Things are going according to plan. Despite a few wobbles about vanishingly small blood-clot risks, our vaccine rollout charges forward. And tomorrow we will enter the next phase of our roadmap to freedom. But at the Downing Street press conference last Monday, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was circumspect. Moving ‘steadily’ was key, he … Read more
Boris Johnson today insisted he wants the UK to make ‘cautious but irreversible’ progress when lockdown starts to be lifted as he prepares to unveil his exit strategy on Monday next week. The Prime Minister said the roadmap out of lockdown will include specific target dates for reopening different sectors of the economy and society. … Read more
NHS boss urges ‘cautious’ approach to lifting lockdown as hospitals remain stretched despite drop in cases NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson warned against easing restrictions He said there were still 26,000 patients currently fighting Covid-19 in hospital Stretched capacity has forced frontline staff to work ‘at fever pitch intensity’ By Jack Elsom For Mailonline … Read more
If it were left to Captain Cautious we’d eat turkey with Swarfega: HENRY DEEDES watches Chris Whitty deliver more Christmas gloom By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:54 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 00:08 GMT, 17 December 2020 Boris Johnson looked as though he had been forced to swallow a three-day-old sardine. … Read more
Jet2 cautious for 2021 as it reveals a first-half loss of £111.2m with just 900,000 passengers flying compared to more than 10m a year earlier By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:21 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:21 GMT, 19 November 2020 Jet2 has revealed a first-half loss and cautioned … Read more
Can you catch Covid twice? Top scientist says risk is ‘low’ but admits as many as 10% of recovered patients could get the virus again as self-isolating Boris Johnson claims he’s ‘bursting with antibodies’ Imperial College’s Danny Altmann said recovered patients ‘should not be blasé’ Scientists have found ‘hard confirmed’ cases of people infected twice … Read more
Britain can no longer put normal life on hold, Rishi Sunak warned yesterday. As he unveiled his latest rescue package to save jobs, the Chancellor called on the nation to learn to live with coronavirus ‘without fear’. He added that the country could not carry on ignoring the economic impact of the pandemic. Striking a different … Read more
Rebecca Judd urges fans to be cautious after scammers used her activewear label Jaggad to set up a FAKE social media account By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:46 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 05:46 BST, 1 September 2020 Rebecca Judd has warned her fans to be careful after scammers used her … Read more
The Prime Minister raised a chubby paw aloft like an overzealous lollipop lady and announced in that peculiarly elastic voice he was calling things to a halt. His easing of lockdown, which he’d moved along at a lickety-split pace these past few weeks, was being stopped dead in its tracks. ‘We should squeeze that brake … Read more
The FTSE 100 has creeped up slightly following Rishi Sunak’s post-coronavirus budget but still remains down 0.19 per cent. London’s blue-chip stock market reacted meekly to the Chancellor’s spending bonanza aimed at creating jobs for young people after lockdown. The index was down 11.50 points to 6,178.40 immediately after the minister finished in the House … Read more