More than 200,000 pupils are self-isolating at home because they have Covid or have been in contact with positive cases after schools reopened, new figures show Secondary school attendance has risen to 91 per cent since schools reopened But up to 201,000 pupils aren’t in classrooms because of Covid-19 concerns The figures – up from … Read more
Prime Minister’s press secretary Allegra Stratton is self-isolating after suspected coronavirus contact Ms Stratton has been in the Downing Street spokesperson role since November Earlier this week she was forced to deny claims PM enjoys a sleep during the day It comes days after it emerged Health Secretary Matt Hancock is also isolating By Tom … Read more
Robbie Williams is reportedly self-isolating in a luxurious £15,000-a-night six-bedroom villa in St. Barts after testing positive for COVID-19. The singer, 46, is holed up with wife Ayda Field, 41, and their four children Teddy, seven, Coco, 23 months, and sons Charlton, five, and Beau, six months, at the lavish property that also boasts its … Read more
Christmas online food delivery chaos as self-isolating shoppers are told orders won’t arrive until AFTER December 25 and others receive deliveries with NO turkey Shoppers are scrolling through slot times but finding they are fully booked People self-isolating are wondering how they are now going to source food Asda and Morrisons both confirmed to MailOnline … Read more
Emmanuel Macron tests positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating day after hugging Portugal’s PM and welcoming top European politicians The 42-year-old took a test ‘as soon as first symptoms appeared,’ his office said Macron will isolate for seven days but plans to continue running the country President has been centre stage in Brexit negotiations between … Read more
The 42-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron took a test ‘as soon as the first symptoms appeared,’ the Elysee Palace said in a brief statement.
Spain’s King Felipe VI is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, the palace said Monday. The 52-year-old monarch, who was chairing a meeting of his Scientific Council in Madrid earlier today, has suspended his official duties for the next ten days. He learned that he had come into contact with … Read more
‘Many hours of Zoom ahead’: Testing tsar Dido Harding reveals she is self-isolating after getting ‘pinged’ by her own contact tracing app Baroness Harding revealed on Twitter that she has been told to self-isolate The Test & Trace chief said she had ‘many hours of Zoom ahead’ but ‘feeling well’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor … Read more
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in quarantine after coming into contact with a person with coronavirus as global death toll hits 1.2 million Dr Tedros, chief of the World Health Organisation, is self-isolating over Covid 55-year-old went into isolation after one of his contacts tested positive for virus Health chief is ‘well and without symptoms’ … Read more
‘Operation Moonshot’ could result in tens of thousands of people self-isolating needlessly, experts warn The strategy, announced by Boris Johnson, aims to test 10million people a day Experts say ‘fundamentally flawed’ plan would make 10,000 daily false positives Government criticised for pursuing plan despite major track and trace issues By Kate Pickles For The Daily … Read more