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Lateral flow tests are more accurate in tracing Covid than first thought according to a new study.

Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in England - and cases are still rising sharply.

One in three people who have Covid won’t show any symptoms at all and that’s why it’s vital to test regularly, staff at Falkirk's first asymptomatic test centre have said.

Trafford's Covid rates have risen rapidly in the past week and are now the highest in the country.

A horrible and hard to rid cold is currently spreading across the north west.

Mass free Covid tests could end in the UK despite fears over a winter surge of infections, it has been reported.

Players have missed out on the chance to win a £174 million jackpot in the EuroMillions lottery draw after no ticketholder managed to match all the numbers drawn tonight.

Bosses in Trafford fighting 'rocketing' Covid infection rates say the situation is 'very grave' - and have issued new guidance on kids isolating and face masks at schools.

The Scottish Government has confirmed that 39 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

Experts have warned of coronavirus "running rampant" among young people aged between 10 and 19 - where cases are surging the most in the UK, new data reveals.

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The body positivity activist continued: “The size of the breakdown I just had, it’s my front tooth.“My front tooth has died.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in eight boroughs of Greater Manchester but remained level in two others, according to the latest data from Public Health England (PHE).

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Perth and Kinross last week - despite a slight decrease in the infection rate.

while on holiday. BBC presenter David Garmston caught legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Majorca.

Hospitals Inquiry his son almost died twice in 24 hours from an infection picked up in a ward. The infection took hold after the child, then seven, had a cancerous kidney removed in a 10-hour operation at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children.

chemotherapy treatment after 'giving up' on finding a cure. Back in 2018, 31-year-old Matt Carpenter underwent surgery to remove a brain tumour that was the size of a Cadbury's Creme Egg.

Ayrshire towns are currently among the worst hit for fresh Covid cases in Scotland, new data shows today.Stevenston Hayocks has the highest infection rate in Ayrshire at the moment with a case rate of 1352.7 in the past seven days.The North Ayrshire zone is ranked fifth worst in Scotland after 54 cases were detected in the last week.Public Health Scotland data also shows that Kilwinning Central and North is the second-highest in Ayrshire (sixth in Scotland) with a case rate of 1333.3 which equates to 54 cases in the past week in the North Ayrshire zone.Girvan Glendoune takes third in Ayrshire and seventh across Scotland with a case rate of 1315.0 after 42 cases were found in the past week in the South Ayrshire zone.The Ayrshire Live app is