Tom Daley admits there were positives to lockdown such as seeing his son Robbie, 3, develop

Tom Daley has revealed he found many positives during lockdown as he was able to enjoy more downtime and see his son Robbie, three, develop. The Olympic Bronze medal winning diver, who is headed to the Tokyo Olympic Games, shares his son with husband Dustin Lance Black, 47. Speaking on The Olympic Mile Podcast ahead of the … Read more

Covid: Rapid lateral flow tests miss 42% asymptomatic cases and give false positives, review says

Rapid coronavirus tests may miss four in 10 asymptomatic people, a major review has concluded. Researchers who analysed 64 studies of the effectiveness of lateral flow kits found they failed to detect 42 per cent of cases who didn’t show signs of illness. The gold-standard Cochrane review found the tests, which give results in as … Read more

Phoebe Burgess looks back at ‘positives’ and ‘joy’ of 2020 after sharing photos from ‘break-up album

Phoebe Burgess has looked back at the ‘positives’ of 2020 despite her difficult year amid her heartbreaking split from her NRL star ex-husband, Sam Burgess. Alongside a photo album shared to Instagram, showing lovely moments she shared with children at her parents’ Bowral estate, the 31-year-old looked at the ‘joy’ she felt last year.  She wrote in the … Read more

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits 

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits Sweden said the PCR kits were from a Chinese company called BGI Genomics   The testing kits were used by Swedes between the months of March and August Mostly, ‘people who had mild symptoms or who didn’t feel any symptoms at the time of the … Read more

South Korea admits 292 coronavirus ‘reinfections’ were false positives

South Korean officials admit 292 coronavirus patients were given false positives after they were re-diagnosed with the deadly infection. Over the past month the country has seen people cleared of the virus testing positive for the virus again, despite new cases thinning out.   The country was grappling with fears that recovered cases had been reinfected with … Read more