Tag: Covid-19

It is understood the officers are not from Police Scotland but from forces drafted in from other parts of the UK.

Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, left Sage at the end of October, warning the crisis is "a long way from over".

How long before the rest of the country will be told to as well?

Sweden - famed for its hands-off approach to the pandemic - was "marked by delay", a report said.

Mark Drakeford is tightening self-isolation rules, warning the pandemic "is far from over".

It comes amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in Britain which is more than three-times the infection rate of the EU average. 

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, outside the chamber, said: “It is utter hypocrisy that the public are rightfully being advised to wear masks while Conservative MPs refuse to do so.”

Sajid Javid said MPs should set an example by wearing masks in the Commons - but he rarely dons one himself.

Morocco's infection rate is 10.4 per 100,000 people. The UK's is 445.5...