‘Traffic light’ system to govern local coronavirus lockdowns in England
The traffic light plans for the three-tier system are understood to be backed by Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary and...
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Key moments that shaped the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic
The nationwide applause for healthcare workers on the frontline against coronavirus began its journey in a terraced street in north...
Coronavirus testing scheme could allow care home visitors to hug relatives
Care home visitors could soon be allowed to cuddle their relatives after taking a Covid-19 test that provides results in...
Let’s come together once again to strike a blow against coronavirus
We are at a tipping point in our response to this deadly virus. Like many countries across Europe, we are...
New 90-minute coronavirus test has ‘significant potential’ for mass screening
The system was used to test 386 NHS staff and patients from April 10 to May 12, with the results...
Hospitals told to clear beds for coronavirus spike in two weeks
The numbers of people in hospital remain low compared with the first peak of the virus, however. Bolton, the coronavirus...
Children with a runny nose do not have coronavirus, expert says
A letter circulated to all schools at the beginning of term outlined the same set of symptoms as the basis...
Swathes of public to be refused coronavirus tests under rationing plans
Ministers are poised to announce further localised measures, with pub curfews and a ban on households mixing across areas of...
Coronavirus ‘clusters’ breaking out in suburban London care homes
Professor Martin Green, the chief executive of Care England, told The Telegraph: "The rise in infection rates is very worrying,...
G20 leaders to consider international plan for airport coronavirus testing
The WTTC's 12-point plan includes an agreed "traffic light" system of reporting Covid-19 rates, with "green list" countries potentially set...
Coronavirus spreading in care homes again, Government warns
Coronavirus has begun spreading through care homes and infecting vulnerable patients again, the Government has admitted in a nationwide alert...
Millions at greatest risk from coronavirus may be told to stay at home again
Earlier this year, more than two million people were asked to shield in their homes until August 1. Under the...
Why China could be poised to win the race for a coronavirus vaccine
Manufacturing and distribution could prove to be another sticking point. While traditional inactivated vaccines are less complex, said Dr Chowdhary,...
Moonshot coronavirus testing trials to begin next month
A senior Sage scientist told The Telegraph the group had never supported the introduction of weekly tests for the population,...
Coronavirus infection rate doubling every week
This appears to correspond with warnings from some experts that young people attending illegal house parties and non-socially distanced events...
Behave in bedroom to stop spread of coronavirus, students told
Lord Bethel praised the work of university leaders for making campuses as safe as possible by putting social distancing measures...
Coronavirus scoring system could predict a patient’s death risk
An easy-to-use score for predicting the risk of death from Covid-19 could be used by medics to decide on the...
Government’s ‘Moonshot’ programme aims to increase coronavirus testing to 10 million a day
It also revealed a number of companies have agreed deals to reach three million tests per day by December. Firms...
Are swimming pools safe from coronavirus? Latest advice for kids’ swimming lessons
Leisure centres and swimming pools are open again following the coronavirus lockdown. As with pubs, restaurants and shops, social distancing...
‘Credible’ cases of coronavirus reinfection emerging, Matt Hancock says
Last month, two European patients were confirmed to have been reinfected with coronavirus, raising questions over how long immunity to...
Coronavirus levels at height of pandemic ‘three times higher than thought’
Levels of coronavirus at the height of the outbreak were three times higher than officially recorded, according to GP data...
Lungs damaged by coronavirus can repair themselves in three months
Lungs can repair themselves in just three months after a serious bout of coronavirus, a new study has revealed, raising...
Universities could be shut down in new coronavirus outbreaks
Mr Hancock pointed out that the second waves of the virus being seen in Spain and France "started largely among...
Men must step up and donate their blood plasma to help defeat coronavirus, NHS urges
Men must step up and donate their blood plasma to help defeat coronavirus, the NHS has urged, as it is...
Government coronavirus information adverts wrongly disabled by Facebook across its platforms
The ad began running on July 20 and according to Facebook Ads Library, a database of adverts running on Facebook,...
Only two areas recorded more than 20 coronavirus deaths in July, according to ONS figures
In comparison, in May 224 local authorities had more than 20 deaths (16 in Wales, 208 in England) and in...
No healthy child has died from coronavirus in the UK
No healthy child has died from coronavirus in the UK, the biggest study into the condition suggests, as researchers say...
