The Omicron variant is showing more signs that it is starting to burn out this week with the rate of case growth slowing in 44 states over the past two days.
National case growth is slowing as well, with the daily case average stagnating around 786,000 after rocketing in recent weeks.
While cases are still on an upward trajectory, the massive slowing in cases adds to the growing body of evidence that the new strain is starting to run out
Omicron ‘should be welcomed’ because the ultra-infectious variant could consign the days of Britain recording thousands of Covid deaths each day to history, according to experts who say mortality rates had already dipped 20-fold before the strain had really took off.
Despite cases skyrocketing to pandemic highs of over 200,000 because of the super-mutant strain — which has driven out deadlier rival variants — fatalities have stayed flat at around 110 since early December.
MailOnline analysis shows the UK’s case
Britain, the US and other major economies could be on the brink of over-vaccinating people in the fight against Covid, experts say.
Israeli officials have already announced their intentions to embark on dishing out another round of booster jabs, meaning both the UK and US will eventually face pressure to follow suit even though both nations have insisted there are no plans to administer fourth doses yet.
But scientists argue that rolling out vaccines every three-to-four months simply isn’t ‘doable’
Boris Johnson’s decision to hold his nerve and leave England to go it alone by refusing to cancel New Year’s Eve was today criticised by gloomy experts.
The Prime Minister wants to rely on guidance urging people to limit socialising ahead of the last social hurrah of 2021, rather than impose legally binding curbs like in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Environment Secretary George Eustice today insisted the Government is keeping close tabs on Covid admissions and refused to rule
Talk about the observer effect! Scientists studying microplastic contamination in remote Antarctica found a significant amount actually came from their own ship.
University of Basel-led experts filtered eight million litres of water from the remote Weddell Sea to determine the levels and origins of microplastic contamination.
The team studied 101 particles in detail, and found that 89 per cent came from their own ship.
The findings suggest that shipping is a key driver of Antarctic plastic pollution, and highlight the
Boris Johnson was today urged by health experts and business leaders to relax the 10-day quarantine rule for positive cases in favour of a test and release scheme to stop Omicron ‘disabling everything’.
At a press conference this afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon warned essential services could come under threat due to the number of people off work and suggested more restrictions may be needed to stop this from happening.
An analysis of official figures suggests Britain could reach up to 460,000
Activating Plan B may not be enough to save Christmas and protect the NHS from an incoming wave of Omicron, experts warned today.
No10 is on the verge of bowing to fears the health service could be overwhelmed by the super strain this winter, with a formal announcement set to come either today or tomorrow.
Ministers are expected to unveil a blanket order to work from home where possible and extend compulsory mask-wearing to all settings.
But scientists fear the
Alcohol-related deaths in the UK have risen to the highest level in nearly two decades, official figures show as experts warn Covid lockdowns fuelled dangerous drinking habits.
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows alcohol-related deaths across Britain spiked a fifth in a year to nearly 9,000, marking the highest annual increase since records began in 2001.
Deaths caused by alcohol have been increasing for a decade but in 2020 the fatality count rose by more than 1,400, equating
Video footage has revealed the moment a London banker shrugged and faked sadness during police interview as he was accused of murdering an escort in a cocaine-fuelled rage.
Father-of-two Zahid Naseem, 50, battered $4,000-a-night private escort Christina Abbotts to death with a mortar in a West Sussex flat on her 29th birthday.
CCTV shows the moment the former investment consultant, who earned upwards of $500,000-a-year as a trader, shrugs as he tells detectives he couldn’t remember what happened on the
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