Black people are at almost twice the risk of dying from Covid-19 than white people, a new study commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan has found. Mr Khan (pictured) is
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Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough have become the latest areas subjected to local coronavirus lockdowns but ministers said there was a “small hope” that progress was being made in slowing
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Care homes are regularly waiting more than a week for coronavirus test results, providers say, despite a Government commitment that staff will be tested weekly. The Government pledged in July
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Health boards and social care providers will be given a funding boost of £1.1 billion to support their battle against Covid-19, the Health Secretary has announced. The Scottish Government confirmed
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Up to 200 people are thought to have joined an illegal party in a university’s halls of residence, flouting Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings and social distancing. West Midlands Police said
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Temporary restrictions to services are to be put in place at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant after 82 cases of coronavirus were identified there. The restrictions, which come into
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A key worker who was forced to take a 100-mile round trip including boarding a ferry to the Isle of Wight for a coronavirus test has described the system as
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The NHS is facing a “triple whammy” of issues from the Covid-19 pandemic, a report has warned. The health service is dealing with local outbreaks of coronavirus and a second
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey accused the Government of “unbelievable incompetence” in handling coronavirus, and issued a plea for cross-party talks to resolve the crisis in social care. In
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Family and friends have spent 92 million extra hours caring for loved ones with dementia since the coronavirus lockdown and are struggling with depression, insomnia and exhaustion, a charity has
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