Number of coronavirus deaths in care homes could be as high as 7,500, according to new estimate
Care England, which represents around 3,800 homes and more than 50,000 residents, gathered data by "taking a sounding" from its...
Day: April 17, 2020
Britain facing worst coronavirus death rates in Europe, former World Health Organisation director warns
Another 847 deaths in the UK were announced on Friday, bringing the toll to 14,576. While the number of new...
NHS rationing oxygen with doctors instructed to downgrade blood saturation targets
Oxygen is being rationed to prevent hospitals running out due to the high demand from coronavirus patients, The Daily Telegraph...
Ministers to consider whether public should wear face masks to help UK out of coronavirus lockdown
Ian Jones, professor of virology at Reading University, said: "It's obvious that even a flimsy mask provides a level of...
NHS medics told to reuse PPE and wear aprons if gowns not available as stocks fall
During an appearance at the Commons health committee, the Health Secretary admitted the UK is "tight on gowns" but said...
‘I worry when lockdown is over Dad won’t know who I am any more’
I am in coronavirus limbo. I live in Dorset with my wife, while my elderly father is in a care...
Ministers warn cancer treatment ‘juddering to a halt’ amid coronavirus crisis
He said that while ongoing cancer treatment was continuing as much as possible, the number of new cases under investigation...
Police criticised for allowing people to flout lockdown rules to clap for carers on Westminster Bridge
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Officers, along with other emergency service workers, came together last night on Westminster Bridge...
I need a glass of wine every night to take the edge off. Is that so wrong?
Out of the hundreds of funny coronavirus memes pinging their way round Whatsapp right now there’s one of a woman...
Childhood in the time of corona
This is not the first time in history children have been thrown into an entirely new way of life, where...
Community spirit makes comeback in Britain amid anxieties over coronavirus lockdown, survey shows
An overwhelming majority, 85 per cent, said they were worried about the impact coronavirus is having on their life. A...
Who is considered high risk for coronavirus?
Prof James Naismith, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and University of Oxford, said: “This morning’s data from the ONS...
How long will we have to wait for a coronavirus vaccine?
Disease modelling experts have warned that the shut down imposed on the UK may have to last until a vaccine...
Why are so many black and ethnic minority people dying from coronavirus?
Mr Chowdhury, who worked as a consultant urologist at Homerton Hospital in east London, said in his post: “People appreciate...
Public Health England can’t meet the challenge it faces from coronavirus
Public Health England is horrendously bureaucratic, hopelessly centralised and horrifyingly incompetent - and now the nation's future is in its...
