Parisians thronged the streets of the French capital at the weekend to enjoy the spring sunshine despite the city being plunged back into strict lockdown measures. Prime Minister Jean Castex last week told people in Paris, Lyon and Nice to stay inside
Insurers paid out £202m to support families who lost loved ones due to coronavirus in 2020 including a £250k payout made the day after a death Insurance firms paid out £553,000 every day to grieving families in 2020 11,198 claims were received
A heartbroken daughter has reflected on the last photo she took of her father before he died from Covid-19 in an image that lays bare the devastating impact of the pandemic. On this day in 2020, psychologist Kathryn de Prudhoe took what
Professor Andrew Hayward, a SAGE adviser, warned major cities could become Covid ‘pockets’ due to lower jab uptake rates London, Manchester and other cities could face spikes in coronavirus cases because millions are refusing to get the vaccine, a top infectious diseases
One in three mothers say the Covid-19 lockdown has driven them to breaking point after facing the ‘pandemic juggle’ of home schooling, remote working and extra childcare. A survey of around 1,000 women from the UK saw 53 per cent of respondents
Germany looks set to tighten lockdown measures today and extend them into April as Europe’s Covid third wave gathers pace. Angela Merkel is meeting with Germany’s regional leaders today for a summit that was supposed to be about easing restrictions. But as
Half of Britain’s coronavirus cases are now being checked for jab-resistant variants that could derail the lockdown exit strategy. Scientists tasked with tracking the ever-evolving virus have been sequencing more than 20,000 positive swabs a week for strains since February. But fewer
Savers suffer worst year on record as rates plunge to 0.01% during Covid pandemic Money Mail analysis reveals that savers have forfeited an estimated £3.55billion in interest as a result of rates plummeting during the coronavirus pandemic Rates have tumbled from an
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo
Andrew Marr spoke with EU finance chief Mairead McGuinness who defended the bloc’s behaviour after European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen threatened to ban exports of vaccines from the continent to countries with a high vaccination rate. While Ms McGuinness listed off