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Experts warn that England will likely face the tiered local lockdown system or bigger national measures until the end of spring or even into summer, even if the vaccine roll-out goes to plan. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pCZnfX

MailOnline analysis reveals that should the NHS keep vaccinating Britons at a rate of 300,000 a week, it will take until December 2022 to give everyone over 50 their first dose. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3aVTTc1

The figures were produced by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' mortality monitor, which uses data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and its equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38SN6x4

Britain's regulators today approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, offering renewed hope the end of the pandemic could just be months away. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35cJu8v

Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the scientific modelling committee, a sub-group of SAGE, warns the whole country will have to be plunged into lockdown by the end of January. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n8JxZ6

With vaccines the only hope of escaping the seemingly endless cycle of lockdowns, officials hope to vaccinate 2million people in the most vulnerable groups every week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o0bSSA

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the virus was mentioned on 2,986 death certificates in England and Wales over the seven days to December 18, up eight per cent on previous week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3816Uzg

But the UK has ordered 100million doses in total and AstraZeneca has promised to deliver 2million a week by mid-January, raising hopes that 24million Britons will be immunised by Easter. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o4OjrQ

Britain's medical regulator is now recommending Covid jabs are given in two doses three months apart, rather than over the intended four-week period, to deal with spiking Covid hospitalisations and cases. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3psUDcS

Department of Health figures show the daily number of deaths is up 31 per cent in a week, with 744 added to the tally last Wednesday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KQt9iH

Professor Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill - who helped develop the jab - both stand to make millions after their company Vaccitech created the experimental shot. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34UZ87Y

In a boost for the UK as it recorded more than 50,000 cases for the first time yesterday, the Department of Health has said today's decision will pave the way for rapid rollout of the jab. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WRSTh7

London's intensive care units have asked several major Yorkshire hospitals to accept a transfer of critically ill patients as the capital's ICUs surpass maximum capacity, running at 114 per cent from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WQSsU8

Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals have warned that the number of Covid patients has 'increased markedly, putting severe pressure on emergency departments'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n2Gv8q

Pressure mounted on the Government to make changes to the Tier system yesterday as a record daily high of 51,135 further Covid cases were reported, along with 414 deaths. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3aNywK5

MailOnline's analysis of NHS England data reveals at least a fifth of general beds at 37 trusts were filled by Covid patients in the week ending December 22. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38I9I3A

Department of Health statistics also revealed three Nightingales - Bristol, Manchester and Harrogate - are still yet to receive their first Covid-19 patients. The hospitals cost £220million to build. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hqmXJV

Restaurant manager Irisa Kelly, 27, of Syracuse, New York, became concerned after noticing her two-year-old daughter Riley had a high fever, lack of energy, and spots all over her body. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ryvgbr

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal said that he piled on the pounds at 50 years old. But, here, the TV chef shares best recipes to conquer the weight loss journey. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38I0unE

Department of Health figures show the UK's daily infection toll is technically the largest ever recorded and is up 24 per cent on last Monday's count. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2L0EZX8

The government is believed to be planning on overhauling the current order in the UK, which is focusing on the elderly, vulnerable and care home employees. Pictured: Sir Jeremy Farrar. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2X2GTtj

Around 24million people are already living under the stay-at-home orders, with ministers slapping the strict measures on London, the South East and East to control rapidly growing Covid outbreaks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MabT8h

US-based researchers gave virtual questionnaires to almost 12,000 children and found 190 who were classes as being pof a sexual or gender minority. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hosjp1

Department of Health statistics show 18,227 Covid-infected patients were being cared for in hospitals across the nation on Christmas Eve - a 15 per cent rise in a week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JoBV6K

The number of patients in hospital with the virus is likely to exceed the peak in the spring, with 21,286 coronavirus patients being treated on December 22. In comparison, the figure on April 12 was 21,683. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JnSdwF

The data, which was recorded up until December 23, stated 1,911 people had died in hospitals in England after testing positive for Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JlE7fc

Researchers at University College London found the combination of heat and chemo drugs makes the treatment more effective. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nViW2U

The blunder happened in May during a quality check on a delivery of vaccines that arrived from a manufacturer in Italy. Oxford overestimated the strength of the chemicals and diluted them. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WJGwUk

Six off-the shelf items have been found by researchers to play a role in preventing coronavirus infection or helping prevent severe symptoms. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hfaZ63

Experts from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence in Japan built a model to show the level of risk that an asymptomatic person poses to other people at a table. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WK1dze

An Office for National Statistics report today estimated 645,800 people in England were infected with Covid between December 12 and 18, the equivalent of one in 85 people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JhLgNL

University of Washington researchers believe the same process may happen in people, which could explain some of the coronavirus' more unusual symptoms, such as headaches and brain fog. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3aEZ3sN

Experts at Imperial College London made the prediction after modelling the spread of the virus during the first wave and predicting the impact of lockdown being imposed a week earlier. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rr0S2L

The former British prime minister said the present two-dose vaccination plan which prioritises elderly people 'must be altered and radically accelerated' in the face of the highly infectious variant. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mL6bGq

Sir John Bell, medicine professor at Oxford University and adviser to government ministers, said the regulator could approve the vaccine early next week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KzsrGh

Top Government advisers on SAGE today warned that the R rate is 'clearly above one' in London, the East and the South East of England, and it rose in the South West, too. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WIbj3L

Professor Tim Peto, a medicine expert from the University of Oxford, defended the swabs as a way to 'enable' someone to visit a care home or go to school if they were needed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WDCegT

Professor Ferguson said there had been 'anecdotal reports' of 'more explosive' clusters in schools in the English regions since November. It comes amid fears children are more susceptible to the strain. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37Hstok

Department of Health data shows daily Covid infections have doubled week-on-week because of rapidly growing clusters across London, the South East and the East of England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rkdOY3

The Office for National Statistics estimates 62 per cent of cases in London were because of the new variant in the week up to December 9, the most recent snapshot provided by the ONS. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3hmBbvH

Ugur Sahin promised that, in the unlikely scenario the jab becomes ineffective against the strain spreading in the UK, his team could re-engineer the vaccine to target the variant in six weeks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34ypaha

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows there were 2,756 coronavirus fatalities in England and Wales during the seven-day spell that ended December 11. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mGhpMz

Members of the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium said they have not seen any data to suggest that the variant is more common in children, after SAGE adviser Neil Ferguson made the link. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37GHhDW

CAROLINE JONES: Two thirds of us avoid going to the GP for conditions we find embarrassing to talk about, according to a recent survey. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WxG3Eq

As Beth Brown's case highlights, the infection initially appeared much more innocuous. Her injury was so minor she calmly carried on tending to her horse after washing the nail. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WEasAW

It is thought that by directing air that's inhaled through the nostrils away from the smell centre of the nose, the 2.5cm-long hollow tube prevents smells from stimulating appetite. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37ELMif

BARBARA DAVIES: While she can do nothing to bring back her beloved daughter, Rosamund can try to prevent other parents going through the same agony. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3rkuZZq

'The boost from the Daily Mail appeal was unbelievable,' says Davina Kerstein, a retired chartered surveyor from Stanmore in London, who has been volunteering for four years. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KhKL6Y

Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London, a member of the group NERVTAG, made the announcement today in a virtual press briefing. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3heQPZN

Researchers from Hamilton, Canada studied thousands of weekly records detailing London's smallpox fatalities during the years 1664 to 1930. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mFIv6z

Downing Street confirmed today that Professor Ferguson was quietly allowed to continue sitting on two crucial sub groups. Professor Ferguson resigned from SAGE in May. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2JavwvZ

Department of Health statistics show daily infections have risen 64.7 per cent in a week, with today's figure up from the 20,263 posted last Monday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37Dozgo

A University of Birmingham trial of the Innova lateral flow tests that are being used to kick off Operation Moonshot found that the test may have missed six positive cases in every 100 people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WC4T6d

Online records show the first case of the new strain was identified in mid-October at Public Health England's laboratory in Milton Keynes. It came from a sample provided by a patient in Kent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37Fr2Hb

Crawley in Sussex saw cases rise almost five-fold since the beginning of the month, with the borough's infection rate soaring from 40.9 to 200.2, according to Department of Health. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38nCRAX

The Italian patient flew from the UK to Rome in the last few days with his partner, who did not test positive, Italy's health ministry said. The pair are now isolating. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38rEKMK

Professor Neil Ferguson, an Imperial College London epidemiologist, claimed the harshest curbs could 'possibly' have to stay until the spring and admitted Britain was now in a vaccination race. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mCewMS

Statistics from NHS England show that 89 per cent of hospital beds had patients in them, on average, in the second week of December, which was down from 94.9 per cent this time last year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2K9WLay

The latest SAGE estimate for the reproduction rate - the average number of others infected by each person with the disease - is between 1.1 and 1.2 in the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2J2aFLh

The US vice president Mike Pence said officials could approve the vaccine within hours on Friday. President Donald Trump has tweeted it has been approved, but this has not been confirmed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3anfl9D

Hospitality venues facing 'hugely damaging' restrictions accounted for less than 3 per cent of coronavirus outbreaks in the month before the second lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34nO8Qk

Professor Sarah Gilbert, a vaccine expert at Oxford University, said she hoped approval isn't 'too far off'. She also described sleepless nights suffered during its development. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KzRokE

The vials - small glass containers which hold the Pfizer vaccine - say they only contain five doses. But they hold enough liquid for up to seven, to protect against spills and wastage. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ajnpbz

A total of 138,000 people across Britain received the breakthrough Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the first week of the rollout up to December 15, which ministers hailed as 'a really good start'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37sn6ti

The entire of Surrey except the borough where infections are rising fastest - Waverley, in Jeremy Hunt's constituency - will go into Tier Three on Friday night, Matt Hancock announced today. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KdixKp

A total of 38 million people in England will be faced with Tier 3 restrictions come Saturday after the curbs were announced today in swathes of the South East. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3gY1QhW

Britain's daily coronavirus case count today surged by 35,383 after Wales added a further 11,000 infections that had previously been missed off due to an IT 'cock-up'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3muetCo

More than half of all infections identified over the last six days were missed off official tallys due to a computer system update, figures published by Public Health Wales revealed today. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3gTdRoZ

An Office for National Statistics report published today showed that 8,686 people in England died of Covid-19 in November, which was the highest one-month total since May and the third worst all year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mrHGhz

Results from a YouGov survey, for the Times, showed 22 per cent of Britons say they believe it is acceptable to form a Christmas bubble with four households, rather than three. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p1S2Xd

A panel of experts across multiple UK Government agencies said 'it was not possible' to determine a direct relationship between vitamin D and Covid, citing a lack of high-quality trials. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3an0ewX

Today's infections mark a 51 per cent jump the 16,578 figure last Wednesday and are 36 per cent higher than the 18,450 recorded across Britain yesterday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37psUUn

In updated guidance published today, the WHO warned that Europe was teetering on the brink of a third wave of Covid-19, which could peak in the first weeks of the new year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WlDq8Q

NHS guidance has been sent to hospitals in England telling them all to find ways to reverse a policy that meant pregnant women could not take people with them during the coronavirus crisis. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34gcICB

The Office for National Statistics looked at 8,193 Britons who had tested positive for Covid between April and the start of December. It revealed that 9.9 per cent of people had symptoms 12 weeks later. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3p0BO0a

Tier Three rules starting today in Essex and Hertfordshire, and a commitment from Matt Hancock to divide Leicestershire in the review, raise the prospect of more county splits. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3afbPyb

Members of the UK's Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), who've been studying the variant, say they've found 17 mutations, which they described as 'a lot'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nrvs9T

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi revealed the figures today, after the country's largest vaccination programme kicked off on Tuesday. But he only gave a precise number for Wales. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34iaOkY

Public Health England confirmed that people were found to be carrying an identical virus in Denmark and Australia, and researchers confirmed there have been cases in Scotland and Wales. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3gR5uu2

The biggest spike in infections in all of England was recorded in Hastings, East Sussex, according to the latest figures. Cases more than tripled in a week from 114.4 per 100,000 to 372.3. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nsMULq

The seriousness of the situation facing the PM was underlined as daily cases hit 18,450, up 50 per cent on last Tuesday, although deaths were down. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2WtRDk9

The new strain of the virus announced yesterday is thought to have been first recorded in a lab in Milton Keynes in September and scientists say there's no reason to think it will be any more dangerous. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mpeeIW

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing used a man of 1.8m (5ft 11in) walking at 1.5m/s (3.5mph) as an example and ran computer simulations. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34gF4ge

A new study found that new three-layer surgical masks can filter out 65% of tiny coronavirus-infected particles but used masks can filter out just 25% because the mask becomes worn out. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nhuMUu

The Government's online Covid tracker also reveals the average number of daily deaths in the capital is an eighth of what it was at the peak in April and weekly admissions are a quarter of the spring rates. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3oRWCHm

Experts suggested Britons should wear the coverings on busy streets as they will be 'sharing air' with their neighbours. They said the masks were definitely needed where they could smell someone's breath. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37j6rbb

The Office for National Statistics report reveals Covid-19 deaths dropped 15 per cent in the final week of lockdown compared to the previous week. This is the first fall since early September. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nkAlBK

Skin patches were initially introduced as an effective way of delivery drugs into the body while avoiding the problems of tablets but they are now available for a wide variety of conditions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3afE8MP

Burnley and South Tyneside were the only two northern areas to land in the top 50 most infected councils, Public Health England data shows, after the North has endured months of restrictions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2K1LSr6

There have been reports of the strain in at least 60 local authority areas in England and it is believed to be similar to ultra-infectious variants racing through Europe, Mr Hancock claimed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nmPKl4

There was a divide in drops in England, with infections actually rising in Yorkshire and the Humber, London and the North East over lockdown according to Imperial College London's REACT-1 study. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mjW6Ae

The finding suggests more than 3.9million people in England have been infected with Covid-19, which is more than double the UK Government's official number of 1.5million. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34bwLCj

SAGE - the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies - heard how the mortality rate of the virus fell from 35 per cent in early April to 15 per cent by August among UK Covid hospital patients. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3naKfFH

Oxford University's researchers have insisted they knew about the different dosing regimens and agreed everything with regulators before people were given the injections from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m49VCG

Gates says coronavirus could still be risk through early 2022 via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2JSGdDS

Live Updates: COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive at US distribution sites The first truck carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States pulled out of a Portage, Mich., manufacturing plant Sunday morning via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37h1zU9

Bhattacharya: We should prioritize vaccines based on medical risk Stanford University Professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya joins 'The Next Revolution' to discuss COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccine distobution. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3gL43NI

Healthcare workers among first COVID-19 vaccine recipients Fox News correspondent Charles Watson joins 'Fox Report' with the latest from Atlanta. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2KmKKhG

NYC reinstates indoor dining ban, effective tomorrow Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan joins 'Fox Report' with the latest from New York City. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/34bUXV5

Senior government officials to be first in line for COVID vaccine Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith joins 'Fox Report' with the latest from the White House. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2IJu1ED

Florida college basketball star who battled coronavirus over summer collapses during game University of Florida’s Keyontae Johnson remains in critical but stable condition; reaction from Dr. Riley Williams on ‘America’s News HQ.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37ZECnt

When will the US have access to COVID vaccines? Director of the National Institute of Health Francis Collins joins 'The Story' with the latest on vaccine development and distribution in the United States. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/349w0cQ

Community organization helps families struggling financially during the pandemic President, CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota Roxie Jerde joins 'America's News HQ' with insight into her organization's fight to help struggling families during the pandemic; To donate visit: cfsarasota.org via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Lsgcvf

California restaurant owner on staying open despite coronavirus shutdown order: ‘I really have no choice’ Cronie’s Sports Grill co-owner Dave Foldes discusses his decision to keep his business open despite shutdown orders on ‘America’s News HQ.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3487AR7

UPS, FedEx begin shipping first coronavirus vaccines Infectious disease specialist Dr. Amesh Adalja calls the vaccine development a ‘victory of science.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/34bkf5J

Gov. Cuomo bans indoor dining in New York City as coronavirus cases surge New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz provides insight on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3gMJ3Gf

Spotlight on struggling businesses Covering the human cost of lockdowns via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mcpacN

Media blame Trump on virus Despite approval of new vaccine via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/383AX8a

Colorado family kicked off plane because 2-year-old refused to wear a mask 'The experience was absolutely traumatizing' and 'very humiliating,' Eliz Orban, who was kicked of a flight because her 2-year-old daughter wouldn't wear a mask, told 'Fox & Friends Weekend.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/383KFYc

Sen. Manchin: Still hope for bipartisan $908B coronavirus relief bill West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin provides insight into the coronavirus relief aid package on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/343OVpB

Operation Warp Speed chief adviser: Hope to immunize 100M people by 1st quarter of 2021 Dr. Moncef Slaoui provides updates on the coronavirus vaccine with Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37Xpjf3

Los Angeles bar owner calls out Hollywood hypocrisy amid COVID-19 restrictions Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden tells 'Fox & Friends Weekend' that 'pitting us against each other for survival is not the way to go about' the situation amid new coronavirus restrictions in California. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3aai85Y

Coronavirus closures are creating a ‘huge humanitarian crisis’: California restaurant owner Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden discusses how coronavirus restrictions are affecting restaurants and bars in the state. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mcINRV

Pfizer begins packing coronavirus vaccine shipments The first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is loaded at the Kalamazoo, Michigan facility. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2LrBI3f

LIVE UPDATES: Coronavirus could be under control by 'end of next summer,' BioNTech co-founder says Follow for the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3qSf58E

Democratic leaders ‘don’t seem to care’ that they are ‘crushing’ small businesses: Rep. Scalise Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., says local leaders enacting lockdown measures have ‘misplaced priorities.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37dqecb

Kevin McCarthy on Rep. Swalwell’s alleged ties to Chinese spy: ‘This is very serious’ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., weighs in on the controversy on ‘Justice with Judge Jeanine.’ via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3oQaX7h

‘We should be confident’ coronavirus pandemic will be under control by summer 2021: BioNTech CEO The German pharmaceutical firm’s CEO Dr. Ugur Sahin sits down with Greg Palkot to discuss the vaccine development process. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37ejVFg