Higher quality nursing homes had fewer Covid deaths but more overall deaths, as their brutal isolation policies came at a considerable cost in human life, a study has found.
The NHS Confederation, which represents NHS bosses, has called for free Covid testing to remain and said 75% of senior staff in England did not want self-isolation rules to end.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Public Health Scotland has announced that it is no longer going to publish its Covid rates by vaccination status. Purportedly this is because it is being misrepresented, but more likely it's because it looks so bad.
The JCVI has advised that 5-11 year-olds should be vaccinated, even though it admits 85% have had the virus, the vaccines don't prevent infection, and there are known and unknown harms. It is a decision it will regret.
Why are reported Covid deaths in Denmark approaching a record high, despite high levels of vaccination and the mildness of Omicron? It is all the more perplexing because ICU numbers are right down low.
The 26th of our round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medics to inform the debate on vaccination.
It's being reported that Hong Kong's hospitals are at capacity and overflowing with patients during the current Omicron wave. But why, when reported cases and deaths are so low?
Free PCR and possibly also lateral flow tests will be axed within weeks as part of the PM's plan to live with Covid, though tests are likely to stay free for vulnerable people and within hospitals and high-risk settings.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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