People who have had two doses of a Covid vaccine will still have to self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with someone infected with Covid after the "end" of lockdown.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The line from officials on the chance of lockdown ending on June 21st has shifted from "nil" to "very good" in less than a week – largely due to confidence in the effectiveness of vaccines against the Indian variant.
The fear whipped up over Covid has resulted in millions of Brits struggling to return to normal life, says a new report which will warn that people with "Covid Anxiety Syndrome" are locking themselves down from within.
Researchers in the U.S. have projected that productivity losses caused by school closures during lockdowns will lead to a 3.6% decrease in GDP and a 3.5% decrease in hourly wages by 2050.
The CDC is investigating several dozen reports of heart inflammation in teenagers and young adults after Covid vaccination. These cases occurred in people days after receiving an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna).
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