The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Optical fibres, which are thin cylindrical strands of glass, carry info like text, images, voices, videos, etc. Charles Kao predicted their use in telecommunication, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 2009. Light is guided through fibre optic cables using total internal reflection. Transmitter encodes info into optical signals,…

Greater Manchester mayor says Boris Johnson seemed unaware his region had been under tougher rules

The mayor of London has told the Covid inquiry about his ‘disappointment’ that he was ‘kept in the dark’ by Downing Street about how the virus was spreading in London in 2020

A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the work habits of people around the world, with millions working from home, at least for part of their week

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett formally excused the cabinet secretary from giving evidence in 2023 ‘due to ill health’

Watch live as Sadiq Khan joins regional mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram in giving evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday 27 November.

The team discovered that people who previously received AstraZeneca or Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines had a "non-inferior" immune response when given a half dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine, comparable to those who received a full dose.

Sadiq Khan said "lives could have been saved" if he had been invited to key Government meetings earlier on in the pandemic.