LATEST DEVELOPMENTS * Victoria recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, its highest daily total in nine days. * One further death took Victoria’s virus toll to 807 and the national figure to 895. * Victorian authorities are desperately trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak linked to a butcher at Chadstone Shopping Centre after… Read More »
Being infected with coronavirus and flu at the same time could make you nearly six times more likely to die, new research shows. As the UK begins to grapple with a second wave of Covid-19, Britons have been urged to get a flu jab if they are at high risk of catching or spreading that… Read More »
The UK’s coronavirus alert level is being upgraded from 3 to 4, meaning transmission is “high or rising exponentially”, its chief medical officers have said. It comes after the government’s scientific adviser warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action. The prime minister will make a statement in… Read More »
Coronavirus deaths hit 24-week low of 73 in final week of August, official data shows – but fatalities from other causes remain above average for third week Dip marks a 24 per cent fall on last week’s deaths, the first time they sunk back into double digits But deaths in UK remained above the five-year… Read More »