Covid: Care home visitors to trial regular testing

Family and friends will receive screening to allow them to visit loved ones without restrictions.

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Coronavirus: 5,000 'extra' heart deaths since March

A heart charity is urging people not to delay checks or treatment during the second wave.

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UK coronavirus infection rates 'slowing down'

But ONS data suggests rising levels of the virus in the south of England and the Midlands.

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Covid: Learning disability death rates 'six times higher'

The government announces a review following the findings of Public Health England's report.

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Coronavirus: Safety officials had 'political' pressure' to approve PPE

Emails reveal how officials described pressure to approve protective suits for the NHS.

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Coronavirus: Rapid tests in care homes a 'game-changer'

Initial study shows tests done by care home staff are as accurate as those done in hospitals.

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Coronavirus: Patients face long waits for hospital ops in England

September data shows routine surgery in England below normal levels before the Covid second wave.

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Chester hospital baby deaths: Nurse Lucy Letby in court

Lucy Letby is charged with killing eight infants at a hospital neo-natal unit in 2015 and 2016.

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Covid-19 grief: 'I do talk about it'

As the UK death toll passes 50,000, Sue Horsfall tells the BBC about losing her husband to Covid-19 in October.

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Black and Asian people at greater risk from Covid, study finds

The largest analysis so far says people from black and Asian backgrounds are at higher risk of Covid-19.

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Covid vaccine: 'No decision' on under 50s vaccine plan

Uncertainty about how the Covid vaccines work mean there is no plan for younger people yet.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Prof Van-Tam says he would take the vaccine

England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer says he has "absolute trust" in the safety of a vaccine.

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Mobile robo-surgeons could widen access to keyhole surgery

A modular design allows keyhole surgery to be performed in smaller operating theatres.

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Coronavirus: Northern England 'worst hit' by pandemic

Health inequalities have led to Covid-19 taking a "devastating grip" on the north, a report says.

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Second wave: NHS staff 'feeling the strain'

The BBC’s health editor Hugh Pym spent a day at Royal Derby Hospital

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Lockdown: Will the vaccine be compulsory? And other questions

We answer some of your questions about the Pfizer vaccine for coronavirus.

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Covid-19: Husband of test and trace boss to self-isolate

Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose was alerted by the app overseen by his wife, Lady Dido Harding.

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Covid: China Sinovac vaccine trial halted in Brazil

The Sinovac clinical trial has been suspended after a "severe adverse" incident, say authorities.

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Covid: Seven-day-a-week clinics for vaccine proposed

Doctors' leaders say they "stand ready" to start providing a vaccine for up to 12 hours every day.

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Coronavirus doctor's diary: 'We are first-hand witnesses of this devastation'

Four nurses describe the pressure they are under as the second coronavirus wave gathers force.

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