Three quarters of small and mid-size firms expect Covid-19 to have a ‘significant impact’ for months to come – but green shoots of recovery are sprouting already Business sentiment plummeted 31 points during the quarter to 79 out of 200 A Simply Business report found that Covid-19 has cost SMEs a total of £69billion Recent … Read more
Prototype robot that carries out throat swab tests for coronavirus using a disposable 3D-printed arm is developed by Danish researchers The team developed the throat swab robot to reduce demand on health workers It is able to take the sample from the throat, add it to a jar and screw on the lid The throat … Read more
British officials sparked anger and confusion today with a sudden decision to block private companies from carrying out Covid-19 finger-prick antibody tests for the public. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has told firms offering to test blood samples people take themselves from finger-pricks to ‘temporarily stop providing this service’. Until then, people … Read more
Number 10 ‘didn’t notice’ that officials stopped publishing the number of people being tested for Covid-19 each day as figure hasn’t been announced since Friday last week Department of Health has suspended reporting the number of people tested This is to overcome inaccuracies caused by people being tested multiple times Figure was last published on … Read more
Britain today announced 412 more Covid-19 deaths, taking the official number of victims to 37,460 – as NHS data showed more than half of trusts haven’t recorded a fatality in the last 48 hours. Department of Health figures show the daily number of fatalities is 13.5 per cent higher than the figure announced last Wednesday (363) … Read more
UK announces preliminary daily Covid-19 death toll of 209 – taking official number of victims to 37,257 Department of Health officials have yet to publish the final Covid-19 figures, which are often much higher The preliminary death tally is calculated by adding up individual counts given by each of the home nations NHS England today … Read more
A hospital in Weston-super-Mare has found 40 per cent of its staff have the coronavirus after closing its doors to new patients due to a spike in Covid-19 patients, it’s been reported. A leaked memo revalead Weston General Hospital has uncovered a number of infections among staff after screening. The trust that runs the hospital is … Read more
Around two thirds of coronavirus-infected care home residents had no symptoms or unusual ones, a study has warned. Researchers analysed outbreaks in four care homes in London, all of which had been ravaged by Covid-19 outbreaks that killed residents. Forty per cent of all residents tested in the homes had the infection – a much … Read more
Andrea Bocelli has revealed he and members of his family are COVID-19 survivors. The Italian opera star, 61, has played a prominent global role in raising awareness amid the coronavirus pandemic, fronting the biggest live-streamed classical music event of all time at a deserted Duomo di Milano cathedral on Easter Sunday. And now, the musician has … Read more
There is little doubt Britain faces one of the deepest recessions in history. This month, the Bank of England warned the UK economy faces its worst downturn in 300 years, while chancellor Rishi Sunak said it was very likely we are in the middle of a ‘significant’ recession as we speak. The hope is our … Read more