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Rugby Union

May: England feared Tonga game would be off over Covid-19 outbreak

By Simon Collings

Rugby Union

Farrell a doubt for Australia clash after positive Covid test

By Simon Collings

Government poised to press ahead with mandatory jabs for NHS staff

Officials have been considering whether to introduce mandatory vaccinations for frontline health and care staff.

By Ella Pickover

What is the Covid situation now and could we be facing another lockdown?

One health leader warned we ‘risk stumbling into a winter crisis’ and said it was time to enact Plan B.

By Aine Fox

Health

UKHSA look into ‘super cold’ amid rise in 111 calls and GP visits

By Laura Sharman

Unvaccinated pregnant women make up 17% of most ill Covid patients

By Aine Fo

Health boss urges people to get flu and Covid jabs in face of ‘uncertain’ winter

By Aine Fo

Government warned of need for PPE stockpiles four years before pandemic

By Jemma Crew

Covid-19 patients and deaths ‘stubbornly high’ despite vaccine rollout – experts

By Ian Jones

New body launched to tackle health inequalities and ‘level up’ nation

By Will Stone

One in ten secondary school pupils with Covid-19 suffered ongoing symptoms – ONS

By Eleanor Busby

Llama antibodies have ‘significant potential’ as Covid treatment – study

By Nina Massey

NHS in England poised to deliver boosters

By Ella Pickover

Life expectancy in England drops after excess deaths in Covid pandemic

By Lily Waddell

Return to office working ‘could lead to rapid increase in hospital Covid cases’

By Jane Kirby

Booster Covid jab to be offered to people aged 50 and over

By Jane Kirby

Javid gives the green light for vaccines for schoolchildren

The Health Secretary said 12 to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

By Jane Kirby

Calls for Conservative MPs to wear masks in chamber after ‘cavalier’ accusation

The SNP’s shadow Commons leader Pete Wishart warned there was an ‘increased risk’ from Covid in the chamber.

By David Lynch

STIs are down by almost a third in England in 2020 amid Covid pandemic

Public Health England warned people to be careful not to swap social distancing for an STI

By Aine Fo

Health

Three quarters of Covid patients under-50 in hospital are unvaccinated

By Rachael Burford

Begin Covid booster campaign now rather than wait for advice, Government urged

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is yet to provide a recommendation on giving people a third jab.

By Aine Fox

Stephen Fry joins NHS campaign promoting cancer check-ups

The actor and comedian was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in 2018.

By Naomi Clarke

Rise in number reporting long Covid lasting for at least a year

The new figures come as research suggested being double-jabbed almost halves the likelihood of long Covid in adults.

By Aine Fox

Gavin Williamson vows to ‘move heaven and earth’ to avoid shutting schools again

But the minister did not rule out a rise in Covid-19 infections being caused by children going back to class after the summer break.

By Eleanor Busby

Six million pupils set to benefit from ‘tutoring revolution’

Schools in England can sign up with this year’s external tuition providers through the National Tutoring Programme.

By Eleanor Busby

One in seven Covid-positive children have symptoms 15 weeks on, study finds

The research looked at almost 7,000 children in England aged 11 to 17.

By Aine Fo

Call for people to get second Covid jab amid fears up to two million missed out

Figures show up to 600,000 had not yet had their AstraZeneca vaccine while 1.4 million had not had their Pfizer vaccine.

By Isobel Frodsham

Delta variant doubles risk of hospitalisation, study suggests

Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus cases in the study were in people who were unvaccinated.

By Alexander Britton

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Nearly two-thirds of local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

By Ian Jones

Parents fear being overruled if 12 to 15-year-olds offered jabs in school

Secondary school-age children might be able to decide for themselves if they want a vaccine, according to reports.

By Pa Reporters

Crime

Man arrested over ‘food contamination’ acted alone, police say

By Sean Morrison

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Cornwall, Sedgemoor and West Devon are continuing to record the highest rates.

By Ian Jones

£1.5m funding for research into why Covid jabs work better in some than others

The findings will be ‘essential’ in concluding who is most at risk post-jab and for vaccine developers in designing boosters.

By Aine Fo

London is one of just two areas in the UK where Covid hasn’t risen

By Tom Ambrose

Extend jabs rollout to children aged 12-15, urges public health expert

The Department of Health insisted no decisions have been made, despite a report saying the NHS in England is planning for jabs in this age group.

By Aine Fox

Warning of sickness bug as schools prepare to reopen

Health officials urged people to take action as schools return.

By Ella Pickover

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