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This report suggests that unless we wish to continue to repeat the mistakes of the recent past, we must. Even senior officials like Cummings and Hancock told the committees they were reluctant to push back against scientific consensus. Hancock said as early as Jan. Sections U. Science Technology Business U.

The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID pandemic, missing a chance to contain the disease and leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths, lawmakers concluded Tuesday, Oct. Most older people who are vaccinated will retain higher antibody levels than prior to vaccination but may have a lower number of antibodies in the blood at the time of testing.

While previous analysis showed vaccine-hesitancy was higher among young adults, vaccine uptake was higher among this group when revisited by the Vaccine Opinions Survey.

The number of deaths from all causes in the UK in the week ending 29 October was 12,, Deaths were above the five-year average in all UK countries. Of all deaths registered in the week ending 29 October, 1, involved coronavirus COVID , 67 more than the previous week a 6. Between 13 March and 29 October , there have been , excess deaths above the five-year average. Overall, coronavirus COVID infections have increased more slowly in England over a two-week period, although the trend was uncertain in the most recent week.

The percentage of people testing positive continued to increase in Northern Ireland. In Scotland and in Wales, the trend was uncertain in the most recent week. This in part reflects the closure of night-time economy for several months of the year.

Fraud and computer misuse offences bucked the trend, in that they increased during this period. This may indicate fraudsters taking advantage of behaviour changes related to the coronavirus COVID pandemic, such as increased online shopping and increased savings. An estimated 1. This is up from 1. Long COVID is defined as symptoms persisting for more than four weeks after the first suspected coronavirus infection that are not explained by something else.

This is similar to previous months. Two vaccine doses give similar protection as previous infection. While Johnson has a majority of 77 seats in parliament, he is also facing pressure from a cost-of-living crisis as inflation rises, and a renewed bout of hostilities with Brussels over Northern Ireland that could damage trade ties.

Newspapers reported Conservative Geoffrey Cox, a former attorney general, used a proxy voting system set up to accommodate lawmakers working at home during COVID to take part in votes from the British Virgin Islands, where he was advising its ministers in a corruption inquiry initiated by Britain's Foreign Office.

The Register of Member's Financial Interests, where lawmakers have to declare external earnings, shows Cox is paid hundreds of thousands of pounds a year for his legal work. While carrying out external work is allowed, the Times newspaper published a video on Wednesday which appeared to show Cox taking part in a legal hearing from his parliamentary office, an apparent breach of the rules. Opposition Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner described it as "a brazen breach of the rules and an insult to taxpayers" and said she had written to the Commissioner for Standards asking her to investigate the allegations.

In a statement, Cox's office said he always ensured his constituency casework was given primary importance and he had been advised by the Chief Whip, responsible for party voting, that his use of proxy voting was appropriate.