How an emailed offer of help from a Turkish T-shirt salesman led to a PPE fiasco
Exactly what happened next is unclear. According to sources, UK officials in Turkey did check the boxes of gowns supplied...
Day: May 7, 2020
Planners ‘paid little attention’ to fears care homes could collapse in a pandemic, leaked document shows
It also suggested far more work with other sectors to boost the ability of care homes to cope. "The following...
NHSX contract tracing app scrapes a ‘pass’ in official review
Britain's contact tracing app has only just scraped a 'pass' in a review designed to test whether it could be used...
Isle of Wight contact tracing app ‘fails to work on four-year-old phones’, residents say
Some of those not able to run the software were attempting to do so on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge,...
Coronavirus could be spread by sex, new research shows
The research team said Covid-19 could be seeded to the male reproductive tract, especially where there is local inflammation. "Even...
Sunshine could protect against coronavirus by boosting vitamin D levels, study finds
Previous studies have found a link between low vitamin D levels and susceptibility to acute respiratory tract infections. Dr Lee...
Black people four times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, ONS figures show
Speaking of the government’s plans to ease the lockdown from next week, Ms Grant added: “It’s especially scary as this...
How the world might change for the better after coronavirus
Global development experts believe that there are three scenarios ahead of us, divided into the good, the bad, and the...
Labour MP Nadia Whittome claims she was sacked as carer for speaking out about lack of PPE
She added: "I can survive being effectively sacked for speaking out because I have another income. "But for so many...
