The National Health Services (NHS), along with medical institutions, was calling on ministers to woo drug manufacturers into the United Kingdom to reduce the potential shortage of drugs amid the virus outbreak. Both the NHS and the Kidney Care UK were asking the UK government to focus on spurring the country’s manufacturing sector. “Future government […]
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As the world grapples to contain the coronavirus, the COVID19 social impact is becoming clear. Rather than being the great leveller, we imagined, the pandemic is exacerbating the problems already plaguing thousands of people across the globe. People living in poverty struggle with lockdown, and police and charities working with victims of domestic abuse have […]
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The UK has recorded more deaths from the coronavirus than any other European country with the latest official government figure reaching 29,427. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the number is a “massive tragedy” that the country “has never seen before…on this scale, in this way”. Only the United States has recorded a higher number but […]
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The UK government is set to scrap sales tax on essential protective equipment as it seeks to help reduce the expenses of non-profit organisations such as care homes, charities, as well as businesses. On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance said the sales tax cut would save more than 100 million pounds for those buying medical […]
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A few short weeks into coronavirus restrictions, people are getting restless. Apart from the devastating economic effect of the lockdown, its impact on mental health, victims of domestic abuse, and people suffering from non-COVID19 illnesses have been devastating. Already, authorities in many European countries have begun easing restrictions, and in the UK, too, experts are […]
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UK doctors have issued an “urgent alert” about a coronavirus-related condition emerging in children that requires intensive care treatment. The alert has been sent to GPs and states that in the “last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise in the number of children of all ages presenting with a multisystem inflammatory state requiring […]
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Amid fears that the true death toll of coronavirus patients remains unclear, the ONS COVID-19 figures go some way toward revealing the true picture. Care staff workers say the actual numbers may be far higher. According to Tuesday’s ONS statistics, the number of people who died from the novel coronavirus in the week leading up […]
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Human trials on a coronavirus vaccine will begin in the UK this week, with researchers appealing for volunteers to take part. Two research teams from Oxford University and Imperial College London have been promised £42.5 million of government funding, with Matt Hancock calling the search for a vaccine, “the top priority”. The health secretary pledged […]
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The NHS medical director has made a very public and impassioned plea for frontline workers to be given protective equipment, amid reports NHS staff are considering refusing to work without adequate PPE as stocks dwindle. Prof Stephen Powis warned the government, during today’s (April 18) Downing Street coronavirus daily briefing, that sufficient PPE must be […]
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Deputising prime minister Dominic Raab confirmed the UK’s lockdown will continue for “at least” three more weeks, as a poll was published showing 91% of the public support the government’s decision. Raab said “there was light at the end of the tunnel” but repeated that relaxing the lockdown now, would undo the efforts taken, saying […]
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