2 bed flat for sale
£210,000 Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh EH6. 2 beds 1 bath 1 reception Victoria Primary School 0.1 miles Trinity Academy 0.3 miles Leith Newhaven Harbour Ferry Landing 0.3 miles Edinburgh 1.9 miles Features and description Freehold Beautifully presented, two-bedroom, dual aspect ground-floor flat, set in a traditional stone-built building. Located in the popular Newhaven area, to the north of Edinburgh city... Read More
Covid-19: India’s cases falling, and lost summer fear for festivals
India records the lowest number of daily cases in 45 days India has reported its lowest single-day rise in coronavirus cases in 45 days, the health ministry has said. On Saturday, the country recorded 173,790 new cases, continuing the downward trend of the past two weeks. A further 3,617 deaths were recorded. The nation has... Read More
Spreads Quickly In Air: Vietnam On Hybrid Of Variants Found In India, UK
Vietnam said the concentration of coronavirus in the throat fluid increases rapidly and spreads very strongly to the surrounding environment. Hanoi: Vietnam has discovered a new COVID-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the strains first found in India and Britain, health officials confirmed Saturday. The country is struggling to... Read More
Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say
Vietnam has detected a Covid variant that appears to be a combination of the Indian and UK variants and can spread quickly by air, officials say. Vietnam’s Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long described the latest mutation on Saturday as “very dangerous”. Viruses mutate all the time and most variants are inconsequential, but some can make... Read More
UK approves single shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine
Britain on Friday approved the use of the single shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced. “This is a further boost to the UK’s hugely successful vaccination programme, which has already saved over 13,000 lives, and means that we now have four safe and effective vaccines approved... Read More
Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant
Vietnam health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday the country had detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants that spread quickly by air, online newspaper VnExpress reported. After successfully containing the coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling an outbreak that is... Read More
Vijay Mallya loses UK appeal for more funds to cover Indian legal fees
Vijay Mallya on Wednesday lost an appeal to gain further access to court-held funds to cover his costs for legal proceedings in India, as a High Court judge in London concluded that the 65-year-old businessman had failed to provide sufficient evidence in support of the over 750,000 pounds being sought. During a remote hearing of... Read More
UK cases of Indian variant double to nearly 7,000 in a week
Britain has seen a total of nearly 7,000 cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant of concern first identified in India, more than double the previous total, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday. PHE said that there were a total of 6,959 confirmed cases of the variant, up 3,535 from the total reported last week.... Read More
75% of UK’s new Covid cases due to variant prevalent in India; strain found in 53 nations
UK has been reporting over 3,000 Covid-19 cases over the past two days, which is the highest since April. A majority of these fresh cases are due to the coronavirus variant first found in India. The B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant, which has caused large-scale devastation in India and was first detected in the country, is now... Read More
Important unknowns with B1.617.2 variant, says UK PM as vaccine doses to speed up
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said there are still “important unknowns” related to the B1.617.2 variant of Covid-19 first detected in India for Britain, as he announced plans for the second dose of the vaccines to be accelerated from 12 to eight weeks for all over-50s to provide greater protection against it.... Read More