A lockdown might not have saved lives in Sweden because half its coronavirus deaths are in care homes where visits are already banned, the country’s top disease expert said today. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said it was ‘hard to understand’ how a full-scale lockdown would have stopped the virus spreading into nursing homes. While Sweden … Read more
A sleep expert has revealed exactly what happens to your body when you over-sleep or sleep for longer than ten hours – and it’s bad news for your concentration, mood, performance and waistline. Sydney-based Olivia Arezzolo said while we often talk about the detrimental effect of too little sleep, it is possible to clock one too … Read more
BUSINESS THE CATALYST by Jonah Berger (Simon & Schuster £14.99, 288pp) You know those books you see piled up in WH Smith in mainline railway stations aimed at businessmen travelling to important meetings in Kettering or Daventry? Well, I’ve finally read one, and a very strange beast it is. Jonah Berger is a marketing professor … Read more
Carl Heneghan, a professor of medicine at Oxford University, claims the UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown and that draconian measures were unnecessary The UK’s coronavirus outbreak peaked a week before lockdown, according to a leading expert who argues the draconian measures were unnecessary. Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, … Read more
A Japanese expert who criticised the country’s response to the coronavirus warned the healthcare system is ‘on the verge of collapse’ and that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead even in 2021. ‘The system is on the verge of collapse in many places in Japan,’ said Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious diseases … Read more
A TV presenter and gardening expert has shared an incredibly low-maintenance backyard makeover, and detailed exactly how you can landscape your own while in isolation. Northcote Pottery ambassador Melissa King recently renovated first-time mum Natasha’s garden in Camberwell, Victoria, to suit her specific needs, as the new parent lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that … Read more
David Nabarro, an envoy for the WHO on Covid-19, said the world will have to adapt to the ongoing problem The world must live with the threat of coronavirus ‘for the foreseeable future’ as there is no guarantee of a successful vaccine, an expert on the disease has said. David Nabarro, professor of global health … Read more
A skincare expert has revealed how the coronavirus pandemic can have a detrimental effect on our skin. Dr Tiina Meder, who is a dermatologist and cardiologist, based in London, explained to FEMAIL how factors of isolation such as spending more time indoors and doing less exercise can lead to dryness and breakouts. However there … Read more
Ministers are today facing calls to start reopening schools, cafes and non-essential shops within weeks to avert an economic apocalypse – despite government experts warning that without mass testing it risks creating a second peak in the coronavirus outbreak. MPs and industry chiefs are heaping on pressure for an ‘exit strategy’ from the draconian curbs … Read more
Britain could suffer 40,000 coronavirus deaths in the first wave of the outbreak, a leading public health expert dramatically warned today. Professor Anthony Costello, of University College London, blasted the Government’s handling of the crisis, saying it was ‘too slow’ to react. Almost 14,000 people in Britain have died of COVID-19 already in hospitals – … Read more