Coronavirus cases in the UK surged after the government added loss of smell and taste to the list of disease symptoms, a coronavirus symptom tracker has claimed. Covid Symptom Tracker saw its estimated total number of cases jump by 27,441 in the four days following the announcement on May 18, to 279,188. The app also … Read more
New ‘portable coronavirus labs’ built into shipping containers and can be moved about on a truck, could provide a new low-cost way to process COVID-19 tests. Scientists from OpenCell.bio and King’s College London worked with a company called Opentrons Labworks to create the rapid robot-powered facility. The team say it is the first fully functional … Read more
Britain today announced 351 more coronavirus deaths, taking the official number of victims to 36,393 – as government scientists warned the UK’s reproductive rate is still teetering on the brink of spiraling back out of control. Experts sitting on Number 10’s SAGE panel today revealed the crucial R-value – the average number of people that will contract … Read more
Priti Patel today confirmed all travellers returning to the UK will face a mandatory 14 day period in quarantine as she said Britain must now guard against importing cases of coronavirus. The Home Secretary said the UK needed to protect the ‘hard won progress’ it has made in the fight against the deadly disease and … Read more
Jet2 extends the cancellation period of all flights and holidays to July 1 in light of ‘ongoing travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic’ Travel firm previously said flights and holidays would recommence on June 17 But it pushed back the date, saying health and safety was its ‘absolute priority’ Jet2 says all affected holidaymakers … Read more
A coronavirus vaccine trialled in 108 healthy volunteers in China safely triggered an immune response in the participants, a new study reveals. Antibody production seen in the patients is a good sign that the vaccine may protect them from infection, but it’s too soon to say for sure. The Chinese vaccine was the very first … Read more
Dating shows like Married At First Sight, Love Island and The Bachelor may be going to extreme measures to ensure the safety of their contestants in order to resume filming this year, in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic. This week, Variety revealed the extensive effort being made on the set of international and American … Read more
Ikea is set to reopen 19 stores across England and Northern Ireland from next month – but restaurants and play areas will remain closed. The Swedish homewares chain said social distancing wardens will patrol the store in an effort to reduce the chance of spreading coronavirus when the retailer reopens from June 1. Families will … Read more
The family of a ‘big friendly giant’ nurse who died from Covid-19 have claimed he had not been given protective equipment and was trying to buy his own on eBay. Father-of-two Andrew Ekene Nwankwo, 46, died on May 16 after spending five weeks on a ventilator at Boomfield Hospital in Essex where he worked as … Read more
‘There is no one making music that sounds like us at the moment!’ Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning hints the band’s shock reunion could become permanent By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:23 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 15:39 BST, 22 May 2020 Bernard Fanning has hinted that his popular rock band Powderfinger could be … Read more