UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues as the dominant strain of coronavirus and marked a sharp increase in the UK with 54,268 more cases logged on Friday, which marks a 32 per cent increase over the previous week. Public Health England (PHE) said its weekly analysis shows the continued rise in infections is…
An emeritus professor of bacteriology in the United Kingdom is predicting COVID-19 could be “eradicated” in the country by winter because of the success of the vaccine rollout, according to reports. “I don’t see any reason of why we should need to go into lockdown again,” Hugh Pennington told The Sun. “We are now getting…
Millions of people need a home office for the first time. Some have perched at kitchen tables or made do with a laptop on the sofa for months. But even if vaccines ave arrived, many people may never go back to the office full time. And the early signs of how the pandemic has affected…
Fake “Covid-19 immunity boosters” are being sold over the counter in London shops, a BBC investigation has found. Coronil, a herbal remedy from India, was found on sale in shops in predominantly Asian areas across the capital. Manufacturers Patanjali Ayurved claim the pills protect against “respiratory tract infections”. Tests carried out for the BBC show…
In a historic medical breakthrough, the United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE. According to the government reports, the vaccine will be made available in the UK starting next week. The UK government approved the vaccine and made…
Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian industry. But he didn’t realize he would soon be competing with them for jobs. Back in his village in northern India since March, Rathod is vying for work under the…
Delhi Police shared a meme featuring a dialogue from Arshad Warsi’s film Jolly LLB so as to spread awareness in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a new post on Twitter, Delhi Police shared a meme featuring a dialogue from Arshad Warsi’s 2013 film Jolly LLB so as to spread awareness about the importance…
Video conferencing has become the need of the hour during this global pandemic. Whether it is staying in touch with your loved ones, conducting webinars or connecting with your colleagues for collaborations, everything is done through video conferencing platforms. Zoom is currently one of the most widely utilised platforms during the lockdown. So, we’ve decided…
Visas granted to Indian nationals to study at universities in the UK have more than doubled over the past year, according to official statistics released on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that Indian nationals accounted for 17 per cent of the total 299,023 sponsored study visas granted by the UK Home Office…
According to experts, people from a South Asian background are around twice as likely to have high enough antibodies for their donations to be used in life-saving treatment trials, compared to white people. The UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) on Friday issued an urgent call for people of Indian and South Asian heritage who…
