Angela Merkel has plunged Germany back into ‘lockdown lite’, ordering all bars and restaurants to close across the country starting on Monday.  The move will also see theatres, cinemas and leisure facilities close throughout November, though unlike the first lockdown, schools and shops will be allowed to stay open. Takeaway services are also allowed. “Difficult measures have to be taken,” the president said. “We have always said we have to live with the virus … We have done all we can do and I believe our strategy and information has been good,” he said. “But we have to admit, like … Continue reading Angela Merkel has plunged Germany back into ‘lockdown lite’

The dad and his two sons who were found shot dead this afternoon are pictured for the first time tonight. Tadgh O’Sullivan is seen smiling with son Mark on his graduation from University last year, while Diarmuid O’Sullivan is seen smartly dressed, grinning outside a front door. Under Tier 3 people who do not live together are banned from socialising either indoors or in private gardens and beer gardens. There are exemptions for support bubbles. Pubs and bars that do not serve substantial meals must shut, along with betting shops, adult gaming centres, casinos and soft play centres. There are … Continue reading The dad and his two sons

Parties in which young people try to catch Covid-19 to gain immunity could become the norm if the virus is not eradicated, a Cambridge professor has suggested, prompting others to caution that the long-term effects of infection are not yet known. Paul Lehner, professor of immunology and medicine at the University of Cambridge, told a briefing held by the Science Media Centre that the virus could be here to stay and that there might be “Covid parties” for the young to expose them to coronavirus while their risk was low. The 2016 deposition relates to a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit … Continue reading Parties in which young people try to catch Covid-19