• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

UK records another 191 Covid deaths as infections surge

Infections have risen sharply since pupils returned to school this month.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-09-08 16:35
in News
Credit;PA

Credit;PA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

The UK has recorded 191 coronavirus-related deaths and 38,795 new infections in the latest 24-hour period.

According to official figures, infection numbers in the last seven days have risen 15.3 per cent on last week – while the weekly death count is up 26.1 per cent.

A total of 133,674 people have now died with coronavirus in the UK.

Today’s tragic figures compare with 37,489 infections and 209 fatalities within 28 days of a positive test on Tuesday – and 35,847 cases and 149 deaths announced this time last week.

Tuesday’s figures were the biggest daily jump in Covid-related deaths in six months, as new infections rise with children returning to school.

But deaths are still significantly lower than in previous waves of the pandemic, with close to two-thirds of the UK population fully vaccinated.

COVID-19: UK records 38,975 new infections and further 191 coronavirus-related deaths, latest daily figures show https://t.co/u8SHSBqy50

— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 8, 2021

Vaccine passport brawl

Meanwhile Tory MPs urged the government to drop plans for vaccine passports after accusing a minister of talking “rubbish” and picking an “unnecessary fight” with them.

RelatedPosts

Flashback: To when disgruntled brewery workers took matters into their own hands

Watch: ‘You’re quoting the Fonz’ – PM mocked over Brexit comment

PM still committed to levelling-up but report suggests investment needed ‘far beyond anything being contemplated’ by Govt

Jeremy Corbyn set to give evidence at High Court trial after libel claim

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi also caused head-shaking among colleagues when he told MPs there will be “some essential services which will not need” people to show a Covid passport – heightening their fears over the government’s proposals.

The government has confirmed it wants to introduce vaccine passports for nightclubs, an idea which has previously been met with criticism from MPs in both main parties, by the end of September.

The scheme would see members of the public required to show proof they have had two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in order to gain entry to clubs and other large-scale events.

Responding to an urgent question in the Commons, Zahawi said the policy is “designed to reduce transmission and serious illness”.

He added: “No-one in this government, certainly not this prime minister – it is not in his DNA to curtail people’s freedoms or require people to show a piece of paper before they enter a nightclub.”

Zahawi went on: “The reason that we are moving forward on this is because, if you look at what has happened in other countries where nightclubs were opening and then shutting again, opening and shutting again, we want to avoid that disruption and maintain sectors that can add to people’s enjoyment of life and dance, as it did for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Michael Gove).

“That they can do so sustainably, the reason for the end of September… is because by the end of September all 18-year-olds and above would have had the chance to have two doses.”

He added: “It is not something… we do lightly, it is something to allow us to transition this virus from pandemic to endemic status.”

Related: Ferrari asks Javid: Where is the £350 million a week for the NHS?

Tags: Covid-19

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

PM’s cringeworthy U-turn video has been ripped to shreds on social media

London’s millennial exodus fuels rental growth in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds

Leave economic adviser admits UK would be better off within in EU

Conservative MP uses parliamentary privilege to name and shame ‘amoral’ lawyers working for ‘Putin’s henchmen’

Weird creature that wriggled across ocean beds 430 million years ago dug up in Britain

Watch: Led By Donkeys launch new salvo at Tories over dodgy donor deals

‘Far too many people have experienced austerity, hunger and destitution’ due to ‘UK Government policies’

Lavish 3 course meal at MPs’ restaurant cheaper than Christmas Day lunch at Toby Carvery

Michael Vaughan pulled off air by BBC amid Rafiq racism allegations

Urine test could revolutionise prostate cancer therapy

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.