Sunbathing Is ‘Against The Rules’ On Coronavirus, Health Secretary Warns
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Sunbathing is “against the rules” on social distancing, health secretary Matt Hancock has warned as the minister underlined coronavirus...
Queen to address nation on Sunday over coronavirus crisis
The Queen will address the nation and Commonwealth on Sunday, delivering a message on the coronavirus outbreak in a rare special televised broadcast. The announcement by Buckingham Palace ends speculation over whether the monarch would make a statement about the...
Coronavirus: Protecting yourself in a migrant camp
The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus. In Moria in Lesbos, 18,000 people are staying in a facility built for 3,000 and cases of Covid-19 are already on their doorstep. The BBC’s...
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Sunbathing Is ‘Against The Rules’ On Coronavirus, Health Secretary Warns
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Sunbathing is “against the rules” on social distancing, health secretary Matt Hancock has warned as the minister underlined coronavirus...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock emerges from self-isolation to promise 100,000 coronavirus tests a DAY in huge U-turn
Better late than never: Health Secretary Matt Hancock emerges from self-isolation to promise 100,000 coronavirus tests a DAY in huge U-turn and says everyone will be able to access vital checks and ‘get back to life’ Matt Hancock tonight declared the UK...
Doctors will have to choose who gets life-saving treatment.
The headlines are stark: a “tsunami” of Covid-19 patients moving inexorably toward London’s hospitals and then spreading out across the rest of the UK. Despite heroic efforts to increase supply – and reduce demand – there may come a point when this tsunami will simply...
Daily UK death toll reaches record high of 381
One of the UK’s most senior medical leaders lauded “green shoots” of recovery from the coronavirus crisis, even as the daily death toll hit a record 381 and experts questioned whether the government has a credible route out of the lockdown. Speaking in No 10, Stephen...
Coronavirus: Protecting yourself in a migrant camp
The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus. In Moria in Lesbos, 18,000 people are staying in a facility built for 3,000 and cases of Covid-19 are already on their doorstep. The BBC’s...
‘The animals aren’t pleased’: UK zoos under coronavirus lockdown
It’s easy enough for Darren McGarry to socially distance from other people as his home is based in Edinburgh zoo. McGarry, who has worked for the zoo for 34 years, can go an entire day without seeing someone since a UK-wide lockdown forced non-essential businesses to...
Is the spread of coronavirus in the UK really slowing down?
The epidemiologist Prof Neil Ferguson has said changes in the rate of hospital admissions suggests the spread of Covid-19 in the UK might be slowing down. But can we be sure that is the case? And are hospital admissions the best metric to look at? To unpick this we...
First NHS consultant dies from Covid-19
A 55-year-old hospital consultant has died of coronavirus, underlining the danger to frontline NHS workers. NHS England said that Amged el-Hawrani was the first confirmed hospital frontline worker to die after testing positive for coronavirus. A 63-year-old surgeon,...
Millions of Britons clap for carers on coronavirus frontline
At 8pm on Thursday, as darkness fell across the UK, millions of people stood at their front doors and open windows, in gardens and on balconies, to raise a thunder of gratitude for those working on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus. With the hashtags...
Government clashes with Travelodge after homeless told to leave
Ministers have clashed with the Travelodge hotel group after it emerged it gave homeless families and key worker guests just two hours to leave after shutting about 360 of its UK hotels at short notice to comply with coronavirus measures. The chain, which is used by...
London’s ExCel centre will treat Covid-19 patients ‘within days’
London’s ExCel conference centre will become an emergency hospital treating coronavirus patients “within days”, with 500 beds initially made available at what will be the first of several crisis facilities dotted around the UK. The cavernous 100,000 sq metre Docklands...
Boris Johnson orders UK lockdown to be enforced by police
Boris Johnson will order police to enforce a strict coronavirus lockdown, with a ban on gatherings of more than two people and strict limits on exercise, as he told the British public: “You must stay at home.” The prime minister ratcheted up Britain’s response with an...
Hospitals likened to war zones as doctors prepare to make grim decisions
NHS hospitals are in urgent need of ventilators and are approaching full capacity because of the Covid-19 outbreak, which will increasingly force doctors to make tough decisions about which patients to treat, the British Medical Association has warned. The comments by...
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