Tag: Coronavirus Lockdowns

GP crisis blamed for exacerbating Strep A outbreak in Britain

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Parents struggling to get GP appointments could be fuelling Britain’s unusually bad Strep A outbreak, according to one expert. 

Sixteen kids have already died this winter from a deadly complication of the usually-harmless bug. Although low, health chiefs say the toll is higher than expected.

Officials have blamed lockdown restrictions for interrupting the spread of Strep A bacteria and other viruses, leaving more children susceptible to catching it and becoming more poorly. 

But Professor Tony Brookes, a health data expert

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Strep A latest: How ‘tripledemic’ is making illness WORSE

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Surges in viral infections like flu, RSV and Covid may be behind the spate of serious Strep A illnesses, experts have claimed.

Nine children have already died of the usually-harmless bug, with a five-year-old girl in Northern Ireland today becoming the latest victim. Health officials have admitted this winter’s death toll, although low, is higher than expected.

Doctors suspect high levels of winter viruses in children, thought in part to be down to the knock-on effect of lockdown restrictions, might

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Father reveals daughter, 4, is on a ventilator in hospital with Strep A – as six children die of bug

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The worried father of ‘the poorliest girl in England’ has described his four-year-old daughter’s Strep A infection as ‘the worst thing that can happen to anyone’.

Little Camila Rose Burns was dancing on Friday evening with friends but by Monday  fighting for her life on a ventilator at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.

Her father, Dean Burns, said her condition rapidly deteriorated last weekend, from feeling ‘a little under the weather’ on Saturday, worse still on Sunday and requiring

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Strep A child deaths grow to SIX

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Six children have now died of Strep A this winter, health bosses confirmed today as the killer bug sweeps Britain. 

Cases of the bug — which is usually harmless — are nearly five times higher among infants than before Covid struck. Leading experts fear the toll will only get worse in the coming weeks. 

In exceptionally rare cases, the bug can penetrate deeper into the body and cause life-threatening problems such as sepsis. It is treatable with antibiotics, however. 

Infectious

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China protesters facing off with police draw comparisons with Tiananmen’s ‘tank man’

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Protesters defying China’s brutal Communist regime and its hash zero-Covid policies are being compared to Tiananmen Square’s famous ‘tank man’ in a move sure to send shivers down spines in Beijing. 

One piece of footage, thought to have been captured in the city of Shanghai during clashes at the weekend, shows a man standing in the path of a police riot van before he is bundled to the floor and beaten by officers. 

A second, thought to come from the

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Victoria premier Daniel Andrews reveals how he spent night celebrating re-election

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Daniel Andrews has labelled Victoria the best state in the country by making a bizarre comparison to the US in his first press conference as re-elected premier.

Mr Andrews labelled his home-state as the centre of critical thinking and progress just as Massachusetts claims to be in the US. 

‘This is the greatest state in our nation, there is no question about that,’ he said on Sunday, before listing all the areas he believed Victoria led Australia in.

He said

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Victorian Election 2022: Daniel Andrews’ victory speech panned as Labor win majority

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A high-profile Liberal senator has slammed Daniel Andrews’ victory speech as ‘really rude’ and accused him of making his critics out to be anti-vaxxers after the Victorian Premier celebrated his third term by declaring ‘vaccines work’.

Mr Andrews kissed his wife, pumped his fists and trumpeted his controversial Covid policies – which included a 263-day lockdown of Melbourne, the world’s longest – as a tough decision that ultimately succeeded and united Victoria. 

However, his comments were criticised by a furious

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Daniel Andrews’ victory speech: Premier’s Covid speech as Victorian Election 2022 results revealed

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A jubilant Daniel Andrews kissed his wife, pumped his fists and declared ‘vaccines work’ as he celebrated his historic third term victory on Saturday night. 

Mr Andrews, whose party were predicted to win an outright majority of 50 seats, took to the stage with his wife Cath and children Grace, Noah and Joseph at a victory party in his seat of Mulgrave in Melbourne’s south-east.

In a triumphant address to the Labor faithful, he hailed his controversial Covid policies –

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‘People mistake me for my son’s girlfriend, much to his dismay’

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Women who claim they’re regularly mistaken for being much younger than they really are have shared their skin and lifestyle secrets – including a mother who is often ‘mistaken for her son’s girlfriend’.

From diet to good genes, this group of youthful-looking females, ranging from their 30s to their 70s, claim that others often find it hard to figure out their true ages.

Not only that, but many of them say that refusing to ‘act’ old is another factor in

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GPs vote to CLOSE their doors at 5pm: Family doctors will demand NHS allows them a 9-5 working day

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GPs voted last night to reduce their working hours to 9am to 5pm, claiming that longer days discriminate against those with families. 

Family doctors, who earn £111,900 a year on average, will now lobby the NHS to change core opening hours in general practice from the current 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.

This could mean services are cut by 2.5 hours a day, making it even harder for patients to be seen.

The move comes after new league tables

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