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Thousands of junior doctors across England have begun an unprecedented four days of strike action, resulting in the cancellation of an estimated 350,000 hospital appointments. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer Junior doctors’ strike: what to do if your appointment is cancelled

NHS leaders have warned the UK is facing a “public health emergency” if the Government does not act on rising energy bills.

NHS warns UK Government of ‘public health emergency’

Free Covid tests for the public are expected to be scrapped (Photo: Adobe)

Free Covid tests and self-isolation ‘must continue’, say NHS leaders

The amount of time people with Covid-19 in England have to spend in self-isolation has been cut to five full days (Picture: Shutterstock)

New self-isolation rules in England come into effect

The Department of Health and Social Care claims to have hit its target of offering all over-18s the Covid booster jab by 31 December

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

The US has cut the isolation requirement from 10 days to five providing people are not showing symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

Calls to cut Covid isolation to 5 days after US makes rules change

As of Monday 20 December, there were a further 91,743 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Covid: NHS body says tighter Omicron rules ‘inevitable’

Latest daily COVID-19 data released.

Why Covid rates in the UK have surged compared to other countries

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The UK areas worst affected by Covid over the pandemic