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The youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing could have survived if she had received faster medical treatment from paramedics, the inquiry has heard. Police officers were reduced to shouting over the radio in their desperation for ambulance staff to come and help them at the scene of the bombing, the inquiry was told. Two

Twenty-four hour vaccination sites will be piloted in London before the end of January, the vaccines minister has said. Speaking to Sky News, Nadhim Zahawi said the NHS will be “targeting forensically who we want to protect” to ensure the most vulnerable people can be vaccinated first. He said that as there is “limited supply”

Three out of four paramedics say they are at “breaking point” as they describe how patients are dying while waiting for ambulances, a new study suggests.  The influx of COVID-19 patients has left staff suffering low morale and many believe the crisis is much worse than the first peak in March, according to a study

Ten new vaccination centres are due to open in England on Monday as the drive continues to protect the population against COVID-19. They will join the seven existing mass vaccination sites across the country, alongside 1,000 GP-led surgeries and more than 250 hospitals already providing jabs. The new centres will be in: Bournemouth International Centre

The UK has recorded another 1,295 coronavirus deaths and a further 41,346 infections, latest government figures show. It brings the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test to 88,590. A total of 3,357,361 cases have now been recorded. The latest daily death figure is the UK’s third-highest of the pandemic, although

David Parrott is just 19 years old and he sits in isolation wearing an oxygen mask that help his COVID-ravaged lungs to breathe. Sitting alone in Bay 5 gives him too much time to think. And his young head is full of worrying thoughts about how his health might be permanently damaged. “I’m only 19

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate. The tighter border restrictions announced by Boris Johnson are aimed at protecting the progress made with the rollout of vaccines in the face of new coronavirus variants being found around the world. It had already been announced everyone

Health officials in Cornwall say the “dramatic rise” in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks is “directly linked” to Tier 1 freedoms enjoyed by the county in early December. The Director of Public Health Cornwall, Rachel Wigglesworth, has told Sky News that two-thirds of all positive cases have been detected in the last two months alone.

Senior ministers will consider a ban on travel to the UK from Brazil following concern over a new coronavirus strain in the South American country. The government’s COVID-19 operations committee is due to meet on Thursday to discuss the issue, amid reports any travel ban could also be extended to countries neighbouring Brazil. Live COVID

People who have had COVID-19 may have some immunity for several months but can still get reinfected and transmit the virus, according to a new study. The Public Health England (PHE) Siren report shows that antibodies from past coronavirus infections provide 83% protection for at least five months. It means those who contracted the disease

Another 1,564 coronavirus deaths have been reported in the UK – the highest daily figure since the pandemic began following the late addition of some data going as far back as May. The previous highest increase was 1,325, which was reported on 8 January. It takes the total number of deaths within 28 days of

Britons should be entitled to two weeks’ paid bereavement leave following the death of a partner or close relative, campaigners say. The government is facing calls to introduce statutory bereavement leave for grieving employees amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 83,000 people in the UK so far. A group

Pressure on the NHS will not start to reduce until March, ministers have been warned – amid fears that new infections could be running at more than 250,000 a day. Downing Street has been told by government scientists that the rollout of the vaccines is unlikely to cause the mortality rate to decline until later

People travelling to England from abroad will have to show they have tested negative for coronavirus before being allowed to enter the country from Friday. The COVID-19 test will need to be taken up to 72 hours before departure – and those who fail to comply will face an immediate £500 fine. Inbound passengers on

More than 2.6 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given to almost 2.3 million people, the health secretary has said, as an NHS boss warned the jab is “not a free pass” to ignore national guidance. Matt Hancock told a Downing Street news conference that the government was on track to achieve its pledge

Lockdown rules are “not boundaries to be pushed against”, a government minister has warned – as he admitted there was concern at non-compliance with social distancing measures in supermarkets. As the second week of England’s third national lockdown begins, ministers are considering how to achieve greater enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing in supermarkets. Vaccines