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Allegra Stratton has resigned as a government spokeswoman apologising for comments about No10 2020 Christmas party The footage showed Downing Street aides joking about the festive gathering at a mock press conference Boris Johnson faced the wrath of Tory MPs as he apologised for the video at PMQs in Commons this afternoon Ex-Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been accused of hosting another event under Tier 2 measures Former Cabinet minister delivered speech to two dozen guests at a 'reckless' drinks and canapes event

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. "On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the president due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19," Psaki said in a statement. "Since then, I have quarantined and tested negative (via PCR) for COVID on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday," she added. "However, today, I tested positive for COVID. While I have not had close contact...

Convalescent plasma generated great enthusiasm in the earliest days of the coronavirus disease The PLACID Trial was a rigorous randomized controlled study on a topic of enormous global importance In prespecified, intention-to-treat analyses, the PLACID Trial investigators found no net benefit associated with convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with moderate covid-19 there was no net clinical benefit to patients