Covid-19

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

There is growing frustration with the minority of people who have yet to receive their Covid-19 jabs

The situation is potentially disastrous – particularly with the lunar New Year celebrations next month

Virus becoming endemic in population with high immunity, expert says

Ikea joins growing list of firms axing sick pay entitlement for employees who haven’t had Covid jabs

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New research suggests ‘memory bank’ of T-cells triggered by colds boosts Covid defences

The number of child labourers increased by millions in 2021 

Virion Device detects virus by using a saliva sample and can process 1,200 tests per day

Calls for quarantine to be cut to five days with negative test

Over a million people suffering with complaints lasting over four weeks, ONS says

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Health bosses have already been forced to cancel non-urgent operations in some hospitals

Some experts want respirator masks like those mandated in Germany to become the standard in UK

While Omicron fuelled fear, the IHU strain has been met with a ‘shrug of the shoulders’

PM announces the scrapping of pre-departure tests

Curfews announced in Delhi and Mumbai as Covid-19 cases surge across the country

Asymptomatic people will no longer need to confirm a positive lateral flow test with a PCR

Inflation, politics and global trade are among the big unknowns this year

Healthcare trusts declare ‘critical incident’ as Boris Johnson warns of pressure on medical services

The new year brings a controversial World Cup in Qatar, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and more hybrid working

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From the Capitol attack to heartbreaking scenes at Kabul airport

Covid restrictions, cancel culture and police powers split Westminster and beyond

Studies suggesting Omicron is milder than Delta ‘undeniably good news, but we’re not out of the danger zone’

Insiders say government experts believe the Covid-19 variant causes less severe illness than Delta

Chancellor’s £1bn aid package ‘a dud cracker’, business leaders claim

Tim Gunn tested positive for Covid-19 after breaching quarantine

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Researchers in Oregon studied antibodies of fully vaccinated people who had a breakthrough infection

Incendiary revelations from inside Downing Street are chipping away at Boris Johnson’s authority

The virus has been detected in species ranging from hippos to hyenas

Hospitalisations down sharply after cases spiked following arrival of new Covid variant

Lockdown-sceptic MPs have called on ministers to ‘hold firm’ against imposing more Covid restrictions