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...
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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...
NHS warns public not to let coronavirus fears stop them getting treatment
The NHS is urging the public not to let fears of catching coronavirus or burdening the health service deter them...
Is there a PPE shortage, and how can NHS workers use it safely?
'It is a waste of time and effort fitting a mask for someone with facial hair' Martin Kerlogue asked: "It is...
Contact tracing could halt the spread of virus, but Britons unlikely to accept surveillance
Nuffield’s Ada Lovelace Institute last week produced a damning summary of the exuberance around digital contact tracing. “Inaccurate, irresponsible or...
How the coronavirus lockdown will change our lives forever
But perhaps the most positive news of all came in Oxford, where the first of 510 volunteers received a modified...
Fears key workers could miss out on coronavirus tests because of lack of online eligibility checks
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "As with many other aspects of the coronavirus response, we would expect the public...
NHS contact tracing app will assess whether people have coronavirus without a test
He also said that while the initial alert system was completely anonymous, the NHS may later ask users to volunteer location...
Government website runs out of coronavirus home testing kits within two minutes
The spokesman said up to 18,000 home testing kits per day will be available by the end of next week....
Donald Trump claims he was being sarcastic when suggesting injecting disinfectant to treat coronavirus
Mr Trump, who has consistently looked for hopeful news about containing the virus, was asked if it was dangerous to...
the surprisingly dark history behind Capt Tom Moore’s anthem
Few songs in the history of music can claim as many lives in as many different guises as You’ll Never...
Care homes will run out of PPE within days, council leaders warn
Care home staff will run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) within days, due to failures in the new online...
