Six doctors and nurses named as latest NHS staff to die with coronavirus
Khulisani Nkala, 46, a mental health nurse at the Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation Trust, had a smile that...
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Muslim council of Britain issues guidance on how to celebrate Ramadan during coronavirus lockdown
Instead, the MCB is offering advice on how to arrange "virtual iftars" online with family and friends as well as...
Matt Hancock’s pledge to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus was ‘arbitrary’, insiders say
Germany was one of a number of European countries that began to ease lockdown measures on Monday, opening general shops...
Hundreds of thousands needing to be shielded from coronavirus have still not been contacted, investigation shows
As a result, hundreds of thousands of people who should have been given the advice, and provided with help such...
BAME patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows
Black, Asian, and minority ethnic patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows, as officials...
No certainty that UK will have coronavirus vaccine in 18 months, chief scientific adviser warns
At the weekend, experts from the World Health Organisaion said there was no evidence so far to show that antibody...
Number of coronavirus deaths in care homes could be as high as 7,500, according to new estimate
Care England, which represents around 3,800 homes and more than 50,000 residents, gathered data by "taking a sounding" from its...
Britain facing worst coronavirus death rates in Europe, former World Health Organisation director warns
Another 847 deaths in the UK were announced on Friday, bringing the toll to 14,576. While the number of new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Cancer referrals down by 80 per cent in some areas as coronavirus fears keep patients from hospitals
Health service leaders said this was because permanent hospitals in the capital are so far coping with the flow of...
How accurate is the UK coronavirus death toll? Our data expert answers your questions
Tom Dening, a professor of dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "It is worrying that there appears to...
How to keep your kids active during coronavirus lockdown
Play balloon tennis A classic, sort of. But it is simple, cheap, does not require more than a few feet...
