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...
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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...
NHS volunteer army of 750,000 has only been given 20,000 tasks, data reveals
"On duty for over 370 hours, but no requests in Cheltenham yet," volunteer Rob Freegard wrote on Thursday. "Hopefully this...
The Government’s five red lines for easing UK coronavirus lockdown measures
Step three: Lower infection rates across the board The third test for the Government would be having data from the...
Care homes running out of PPE as leaked letter calls Government handling of situation ‘shambolic’
According to the most recent ONS figures, only 217 deaths have been recorded despite separate data suggesting nursing home deaths...
UK coronavirus cases may have dropped 70 per cent in two weeks, analysis finds
It comes as the latest UK figures show that there have been 13,729 deaths – a rise of 861 in...
‘Proning’ technique backed by Intensive Care Society to save lives in coronavirus crisis
Nick Scriven, of the Society for Acute Medicine, said his hospital was proning conscious patients "with good results". He said...
How the UK’s lockdown extension was rubber-stamped on the biggest day of Dominic Raab’s political career
One of the most prominent members of SAGE, Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London, had ruffled feathers in Government...
What does Vitamin D do? And how to get enough without going outdoors
Everyone wants to know whether they are Vitamin D deficient right now, especially if you don’t have a garden. Or...
‘We have no proper PPE’
Care home deaths from coronavirus have risen nearly tenfold in a week, according to the latest Office for National Statistics...
How accurate are UK coronavirus death toll numbers?
Tom Dening, a professor of dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "It is worrying that there appears to...
what time is the NHS applause tonight?
Prince Charles, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, was pictured taking part at his home on the Balmoral estate....
Shopping with tongs and keeping cats inside among ways to beat coronavirus after lockdown, study says
"There's increasing pressure to reopen the economy and get people back to work and out of isolation," said Professor William...
Coronavirus will have severe impact on mental health in UK, experts warn
In the survey, many mentally ill people said they were worried about their psychiatric condition worsening during the lockdown because...
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Donald Trump has said that new guidelines about reopening states after lockdowns due to coronavirus will be shared with governors...
Discharging coronavirus patients into care homes is ‘madness’, Government told
Jeremy Hilton, the group leader on Gloucester City Council, said a care home under his supervision had been hit by...
British company that can deliver one million coronavirus tests per week left waiting for Public Health England order
Last week Mr Hancock also called on the biotech industry to come up with a solution to the antibody testing...
