Inflation plunges to four-year low as fuel costs nosedive – but prices of toys, puzzles, computer games and WHISKY rise as families try to make lockdown more bearable The CPI rate of inflation tumbled from 1.5% in March to 0.8% in April, ONS says Fall largely triggered by the reduction in petrol prices amid global … Read more
Temporary care workers helped to fuel Britain’s coronavirus crisis in care homes, a damning Government study has found. Agency staff working in multiple homes may have unwittingly infected thousands of elderly and vulnerable residents without being tested for the virus. In some cases ‘bank workers’ – used to fill temporary vacancies – were standing in … Read more
Covid testing kits fuel sales boom at Novacyt as it racks up revenues of more than £90m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 A British producer of coronavirus testing kits expects ‘significant demand’ to continue for the rest of the year … Read more
Cindy Friedman, the epidemiologist who is leading the CDC’s coronavirus cruise ship task force, told Bloomberg Businessweek in an explosive interview that the actions of Carnival Cruises amid the pandemic has put a ‘huge strain’ on the United States Carnival Cruises helped fuel the coronavirus pandemic by still sailing its fleet of ships even when … Read more