from it, which means it takes about 21 days for a trend in cases to translate to the fatality figures. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38IiKi7

Medics are using narrower NEEDLES to squeeze out extra doses of coronavirus vaccine

The narrow needles contain 20 per cent less 'dead space' - where vaccine fluid gets stuck in the syringe and needle - meaning more Britons could be vaccinated with current supplies. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ibrwbz

Forehead scanners result in a large number of false, study warns 

Experts from the University of Portsmouth published a scientific article on the usefulness of thermometers which san a person's skin, mostly the forehead, to detect a fever. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oL8B9Q

Boots and Superdrug start dishing out Covid vaccines

Patients in England who are eligible for a vaccine will be contacted and invited to make an appointment through a new national booking service. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38HbjI0

Previous coronavirus infection gives MORE protection against reinfection than Oxford vaccine

Data from Public Health England (PHE) comes from more than 20,000 healthcare workers at more than 100 sites across Britain to see how likely reinfection was. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qj2s5j

Covid UK: Daily death toll hits 1,564 - highest since pandemic began

Boris Johnson insisted the measures were being kept 'under constant review' as the Labour leader demanded to know why they were looser than last spring despite cases being higher. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nEzLOv

Hospital admissions start to FALL across the capital and the South East

Hospital admissions began to fall across the capital and the South East by January 6, just two days after lockdown was imposed. This suggests Tier 4 was enough to curb the spread of the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bvGMPg

Covid UK: Jonathan Van-Tam dismisses 3m social distancing rule

England's deputy chief medical officer said extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nB7XKJ

AstraZeneca says it can deliver 2m doses a week 'imminently'

Tom Keith-Roach, president of AstraZeneca's UK division, said he was 'confident' that more than a million doses would be usable in Britain next week but said officials told him not to give specifics. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bE1f4m

Coronavirus UK: 12-week vaccine dose gap could be widened further

Public Health England's Dr Mary Ramsay said it was 'possible' that people's second doses of the Pfizer jab would be put off beyond 12 weeks to give more people a first jab. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3snYmL9

Covid UK: GPs say they have been told to SLOW DOWN vaccine roll-out

Practices in England that have already vaccinated every patient over the age of 80 and are now looking to dish the jabs out to the over-70s have had their deliveries cancelled. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38CB3p0

No10 vows to trial 24/7 Covid jabs as GPs in parts of the UK are having to PAUSE vaccinations

A senior UK Government source claimed this morning that Number 10 is considering a 'pilot where vaccinations are offered for longer hours' to gauge demand. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oFmyq7

NHS sends Covid patients to HOTELS in desperate attempt to free up beds

Documents say patients that have not been swabbed will be moved to the homes. But they will need to have been isolating for 14 days and not suffering symptoms of the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38Bc8lI

More than 600,000 people died in England and Wales in 2020

Deaths in the year of Covid even outnumbered those of 1940, the year of the Blitz, when mortality rates leaped as tens of thousands were killed in bombing raids. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39pcKde

Why CAN'T England offer Covid vaccinations round the clock?

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told the Commons today the Army can 'do more to assist', as he hinted that the hold-up was due to a lack of stock. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sthg3g

Rapid lateral flow Covid tests No10 is using are too inaccurate, scientist warns 

Professor Jon Deeks, a biostatistics expert at the University of Birmingham, said he was worried that the Government was telling people the tests are better than they are. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oDW5sV

Coronavirus UK: DoH rebrands 'professional' kits as NHS self-tests

EXCLUSIVE: The UK Department of Health said the Innova rapid test, which is for use by 'trained clinical personnel' was rebranded as an NHS test so it could be 'flexible' and used as a self-test. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3byLFa3

South African variant of coronavirus is 'taking root' in the UK, experts claim

So far the Government has only announced two cases of the variant in the UK. But a top SAGE scientist claimed a 'small' number of Brits tested positive for the strain over the last few weeks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3skhERy

Boris Johnson gathers Cabinet amid fears lockdown could get tighter

Boris Johnson has been holding a virtual meeting with his senior team as they consider the next move in the crisis wreaking havoc on the country. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oCdmmf

COVID-19: Dental patients could wear HELMETS to suck droplets away

Developed by experts at New York's Cornell University, the disposable, transparent helmets are connected to a pump that creates a reverse flow of air around the head. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nwy71m

Covid UK: Boots and Superdrug won't start vaccinations til THURSDAY

Superdrug and Boots say they've had multiple stores around England on standby ready to help with the national effort for weeks but have yet to receive a single dose of vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3i4BFqm

Covid is killing fewer healthy and under-60s in England than in first wave

Healthy people made up 5 per cent of 25,080 total Covid deaths in England during the first wave. Whereas they accounted for only 3 per cent of the 12,125 Covid deaths in the third wave. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bJhv4n

Covid is now behind a THIRD of all deaths in England and Wales

Office for National Statistics (ONS) numbers show 31.2 per cent of deaths in the five days to January 2 - 3,144 out of 10,069 - had Covid mentioned on their death certificates. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oBjNGg

Coronavirus UK: Data suggests infections are starting to level off

Ministers have refused to rule out tougher lockdown restrictions for England, but national testing data shows that infections appear to be levelling off in recent days amid a national lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qcdlWA

Covid UK: Dubai goes on the quarantine list

From 4am on Friday, those arriving in England - including UK nationals - will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure. Pictured: Chloe Ferry in Dubai. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bruw2c

Struggling to shift the middle age spread?

EXCLUSIVE: British food and lifestyle writer Sam Rice created the Midlife Method after noticing weight around her middle once she hit her 40s. She shares an extract with Femail. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MNsXBg

UK 'will have had 120k Covid deaths by the time restrictions ease'

Experts fear at least another 25,000 deaths are already baked into the figures because of infections that occurred in December. And cases will not peak until January, triggering more fatalities. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3btN01X

Click and collect could be banned everywhere apart from supermarkets

It is reported that a Cabinet subcommittee known as 'Covid O' discussed limiting collection services to just supermarkets. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3i5RkWy

Covid UK: ALL over-50s to get vaccinated by MAY, says government

More than 80,000 medics and volunteers will operate from 2,700 centres across the UK to inoculate 32 million Britons within 16 weeks, and the taskforce could swell to 300,000. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oCUZNR

Covid UK: Scientists urge social distancing increase to THREE METRES

Leading members of the Sage scientific advisory panel want the measure raised from 'one metre plus' to 'two metres plus', in practice changing the limit to three metres - nearly 10ft. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nyjFWI

Australian business student Lily Turton, 18, reveals how she lost 10 kilos in eight weeks

Lily Turton, from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, transformed her physique while still enjoying her favourite meals - and says anyone can do the same. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3sdahLC

Britain's great vaccine roll-out plan

With a successful vaccine drive No10's only hope of ever ending the constant cycle of tough lockdowns, officials have faced pressure to reveal how they intend to protect the UK from coronavirus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3seZUqz

Covid UK: Chris Whitty says worst weeks ahead for NHS as cases surge

Boris Johnson faced a backlash today after he was spotted cycling in the Olympic Park seven miles from Downing Street in apparent breach of government advice. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LCaqaz

Coronavirus UK: Is East London approaching herd immunity?

Analysis by Edge Health suggests as many as half of people in Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Redbridge and Havering may have had Covid-19 already, which could slow transmission in future. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38wsmMU

Retired medics are still being asked to fill out THIRTEEN forms to join Covid vaccine effort

Despite the UK's sluggish immunisation drive crying out for help to get it up to speed, retired medics are having to provide proof of 'data security' training to be able to join the national effort. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XviX1M

Covid UK: Vaccine doses BINNED in London due to patient no-shows

Medics at a hospital in London said they were having to throw away vaccine doses or get friends or family to come in and have them before they became unusable after patients failed to show. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XvyK0A

Covid research: Convalescent plasma trial paused as results poor

Scientists running the REMAP-CAP trial, led by Imperial College London, have stopped enrolling Covid ICU patients after finding 'no evidence' convalescent plasma boosted survival rates. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38ymmTZ

One in FIVE people might have had coronavirus, modelling suggests

Analysis by Edge Health suggests that the actual number of infections across England could be as high as 12.4million, the equivalent of 22 per cent of people. The official toll puts cases at 2.4million. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LoKHT8

Top expert warns delaying cancer treatment for Covid will 'quite simply' cost lives

Figures leaked today show NHS hospitals in London treated just 122 cancer patients last week, while 101 were seen in private hospitals. The capital needs to treat 500 a week to stay on top of demand. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bsbEjv

Oxygen supply at Southend Hospital 'reaches critical situation'

Bosses at Southend Hospital in Essex said there is 'high demand for oxygen' because of rising numbers of Covid-19 patients and they 'are working to manage this'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LoOLmp

Up to 150,000 people are catching Covid each day in Britain

SAGE's reproduction rate, which shows how many people each infected person passes the virus to, has been given a wider range than the estimated 1.1 to 1.3 last week. They say outbreak is growing. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/395wPoE

SAGE warns people must still wear masks AFTER getting Covid vaccine

The SAGE sub-group SPI-B said that as the UK scales up its vaccination programme it must be clear that people have to keep following the rules until there is a 'high degree of coverage'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XAGxdH

Mayor Sadiq Khan declares a major incident in London

In a statement he said: 'The number of cases in London has increased rapidly with more than a third more patients being treated in our hospitals now compared to the peak of the pandemic last April. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hTBPkp

RAF veteran, 99, is STILL waiting for vaccine appointment a month after scheme began

Dozens of Britons were pictured queuing outside a vaccination centre in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, (left) in a sign the sluggish scheme may be accelerating after Boris brought in the Army. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38uxSjf

Highly-infectious South African Covid variant has yet to take off in Britain

A top SAGE expert said today there was 'no evidence' of widespread community transmission of the South African variant - called 501.V2 - in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35kCAhg

Covid: UK approves Moderna vaccine but won't get any until MARCH

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, the Department for Health has announced. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nq8ijm

Covid UK: Arthritis drugs that cut ICU death risk 24% available now

The PM said the anti-inflammatory drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab would be made available across the UK with immediate effect, 'potentially saving thousands of lives'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35kscGf

Coronavirus England: Cases TRIPLED in a month to 311k in December

NHS Test & Trace figures for England today showed the number of people who tested positive in the last week of 2020 was three times higher than the 97,340 people in the last week of November. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39baiqM

Single-dose Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine may get quick approval

The jab uses similar technology to the Oxford University vaccine, making it just as easy to transport and store, but requires just one injection to work fully. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JSw6i9

Covid UK: Boris Johnson promises 200k vaccinations a day by FRIDAY

Britain today recorded 1,162 coronavirus deaths in the second worst day of the pandemic. Department of Health figures show only April 21 was worse, when 1,224 victims were declared. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nn4NdD

Elderly Britons are REFUSING Pfizer's vaccine because they'd rather 'wait for the English one'

Over 80s have turned their noses up at the Pfizer jab, and insisted on having the Oxford one at a vaccination centre in Stockton, said Dr Paul Williams (left), a former Labour MP for the area. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pYfvsF

NHS may have to start using beds in CARE HOMES if pressure continues to worsen

Chris Hopson, the chief executive of medical union NHS Providers, warned some hospitals were already desperate for more room and asking the care sector if they had space available. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ongHWj

Covid UK: Daily death toll passes 1,000 for first time since APRIL

Department of Health data shows today's grim figure of 1,041 laboratory-confirmed deaths - only the 10th time the UK has topped the grisly milestone - is UK's highest daily count since April 21. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3njQ970

Covid UK: Boris Johnson says care home vaccination plan must improve

The Prime Minister - who has pinned all his hopes on being able to vaccinate 13million people by mid-February - also revealed just 14 per cent of care home staff have received the vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ojUcl2

Boris Johnson reveals seven Covid vaccination centres will open across England next week

The hubs will be based in venues including sports centres and London's ExCeL convention centre, and will be equipped to administer thousands of doses every week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38jyIiw

Covid UK: Maternity services disrupted in South East England

Two NHS trusts in Sussex have suspended services for births at home and stand-alone midwife led units. And four in Kent have paused their homebirths service. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3beP0Lm

Fury as China denies entry to WHO experts to investigate origins of Covid

The founder of Britain's China Research Group, Tom Tugendhat MP, held the Communist Party's feet to the fire when he accused it of 'shameful behaviour'. China says visa issues led to refusal. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rWTqfP

Vaccines tsar Nadhim Zahawi admits vaccine target is 'stretching'

Nadhim Zahawi said goal of covering more than 13million of the most vulnerable within seven weeks was 'very stretching' - but can be delivered. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2L4lwoM

Coronavirus: Why HASN'T UK approved Moderna's Covid vaccine?

US company Moderna's vaccine is the second to be approved in Europe, following Pfizer's, but Britain will not be able to use the European licence because it officially left the EU last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hPM49a

UK scientists found out Covid spread out of China DURING meeting

Public Health England members at an hour-long NERVTAG discussion on January 13 were notified of a case in Thailand - the first time the disease had been diagnosed outside of China. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rXvHfy

Staff at London hospital reveal they 'cry when they get home' and have 'never felt more demoralised'

Nurses and consultants at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, told the BBC they feel 'completely demoralised', unable to sleep and crying at the end of shifts. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38ivuvF

Coronavirus: Quarter of England and Wales deaths in Christmas week were linked to Covid

There were 11,520 deaths in England and Wales over the seven days to December 25, of which 2,912 had coronavirus mentioned on the death certificate. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KYJa6p

Many patients with long Covid have been unable to return properly to work six months after infection

Researchers from the group Patient-Led Research for Covid-19 found 1,669 of 3,700 patients with long Covid still had a reduced work timetable six months after their infection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LkIR5E

Coronavirus UK: Government data suggests super strain cases falling

Professor Chris Whitty said this afternoon that the combination of the winter season and the new variant of the coronavirus had led to a 'very large number indeed' of people infected with Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3s6V0vU

UK's virus sequencing labs haven't detected any cases in a fortnight of South African strain

There have been no new cases of the South African mutant form of Covid-19 for two weeks, according to reports. Experts fear the strain could potentially make the vaccine less effective. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38gMz9t

Covid UK: Daily deaths DOUBLE to 830 week-on-week with 60,916 cases

Dr Yvonne Doyle, medical director for Public Health England, warned the 'highly concerning' rise 'will sadly mean yet more pressure on our health services in the depths of winter'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35eDnAj

Doctors and nurses demand higher quality face masks in letter to ministers

Fresh Air NHS said in an open letter to UK ministers that staff on general wards are twice as likely to catch Covid-19 as those in intensive care, who get better equipment, and they called for better PPE. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2XfHGXy

Coronavirus UK: NHS hospitals treating MORE patients than in spring

NHS England figures show that, in the most recent data from December 29, 81 out of 127 major hospitals had more patients with Covid-19 than on the country's worst day in 2019. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oixXvA

Has Britain got ANY chance of vaccinating 13m by mid-February?

Number 10 has pledged to vaccinate around 13million of the most vulnerable people across the UK by mid-February, with the hope of ditching the most draconian curbs by March. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2L5TSrF

Top surgeon fears cancer surgeries could be cancelled AGAIN unless No10 can curb spread of Covid

Professor Neil Mortensen, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons, added that those waiting for non-Covid treatments such as knee replacements could also see operations cancelled. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38UJ6fy

Michael Gove warns March is the EARLIEST lockdown can start to be eased

Michael Gove admitted there was no 'certainty' that the brutal squeeze imposed by Boris Johnson on England last night will be eased at the end of February as hoped. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pI0J9o

Schools have been to blame for three times more Covid outbreaks than hospitals since October

Public Health England reports reveal 26 per cent of Covid-19 infection clusters - or 2,722 out of 10,000 - were linked to schools, but only eight per cent - or 816 - were traced back to hospitals. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hLoDxR

How long will it take for the Covid vaccine to come to the rescue and get Britain out of lockdown?

No10's goal of jabbing 2m people a week would mean it would still take until April for everyone in the UK over 50, adults with serious illnesses, and NHS and care workers to get their first dose. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LohirR

Scientists can tweak Covid vaccines to target new mutant strains in DAYS, experts claim

Professor Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading, said he was 'almost certain' the vaccines will still be effective at some level. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LhGPmD

How bad is the Covid outbreak in YOUR area? Interactive tool shows surging infection rates

England has seen its Covid-19 infections almost triple in December, surging from 167 cases per 100,000 people on December 8 to 476.9 per 100,000. Interactive tool reveals rise in your area. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ofWTDY

Cheap hair lice drug may cut the risk of hospitalised Covid patients dying by up to 80%, study finds

Ivermectin - which can cost as little as $2 per treatment - was also found to potentially halve the time those suffering from the virus were on the wards. But scientists said more data was needed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ncD1jU

Surge in ward cases 'could fill 12 hospitals'

The total number of inpatients suffering with coronavirus in England jumped from 17,701 to 23,557, up 33 per cent, between December 25 and January 2, NHS figures show. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/354MeEP