A new weapon in the war on coronavirus touched down at a deserted Heathrow tonight: an airliner crammed with PPE. Inside, filling every seat and the cargo hold, were more than 20 tons of vital coveralls and masks – worth over £1 million – fresh from China and destined straight for the Covid-19 frontline tomorrow. … Read more
Woman, 35, who stockpiled £2,500 of masks, gloves and face shields refuses to donate any to the NHS as they ‘should have been more prepared’ Becca Brown, from Plymouth, stockpiled masks, gloves, face shields and food She spent more than £2,500 on her ‘PPE kit’ and went £700 into debt to afford it Ms Brown … Read more
A BBC documentary last night claimed ministers counted every glove individually instead of in pairs to boast of delivering one billion bits of PPE to NHS staff frontline in their fight against the coronavirus – as yet another minister suffered a shambolic round of interviews today. The Panorama investigation said Number 10 had failed to … Read more
BORIS JOHNSON Mr Johnson is pictured colliding with a 10-year-old during a game of street rugby in Tokyo in October 2015 The Prime Minister has no known health problems and is thought to be fairly fit and well. Will Walden, a friend of Boris Johnson and his former director of communications during his time as … Read more
A paramedic who tested positive for COVID-19 has warned it can trigger unusual symptoms after she became infected without suffering a tell-tale cough or high temperature. Kirstine Adkin, 24, first began suffering with headaches and back pain but initially put it down to stress at work. But she soon realised her senses were so severely impaired … Read more
BORIS JOHNSON Mr Johnson is pictured colliding with a 10-year-old during a game of street rugby in Tokyo in October 2015 The Prime Minister has no known health problems and is thought to be fairly fit and well. Will Walden, a friend of Boris Johnson and his former director of communications during his time as … Read more
Britain’s near-empty Nightingale wards could be filled with the majority of Britain’s coronavirus patients in order to make the UK’s permanent hospitals ‘Covid-free zones’. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to reopen key areas of the NHS for routine care – including cancer treatment starting from today. Five of the seven planned Nightingale hospitals set … Read more
Doctors’ desperation over PPE: One in four medics is forced to re-use vital protective clothing as it emerges the failure to stockpile gowns and visors dates back 11 YEARS Officials failed to buy enough gowns when setting up an emergency stockpile in 2009 Washing protective clothes at temperatures high enough to kill coronavirus weakens their … Read more
The NHS will restart some vital services including cancer care from Tuesday as the country begins to recover from coronavirus, the Health Secretary announced today. Matt Hancock said that key parts of the health service, which had been paused due to doctors and nurses being transferred COVID-19-related departments, will begin seeing the most urgent cases. … Read more
Britain will hold minute’s silence at 11am today to pay tribute to NHS staff and key workers who have died battling coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnson will observe the minute’s silence after overcoming coronavirus A campaign was launched last week to honour frontline workers who have died More than 90 frontline NHS workers have died from … Read more