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SA Covid strain prompts ‘surge testing’ in England UK health secretary promises to ‘come down hard’ on variant after 11 UK cases found with no connection to country of origin 02 February 2021 - 19:38 By Sebastian Payne, Anna Gross and Clive Cookson The UK has been forced to confront the spread of the SA variant of coronavirus within the country, as the health secretary pledged on Monday to “come down hard” on the strain. The news came as the number of people in the UK who had their first jab of a Covid-19 vaccine rose to 9.3 million with another 319,038 first doses del...

Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv and Clive Cookson in London 4 HOURS AGO Coronavirus infections in Israel are soaring among those yet to be vaccinated, straining hospitals and forcing the government to extend a strict lockdown even as the country continues its breakneck vaccination drive. Close to 2.3m Israelis — out of an adult population of just over 6m — have received their first shot of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, which provides some protection after 10 days of the jab. Just over 600,000 have received their second jabs, the government said Thursday. But with daily new infections climbing...

. For this special edition we asked our writers and readers of FT Health for their thoughts on global health for the year ahead. Here are some of their priorities. We start with lessons from the current crisis. Andrew Jack, global education editor and FT Health founder, says: Even as policymakers cope with the continuing demands of coronavirus, they need to focus on two areas. The first is how to ensure investments being put in place for testing, surveillance and response can be sustained and scaled to apply to a wide range of future pandemic threats. That means more monitoring of a broader ...

2021 forecast: Will the stock market go up? Will Biden be a lame-duck president? 30 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM 13 minutes to read Incoming US President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he takes over the reins from Donald Trump. Photo / File Incoming US President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he takes over the reins from Donald Trump. Photo / File Financial Times A global pandemic was not on FT forecasters' radar screen — or anyone else's — one year ago. But it proved, tragically, the defining event of 2020, and will dominate 2021. By pushing the US into recession and se...

Erkan's Field Diary Primary Menu Anne Hidalgo – “joy” at being fined Paris authorities are being fined €90,000 for promoting too many women to senior positions in 2018. City mayor Anne Hidalgo mocks the “absurd” penalty for breaking equal employment rules. The Netherlands and Germany will be in lockdown over the festive period after Covid-19 cases spike. A new law says only married couples can adopt, with some exceptions for single relatives. The Financial Times – Joe Miller in Frankfurt and Clive Cookson in London In the 11 months since they devo...