F1 boss driven to feed NHS staff after doctor daughter told him they were living on cornflakes
An emotional family Zoom chat in which his doctor daughter revealed that exhausted NHS staff were “living off cornflakes” moved...
Month: July 2020
Shielding chaos as official letters contradict doctors’ advice
Vulnerable patients across England have been told by their doctors they must continue shielding, despite letters from the Government telling...
Thousands of shielding workers to be forced out of jobs if furlough scheme is not extended
All employers with more than five staff are required to produce written risk assessments, showing how they are protecting staff...
NHS cleaners and porters were coronavirus ‘super-spreaders’ in hospitals, data reveals
According to one Whitehall source, however, frustration is growing among ministers over delays in collecting crucial data from individual NHS...
Government report admits Covid cases were linked to patients moving from care homes to hospitals
The new results differ from the latest Public Health England (PHE) statistics, which state that just 43 per cent of...
Wear a face mask if you’re in a queue, says Boris Johnson
Mr Johnson then produced a mask that he said was "a bit Hannibal the Cannibal" – the character played by...
No coronavirus threat from cricket balls, new research concludes
A senior scientific adviser for the Government also said there was no scientific reason why cricket was a coronavirus risk....
Doctors report more babies with suspected abuse-related head trauma during lockdown
Less than 10 per cent of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Brazil were asymptomatic and the majority of those who tested...
Specialists warn of huge rise in child abuse during coronavirus lockdown
Dr Alison Steele, the officer for child protection at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "This is...
Air travel is safest form of public transport during coronavirus crisis, says DfT adviser
"I think that planes are probably the safest form of public transport compared with the anarchy on the Tube with...
Antibody tests too unreliable to be used to judge coronavirus immunity levels, review finds
"These observations indicate important weaknesses in the evidence on Covid-19 serological tests, particularly those being marketed as point-of-care tests," the...
No need for more local lockdowns, say leaders of areas on coronavirus ‘watch list’
Rochdale Borough Council's chief executive, Steve Rumbelow, said: "We're not at all as bad as Leicester. "The one thing we...
‘Significant number’ of people may have some natural immunity to coronavirus
"So there is probably background T-cell immunity in people before they see the coronavirus, and that may be relevant that...
Fall in coronavirus cases during lockdown has delayed vaccine, Oxford professor says
"The country went into lockdown and now transmission has reduced a lot. We are vaccinating in multiple countries where there...
Why are girls getting fitter than boys in lockdown?
Last April, this paper launched the Girls, Inspired campaign in a bid to close the gender fitness gap after it...
The areas that could face local coronavirus lockdowns within days
Leicester-style lockdowns in more UK cities and towns could be only days away. Government sources have told The Telegraph that...
Government must give local councils details of coronavirus spikes more quickly, says BMA
Meanwhile, leading health academic Professor Sir Chris Ham urged the Government to give local councils control over NHS Test and...
