Matt Hancock announces massive ramping up of testing, as Government races to hit 100,000 target
However, concerns over the management of the drive-in centres have been raised, with one London hospital trust “actively discouraging” staff...
Month: April 2020
Children under 10 can hug grandparents again without risk, Swiss health officials say
A study earlier this month showed that a nine-year-old British schoolboy who caught the virus on a skiing holiday in...
Nicola Sturgeon announces regular Covid-19 tests for all hospital patients over 70
All patients over 70 who are admitted to hospital for any reason will now be tested for Covid-19, First Minister...
Care home deaths as high as hospitals and show no sign of slowing, experts warn
Coronavirus accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all deaths in the week up to April 17 in England and...
No evidence yet to back link between coronavirus and mystery syndrome in children, experts say
A similarly-worded warning was issued by the Paediatric Intensive Care Society and posted on its official Twitter account. Public Health...
Why we should salute Captain Tom Moore’s polished style in this era of relaxed dressing
Amid the gloom of recent news headlines has appeared a twinkly eyed ray of sunshine in the form of Captain...
‘Mixed messages’ on coronavirus lockdown creating public distrust, adviser warns
In recent weeks, ministers have given their own interpretations of Government advice, with Michael Gove at one point suggesting a...
Government counted each glove as single item to reach one billion total, investigation shows
She refused to be "drawn into the detail of these figures" but said there was a "huge national effort" to...
NHS contact-tracing app could be ready in ‘two weeks’
An NHS contact-tracing app could be ready in a fortnight as developers race to keep ahead of plans to ease lockdown....
Captain Tom’s spitfire flypast to mark 100th birthday cancelled amid fears it will draw crowds
Instead, the company behind the gesture will fly a circuit of Biggin Hill airfield in The Spirit of Kent at...
Care homes see rise in deaths not linked to coronavirus as hospitals refuse to take ill residents
The revelation comes as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) prepares to shed new light on the deaths in care...
Boris Johnson prepares to reveal plans for easing coronavirus lockdown
Business leaders, meanwhile, begged the Government for clarity over what will happen so they can plan ahead. On his first...
Government plans to start lifting lockdown
Britain has generally been tracking Italy by two weeks and continues to be largely on the same trajectory. Italy went...
The Government’s five tests that need to be passed to lift the UK’s lockdown
In order to keep track of the rate of infection, the Government tests people, although the number of people being tested...
Watford lighten the load for NHS staff at Vicarage Road
The markings on the pitch may have faded, and the footballers may not have been spotted for weeks, but there...
The best air purifiers for your home
Price-wise, you’re looking at £100 for an entry price purifier, but up to £500 for top-of-the-range. While getting a purifier...
Government says it will be ‘difficult’ to know if coronavirus testing target has been hit on Thursday
Downing Street also played down expectations that the data will show whether the Government has reached its target by Thursday....
Warlike talk of Covid-19 battle could shame people into avoiding NHS, charity warns
Using stoic warlike language to describe the coronavirus pandemic is putting people off using the NHS even while beds lie empty,...
‘I’m 42 with pancreatic cancer and coronavirus means I can’t even have a hug from my daughter’
It was a lasagne that made Bryony Thomas realise she was seriously unwell. She had spent years trying to work...
How to book a coronavirus test if you’re a key worker
Food and other necessary goods Food chain workers, including those involved in production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery of goods....
What the second coronavirus wave means for the UK’s exit strategy
"We must assume and prepare for the fact that this is not a discrete one-off episode," he said. "My belief...
Deloitte in line for care home testing contract
Emergency procurement rules that were introduced at the beginning of the crisis mean that Deloitte, which faced an industry-wide crackdown...
Contact tracing app could halt spread of Covid-19 if downloaded by 60 per cent of the population
Every download of the NHS’s contact tracing app could stop one infection of the Coronavirus, a Oxford professor working on...
What the Government’s ‘guided by science’ mantra really means
British politics is not overburdened with scientists, which can present a challenge when attempting to reach across what C.P. Snow...
Public Health England’s plan for coronavirus ‘totally negligent’, says leading specialist
Public Health England's approach to coronavirus has been "totally negligent", according to a leading specialist, who also suggests the agency...
British firm makes NHS gowns after sourcing material abroad
Sarah Stoute, chief executive, said: "We have managed to find the two things that were an issue: the raw material...
Experts threaten to lead us into a dystopia of inhuman mass paranoia
What would be the “new normal” for a whole tranche of the population is a kind of institutionalised paranoia about...
