How London has kept Covid hospital cases down during second wave

Lower levels of movement, and consequently social mixing, may help explain why hospitals in the capital…

The second wave peaked before lockdown began

The number of people admitted to hospital with Covid has also started to slow. The Prime…

BAME health workers need extra care during second Covid wave, says minister

Black, Asian and minority ethnic health workers require extra care during the coronavirus second wave, a minister…

‘Covid graphs were wrong and death toll will not surpass first wave’

Although the central forecasts remain unchanged, forecasting 750 deaths a day and 4,290 hospital admissions by…

NHS algorithm wrongly predicted postponing cancer treatments during first Covid wave

However, new analysis published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that increasing the wait to surgery…

Traumatised intensive care nurses ‘sectioned’ in wake of first wave

In April, three front line staff were pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and…

Whitehall scrambles private sector to avoid second wave disaster

The documents warned that the task force, which has about 200 staff and directs the Government’s…

Second Covid wave forecast to be more deadly than the first

The growing concerns of Government scientists may explain the Prime Minister’s determination to stick to a…

Flu deaths fall as ONS says many who would have been vulnerable died during first Covid wave

The ONS said the biggest change in mortality rates had been in flu and pneumonia, which…

How data from intensive care units shows second wave won’t be as deadly as the first

Experts believe treatment improvements are starting to have a major impact – particularly the steroid dexamethasone,…