Christine Lampard compared the COVID-19 lockdown to growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles on Friday’s Loose Women. The Irish presenter, 41, was born in Newry and moved to Newtownards when she was five-years-old. Christine revealed that during the Troubles in Northern Ireland she suffered anxiety as a child and wouldn’t sleep until her musician father returned … Read more
Ministers fear the UK could go ‘back to square one’ in the fight against coronavirus if Britons do not adhere to lockdown rules as data suggests people have been flouting restrictions for weeks. Health Secretary Matt Hancock last night pleaded with people to stick to current restrictions which prohibit meeting more than one person from … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests sent to people’s homes have been counted but never returned to labs, PHE’s testing boss has suggested. Professor John Newton, director of health improvement at Public Health England, could only say today that ‘more than half’ of home tests had been completed. The Government claims that 719,000 tests have … Read more
Footwear retailer Kurt Geiger will quarantine shoes for 24 hours after customers try them on as part of its plans to reopen up to 20 stores from next month. Customers will be asked to put on disposable ‘pop socks’ and use antibacterial hand sanitiser before trying on shoes to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Items … Read more
Britain announces 351 more Covid-19 deaths taking official number of victims to 36,393 By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 14:09 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 14:20 BST, 22 May 2020 Advertisement Britain today announced 351 more coronavirus deaths, taking the official number of victims to 36,393 as Government scientists warned the reproductive rate … Read more
Lockdown breakdown: Fears coronavirus crisis could go ‘back to square one’ amid evidence Britons have been bending the rules for WEEKS with nearly a FIFTH having met up with family and friends in parks Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged nation to stick with lockdown restrictions He said ‘let’s not go back to square one’ amid … Read more
‘Will be a hard slog carrying 3 fridges to the park!’ Boris Johnson is ridiculed online after No 10 tweet telling people to keep two metres apart compared the distance to the kitchen appliance Boris Johnson has revealed his ‘road map’ for easing lockdown restrictions No10 tweet social distancing advice telling people to keep ‘three … Read more
US President Donald Trump yesterday flatly ruled out another lockdown if America gets hit by a second wave of coronavirus infections in the winter. Answering press questions during a tour of the Ford factory in Michigan, Trump said ‘we are not closing our country’ when asked whether another peak of the virus at the end … Read more
Melania Trump appeared on CNN Thursday to tell students she is ‘proud’ of their ‘determination’ to get through the pandemic which will ‘define their generation for years to come’. Speaking on the network blasted her husband, President Donald Trump, as ‘fake news’, the First Lady acknowledged the ‘many changes’ students have had to make since … Read more
Coronavirus lockdowns have failed to alter the course of the pandemic but have instead ‘destroyed millions of livelihoods’, a JP Morgan study has claimed. Falling infection rates since lockdowns were lifted suggest that the virus ‘likely has its own dynamics’ which are ‘unrelated to often inconsistent lockdown measures’, a report published by the financial services … Read more