The U.K. government is announcing a new trial to test mixing different types of COVID-19 vaccines. In a world-first, trial participants will be given one vaccine dose followed by a second booster shot of a different vaccine. "If we do show that these vaccines can be used interchangeably...
From next week passengers arriving in England from all international destinations will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test to help protect against the new strains of coronavirus circulating internationally. UK transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that inbound passenger...
A leading statistician has welcomed an announcement by the government that it is changing the way it reports covid-19 swab test results. On 11 May David Norgrove, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to Matt Hancock urging the government to make its data on the national covid-19 ...
Online Doctor explains the importance of testing for COVID-19, how to buy a test kit and what to expect with your COVID-19 home testing kit. Read here.
LONDON—A UK government initiative to reduce quarantine durations for international travelers got off to a difficult start after at least one approved COVID-19 test provider was overwhelmed with requests. The "Test to Release" scheme went live on Dec. 15, allowing passengers arriving into England...
UK's Integumen Unveils Prototype COVID-19 Breath Test More LONDON (Reuters) - Integumen, a British company that developed a system to detect the COVID-19 virus in waste water, said the same technology could be deployed in a personalised breath test that could become an effective tool in...
COVID-19, on the most part, induces flu-like symptoms in the person who catches the disease, while in critical cases the virus can develop into severe pneumonia. The virus has been responsible for over 6.4 million deaths worldwide. The outbreak was officially declared a pandemic in March ...
'A shadow of what I was': Dad who suffered brain injury days after getting COVID jab sues AstraZeneca 29 Apr29th April UK Ten-month-old murdered by parents 'should have been one of most protected children' 27 Mar27th March UK Routine COVID tests for hospital patients discharged into...
The department also confirmed that a five-year-old child, who had an underlying health condition, is the youngest in Britain to die from COVID-19. At the government's daily coronavirus press briefing, Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said hundreds of new ventilators are being manuf...
The daily death rate is "starting to come down very gradually, very slowly - it's very important we continue to practice social distancing," she said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that the country was "past the peak" of the COVID-19 outbreak and a "comprehensive" plan will...