The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Government broke law by failing care home residents who died of Covid, High Court rules

Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have won a High Court challenge against the Government over policies on discharging patients to care homes at the outset of the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

Women whose fathers died from Covid win High Court challenge against Government

Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died, partially succeeded in their claims.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Care home Covid policy ruled unlawful by High Court in landmark case by two daughters

Judges ruled against the government's policy on discharging patients from hospitals into care homes in March 2020 - which a study linked directly to 286 deaths. Tens of thousands died in care homes during the pandemic

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2022

Care home residents ‘failed’ by government discharging Covid patients as Hancock slammed for ‘despicable lie’

Bereaved relatives says Matt Hancock should be ‘ashamed’ of claim that care homes were protected

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

New calls to reinstate 'vital' Lanarkshire bus service scrapped during pandemic

The X1 service between Hamilton and Glasgow was the only direct bus into the city.

Daily Record · Apr 27, 2022

Al Jazeera English named Broadcaster of the Year

Channel wins premier prize at 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for sixth straight year.

Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2022

China's Beijing finds positive samples in COVID testing this week

China's capital of Beijing has detected some positive COVID-19 cases in the first round of mass testing conducted in a dozen districts this week, a municipal official said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2022

Covid care home discharge policy was unlawful, says court

High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in England

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022

China’s Capital in Race to Detect COVID Cases, Avoid Shanghai’s Distress

Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiraling into a crisis like the one the locked-down city of Shanghai is enduring. Evidence that Shanghai's month-long isolation has become…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 27, 2022

Covid-19 Ireland: WHO expert predicts new infection surge in coming weeks

More than 7,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Ireland

Dublin Live · Apr 27, 2022