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....
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‘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...
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...
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...
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...
Can I take ibuprofen to treat coronavirus symptoms? Expert advice on painkillers and Covid-19
Why might ibuprofen make Covid-19 worse? Experts speculate that as an anti-inflammatory, it could dampen your immune response to the...
Why a second coronavirus wave is on the horizon, and what that 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...
Coronavirus vaccine row grows as Matt Hancock says UK jab must go to British people first
A Government source said: "We have to strike a balance here. If another country is first to develop the vaccine...
Dialysis could be rationed amid shortage of machines to treat sickest coronavirus patients
Fiona Loud, the policy director at the charity Kidney Care UK, said: "This shortage must be treated as an exceptionally...
Coronavirus testing opened up to 10 million key workers and families
From Friday, employers will be able to register and refer key worker staff self-isolating because they or someone in their...
Coronavirus cases in China’s first wave might have been four times official figure, study finds
"Still, this would be an underestimate of the number of infections up to that point because it would not have...
Does having cancer make me more vulnerable to coronavirus?
Senior doctors wrote to Matt Hancock this week calling for him to increase capacity in hospitals for cancer patients over...
Why a second coronavirus wave is on the horizon and what that means for the UK’s exit strategy
In a press conference beamed across the nation on March 12, a bullish Boris Johnson announced that the government’s coronavirus...
Social distancing due to coronavirus will ‘last for a year’ to prevent second wave
“The effectiveness of test, track and trace to keep the reproductive rate of this virus down is determined by the...
The inside story of the Oxford v Imperial race to develop world’s first coronavirus vaccine
At Oxford, Prof Gilbert's team is effectively trying to adapt a different virus, taken from chimpanzees, to do the job....
Are doctors surgeries and dentists open? How coronavirus impacts your day-to-day health appointments
Are private tests worth it? Public Health England (PHE) says that you will only receive a free test for Covid-19...
Problems with PHE’s Covid-19 tests raise serious questions over UK’s coronavirus response
Now a new problem has emerged: the original PHE tests, according to a memo sent by its senior lab team, were...
Public Health England admits coronavirus tests used to send NHS staff back to work are flawed
Experts likened PHE's approach to sending out a recipe and ingredients – leaving a margin for error, depending on the...
UK ‘throwing everything’ at search for coronavirus vaccine, with human trials set to begin
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government's chief scientific adviser, has previously warned that most vaccines in development are "long shots". On...
Nightingale hospital ‘turned away more coronavirus patients than it treated’
The Nightingale hospital is "turning away more coronavirus patients than it is treating", a leaked document has suggested. Dozens of...
How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine
As Covid-19 has rapidly spread around the world there has been a mad scramble to find a vaccine. ...
