Doctors’ fury at closure of children’s A&E services to prepare for second Covid wave

Oct 10, 2020

Health authorities said the closures were intended to help “prepare for the busy winter period and a potential second surge of Covid-19 cases”. But the petition says: “Seriously ill or injured children are being turned away from the hospital and...

South Korea-style ‘backward tracing’ system to help pinpoint Covid ‘super spreader’ events

Oct 10, 2020

A Whitehall source confirmed that preparations to incorporate “backward”, or retrospective, contact tracing into the current system were under way. “That is our plan,” the source said. “We just can’t do it while prevalence is as...

Eton parents accuse school of ‘spreading virus round country’ as pupils sent home to isolate

Oct 10, 2020

Eton parents are understood to be “furious” that pupils have been sent home to isolate, accusing the school of “spreading the virus around the country”. The whole of the Lower Sixth, as well as some pupils in other year groups, have been told...

Parents with young children could be protected against severe Covid-19

Oct 10, 2020

Parents with young children may be protected against severe Covid-19 symptoms because their immune systems are boosted by regularly catching coughs and colds, a study has found. A team of scientists believes exposure to seasonal coronaviruses from the same family as...