COVID-19 infection grants immunity for five months, UK study suggests

By CNN,

People who have been infected by COVID-19 may have immunity to the virus for around five months, according to preliminary findings in a new study led ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Public Health England , SIREN

UK to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus variant

By CNN,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday, as governments around the world step up efforts ...

Britain , coronavirus , UK

New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations: scientists

By Reuters,

British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new coronavirus strain is linked to key mutations they ha...

coronavirus , Genomics UK

Covid-19 leaves sporting holes that will never be filled

By Reuters,

There are still hopes for a Tokyo Olympics, Formula One crowned a 2020 champion and the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated an NBA title inside a quarantine...

COVID-19 , Sporting events , Tokyo Olympics

OPINION: Nurses, doctors and everyone else employed under UHC must be paid

By Guest Writer,

By Catherine Maina If you have followed my writing long enough, you know I call out injustice without mincing my words. You also know I accord ...

Doctors , Nurses , strike , Universal Health Care

Why Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shots

By CNN,

In the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership's Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number of que...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

Golden ticket – How clubs plan to welcome back fans

By Reuters,

With 2,000 fans allowed back into stadiums in Tier 2 locations in England, soccer clubs have the unenviable task of trying to decide which supporters ...

Obituary: Argentine genius Maradona saw heaven and hell

By Reuters,

World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius w...

diego maradona

UK’s Prince William tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, reports say

By Reuters,

Prince William, second-in-line to the British throne, tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, according to the BBC, citing palace sources. ...

Prince William

Madrid back under city-wide lockdown after surge in coronavirus cases

By CNN,

Madrid is going back under city-wide lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus cases in the Spanish capital, in a dramatic move that illustrates ...

coronavirus

West Ham: David Moyes, Issa Diop & Josh Cullen test positive for coronavirus

By Agencies,

West Ham United manager David Moyes and two of the club's players have tested positive for coronavirus. The club were informed of the positive test...

Carabao Cup , coronavirus positive , david moyes , Hull City , Issa Diop , Josh Cullen , West Ham United manager

London pubs reopened and it was ‘absolute madness’

By CNN,

Drunk people can't properly socially distance, a UK police officer warned after finishing a late shift Saturday -- the first day that pubs reopened in...

Metropolitan Police , Minister Matt Hancock , UK Police

No positive results in latest Premier League coronavirus tests

By Reuters,

The Premier League's planned restart on June 17 received a further boost on Saturday when the latest batch of novel coronavirus tests produced no posi...

coronavirus , Premier League

Boris Johnson refuses to sack his chief adviser over lockdown breach

By CNN,

Boris Johnson has refused to sack Dominic Cummings, standing by his embattled chief aide despite a growing scandal in the UK over his reported decisio...

Boris Johnson , COVID-19 , Dominic Cummings , lockdown

Man City’s Walker feels ‘harassed’ after breaking lockdown rules

By Agencies,

Manchester City and England defender Kyle Walker says he feels he is "being harassed" after it was reported he had broken social distancing rules agai...

Harassed , Kyle Walker , Lockdown rules , manchester city

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

Clubs told neutral venues only for any Premier League return

By Reuters,

Premier League clubs have been told they cannot use their own stadiums for any resumption of games this season with only “approved neutral venues”...

COVID-19 , Premier League

Covid-19 vaccine trial on humans starts as UK warns restrictions could stay in place until next year

By CNN,

Scientists in the UK will begin trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine on humans Thursday, as the government warns it could have to rely on social dis...

coronavirus , COVID-19

China restricts research into origins of coronavirus

By CNN,

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government dire...

china , coronavirus

It’s unfair to target players during coronavirus crisis – Solskjaer

By Reuters,

Footballers on high wages have unfairly had a target painted on their back during the coronavirus crisis even though many of them are actively helping...

coronavirus crisis , Gunnar Solskjaer , pay cut , Players