Body identified as Okorogheye
A body found by police in a lake in Epping Forest has been confirmed as missing student Richard Okorogheye. The Metropolitan Police said the 19-year-old’s death is being treated as “unexplained”, but officers do not currently believe there was any third-party involvement. Okorogheye’s mother previously said her son had been “struggling to cope” with his business and IT degree. As someone with sickle cell disease, he had also been shielding during the pandemic.
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Jabs end cases and death link
The UK’s vaccination rollout is breaking the link between Covid infections and deaths, according to Imperial College London scientists. Infections have fallen by roughly two-thirds since February. And although the decline in cases has stalled as people begin to mix more, deaths have not followed the same pattern. More than 5.6m people have now been fully vaccinated with two doses in the UK, while 31.7m have had a first dose.