The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Lanarkshire MP explains why Amazon Prime and Now TV were claimed through expenses

Angela Crawley has insisted the subscription was used to save taxpayers' money and is no longer active.

Daily Record · Jul 27, 2022

Iconic Glasgow pub The Griffin set to reopen its doors in near future

The much-loved city centre boozer, located at the corner of Elmbank Street and Bath Street, ceased trading back in March of 2020 amid the covid pandemic.

Glasgow Live · Jul 27, 2022

Editorial: Masking in public areas should be mandatory, even if California officials won’t make it so

The current COVID-19 surge has put Sacramento County in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is getting little resistance from a population that has largely abandoned basic precautions like mask-wearing that limited its spread. While deaths and hospitalizations are lower thanks to the availability of vaccines…

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

China Q2 Smartphone Sales Fall 14.2% Y/Y as Consumers Pull Back

Chinese smartphone sales in April-June fell 14.2% on year and volumes hit a decade low, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday, as China struggles to recover from the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and the industry braces for more uncertainty. Quarterly sales volumes were 12.6% lower than those seen in the first…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 27, 2022

Kate Garraway extends time off Good Morning Britain after Derek takes 'serious turn'

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has been forced to extend her time off from the ITV show after her husband Derek Draper was said to have taken a 'serious turn' in his ongoing health battle

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022

Omicron has shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s why you may be vulnerable.

Initially, enduring COVID had one redeeming quality: It gave you some short-term immunity from getting infected again.

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

Japan struggles with record-setting seventh coronavirus wave

After some short-lived optimism that the worst of the Covid pandemic might be over, health experts are warning that the peak of the seventh wave has yet to arrive.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022

Award-winning germ fighter pinpoints COVID battlefront

The award recognises Professor Mitchell's "outstanding research in infection control".

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022

Covid reinfections: How likely are you to catch coronavirus again as cases rise?

Do vaccines and booster shots protect against new variants? Here’s what you need to know

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Mum felt 'like a monster' and hid her face from daughter when struck with cystic acne after Covid

"The worst side effect I suffered from Covid was another cystic acne outbreak. It was so bad that my skin was red raw and so sore"

Manchester Evening News · Jul 27, 2022