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16.12.2021 / 11:57

Christmas Day Covid-19 isolation could be on cards for 1m Brits, expert warns

Christmas Day as fears over the Omicron Covid-19 variant grow, an expert has warned. Cambridge University professor Sir David Spiegelhalter has made the worrying claim as Covid cases have risen in 60% of areas in the UK in just a week.It also comes at the same time that London was revealed to be the least vaccinated area in the entire country.The new variant threatens to ruin festive plans for households up and down Britain for the second year running.

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Coronavirus 'is killing 10,000 more people a month than normal' SAGE expert warns

Coronavirus is killing 10,000 more people a month than normal and Christmas could only make things worse, a Government expert has warned.

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Families warned they will 'know' if loved ones die of coronavirus because of Christmas

Families who get together over Christmas will "know" if close mixing over the festive period later causes their relatives to catch coronavirus or even die from it, an expert has warned.

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'Coronavirus parties' could allow children to catch the disease early on when risk is low

Parents may have to send their children to “coronavirus parties” to catch the disease early on if scientists can’t find a vaccine, an expert has warned.

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Kids more likely to be struck by lightning than die of coronavirus, data suggests

Data suggests that children under the age of 15 are more likely to be struck by lightning than die of coronavirus - as the Government scrapped plans to reopen schools before September.

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Kids more likely to be struck by lightning than die of coronavirus, study claims

coronavirus, figures from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford suggest.

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Brits may be given coronavirus 'risk scores' as UK lockdown eases, scientist says

People could be given Covid risk scores to determine how much they should move around as the country eases out of lockdown, a scientist has said.

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Coronavirus: Top scientist accuses Government of 'number theatre' at daily briefings

A top scientist has accused the Government of misleading the public at its daily coronavirus briefings as he urged ministers to treat them with greater respect.

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Coronvirus: Expert used by Boris Johnson to avoid international comparisons tells him to stop

An expert namechecked by Boris Johnson to avoid making international comparisons of coronavirus deaths has told him to stop.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0