UK announces 16 more coronavirus deaths: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland record zero victims for second day running but SAGE warns the R rate has risen to dreaded number 1 in England NHS England revealed that all victims had died in its hospitals, while other home nations suffered no deaths The preliminary total does not account … Read more
China’s real coronavirus death toll could be 14 times higher than official statistics show, a study has claimed. US researchers suggest China covered up the true size of its epidemic and used the activity of crematoriums in Wuhan to try and calculate accurate numbers. They found the city — which is where the pandemic began … Read more
By any stretch of the imagination, the economic data that has been part of the top two or three nightly news items for the last six weeks has been colossally dreadful. Bright and early this morning we have seen the Bank of England warn UK GDP will slump by 14 per cent this year as … Read more
Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations. And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more
Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat accuses ‘tyrannical’ China of ‘falsifying’ coronavirus death statistics as Beijing hits back at ‘dangerous unwarranted accusations’ Tom Tugendhat said Chinese government ‘deliberately falsified the data’ on virus He claimed ‘survival of the regime’ was placed ‘over the interests of the people’ But Beijing hit back and said such … Read more
Is this why Australia is crushing the coronavirus curve? Extraordinary survey shows 98 per cent of the country are practising social distancing ABS releases first survey results into the impact of coronavirus on households 1059 Australians surveyed about jobs, social distancing, self-isolation and health 98 per cent practising social distancing while 88 per cent avoid … Read more
Three quarters of the UK’s first coronavirus fatalities were over the age of 75, according to official statistics. Details of the first 108 people to die from COVID-19 in England and Wales have emerged today in figures revealing deaths outside of NHS hospitals for the first time. They show that 59 per cent of the … Read more
Almost four in ten flight attendants have been physically abused by drunk or drugged up passengers, shocking statistics reveal Two thirds of crew say they’ve seen an increase in drinking and self-medication Half say they’ve been verbally assaulted by drunks or those on drugs on a plane Meanwhile, one in 12 have been sexually assaulted by … Read more