The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Plymouth's independent cinema given £45k emergency grant

Plymouth Arts Cinema receives support from third and final round of Culture Recovery Fund to bounce back from Covid and protect jobs

Birmingham Post · Apr 8, 2022

Russia heading for deepest recession since Soviet collapse, UK warns, as inflation jumps – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022

For China's leaders, 'lying flat' is scarier than Covid

In the US and Europe, the phrase "living with the virus" refers to reopening the economy and trusting that vaccines work. Not in China. In the public discourse, that would be tantamount to "lie flat," a catchphrase for encouraging inaction — an approach that has grown so popular that it…

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

'I should have been called for emergency Covid medicine within 24 hours - but the system is so backlogged it took FOUR days'

"It seemed that the process was utterly derailed, I was well past the 24-hour time scale they have set"

Manchester Evening News · Apr 8, 2022

'Manchester Airport chaos caused us to miss ruby wedding anniversary flight and fork out another £600 to salvage trip'

The family had waited for years for the holiday - only for it to be 'scuppered for something that wasn't our fault'

Manchester Evening News · Apr 8, 2022

Hundreds of Glasgow covid lab workers facing axe due to 'lack of funding'

Glasgow University has entered into a formal 45-day consultation period on redundancies for 700 workers at Glasgow's Lighthouse Lab which is facing closure as soon as next month.

Glasgow Live · Apr 8, 2022

Airlines and cross-Channel services brace for busiest weekend since Covid

Air travellers told to allow extra time for queues, while Eurotunnel expects rising traffic and P&O ferries remain suspended

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022

Giorgos Giakoumakis hypes up his Celtic swagger as striker declares 'my ego is now even bigger'

The Greek striker has had a stellar second half of the season and has promised more goals to come.

Daily Record · Apr 8, 2022

Kolkata hospitals get battle-ready as another Covid variant rears head

KOLKATA: Three Covid waves since March 2020 have made private hospitals in Kolkata battle-ready to take on another surge and they now have the expertise, infrastructure and the experience to set up a Covid ward quicker than ever before, they say.

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

Covid-19: Shanghai races to build hundreds of thousands of isolation beds

SHANGHAI: Shanghai is transforming conference centers and conscripting neighboring provinces to create isolation facilities for hundreds of thousands of people, a sign of its commitment to a zero tolerance approach to Covid-19 amid China's worst outbreak to date.

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022