NHS: Data shows excess deaths in the UK 20% higher than last year
Sky’s Tom Cheshire takes a closer look at the “excess deaths” data for the UK, in light of the winter crisis of flu and COVID within the NHS. Read more…
Figures show a fall in COVID and flu cases
Weekly figures on COVID-19 and flu cases have been published by the UK Health Security Agency. It follows new data showing a 20% increase in the number of deaths in…
New ‘Kraken’ XBB.15 Covid variant running rife in the UK is ‘most transmissible yet’, WHO warns
THE World Health Organisation has warned that a new Covid variant sweeping the UK could be the ‘most transmissible yet’. The aggressive new Omicron strain, officially named XBB.1.5, but nicknamed…
Negative COVID test needed for people travelling to the UK from China
Downing Street says people travelling to the UK from China will not be allowed to embark without a negative COVID test from 5 January. #covid19 #china #skynews Sky News videos…
COVID-19: UK COVID response to China travel ‘under review’ – Defence Secretary
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says the UK’s response to China opening up travel abroad is “under review”. His comments came after a government spokesperson said there were no plans to…
COVID-19: No plans for mandatory testing of arrivals from China to UK
There are no plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals to the UK from China, after a series of other countries said they would impose controls. #skynews #covid #china…
COVID: UK to stop publishing virus modelling data
After almost three years, the UK Health Security Agency will stop publishing COVID modelling data next month. The increasingly sporadic updates on the virus’s R number will cease from 6…
BREAKING: COVID lab blunder linked to 20 deaths
Experts from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have estimated that a COVID lab error led to the deaths of 20 people and around 55,000 additional infections. Read more here:…
Hospitals around UK facing ‘serious surge’ of flu
The latest data suggests UK COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise but could be nearing a peak. However, the greater concern for the NHS is the flu, as hospitals across…
COVID-19 ‘still a threat’ as public inquiry begins
A clinical epidemiologist says COVID-19 still poses a threat as a public inquiry into the UK government’s handling of the pandemic has its first preliminary hearing in London. #covid19 #skynews…