Chris Whitty explains why 30,000 Covid deaths are expected in next surge

health commissioner reportedly administered a COVID-19 test to Chris Cuomo at his Long Island home last March and rushed it to a state laboratory for processing, according to published reports in the Albany Times-Union and The New York Times.Chris Cuomo contracted COVID-19 last year and anchored his “Cuomo Prime Time” show while quarantined in the basement of his home.Several times, the governor was a guest on his brother's show for mostly light banter that entertained viewers at the time but

Elsa Pataky and her husband Chris Hemsworth had the Internet abuzz on Friday night when they were spotted watching an NRL game in Sydney with their A-list pals. On Sunday, the Spanish actress, 44, reflected on a 'great night', sharing photos to Instagram of herself with Chris, 37, Rabbitohs owner Russell Crowe, and Isla Fisher.

CNN is defending anchor Chris Cuomo in the wake of a report that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo secured access to Covid-19 testing for family members.

Speaking his mind. Chris Bukowski has learned the ins and outs of Bachelor Nation after competing multiple times over the years — and he thinks the show’s problems go further than Chris Harrison.

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Anna Faris is opening up about her marriage with Chris Pratt. In the latest episode of her podcast, , Gwyneth Paltrow and the alum spoke about their love lives.«My two other marriages were with actors and I don't think we did a great job of eliminating competitiveness,» Faris told Paltrow.

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The UK has recorded the lowest number of coronavirus-related deaths in almost six months.

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours. Figures announced by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 655 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight, bringing the total cases to 212,509.

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Covid-19 infections in the autumn.Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), also said there is a lot of regional variation in terms of how many people have antibodies.His comments come after England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said there were still risks to reopening society and the UK will experience another surge of cases at some point, potentially in late summer or through the autumn and winter.Sir Ian said people need to understand how

Gregor Smith said there was modelling to show that a "surge" is predicted to hit at some point later in the year.Smith was asked about the comments made by England's health chief Chris Whitty yesterday who said he expected to see an increase i cases.He said: "I strongly associate myself with Chris's remarks yesterday. It is a possibility, still, that we will see a further surge later in the summer - most likely.

direct to your inboxMore than 140 cases of Covid-19 have been found as part of localised mass testing in Manchester - though none involve a ‘variant of concern’ found in parts of the city so far.Testing programmes in the north and south of the city have been successful in the ongoing efforts to prevent people unknowingly spreading the virus.But public health officials are ‘frustrated’ with the speed at which positive tests are being analysed by laboratories to see if they matched the E484k

direct to your inbox Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance gave evidence to a committee of MPs today on the Commons Science and Technology Committee about coronavirus.Prof Whitty, who is England's Chief Medical Officer, told the committee, modelling data considered by Sage had suggested that even under the most optimistic set of assumptions, at least a further 30,000 Covid-19 deaths could occur.He said the modelling reflected the fact it was a common virus and "even if you have a

outdoor meetings could be announced by Nicola Sturgeon in her latest coronavirus update this afternoon.The First Minister is due to give a statement to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament around 2.20pm today.She has already indicated a change in the rules on outdoor meetings - which at the moment only allow for two people from two different households to get together - could be coming.On Friday, Sturgeon indicated "good progress" with the vaccination programme and the falling number of infections