Matt Hancock has been accused of sexism for telling a female Labour MP to ‘watch her tone’ after she grilled him on the government’s coronavirus testing strategy in the House of Commons today. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, a former Labour deputy leader candidate who also works as an A&E doctor in the fight against the pandemic, said … Read more
The NHS’s new coronavirus track-and-trace app could be hijacked by trolls bent on ‘sowing chaos for malicious pleasure’ with people more likely to ignore warnings about self-isolating if ‘false alerts’ become widespread, experts warned today. The UK app is currently the only one in the world that will allow an element of self reporting – … Read more
Ministers will let healthy over-70s be released from lockdown with the rest of the UK, it has been reported, amid fears of ‘social unrest’ if they have to endure longer coronavirus restrictions than the rest of the UK. The government is keen to clarify rules for the elderly after confusion at the weekend over the official … Read more
Countries who have adopted the Apple-Google Covid-19 tracing app ‘not compatible’ with the NHS’ own software Germany Italy Switzerland Austria Estonia Ireland – The United States of America is expected to use it – but no final decision has been made yet The NHS‘ track-and-trace app considered vital to getting the UK out of coronavirus … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock has ordered health officials to trawl through victim records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock has ordered health officials to trawl through victim records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data … Read more
Test, track, and trace has become a key message in the fight against coronavirus and on Monday we learned more about the third element to this crucial approach. Contact tracing is seen as one of several possible remedies to help the UK out of lockdown and an app trial is now ready to go, ahead … Read more
Matt Hancock has fanned a wave of confusion over the government’s instructions to elderly people during the coronavirus lockdown. The Health Secretary last night rubbished reports that healthy over-70s were among the ‘clinically vulnerable’ who had been told to shield for 12 weeks. But he later published a link to NHS guidance which puts all … Read more
Richard Madeley complains government telling over-70s to stay indoors will tear couples apart as he reveals wife Judy Finnegan received a 12-week quarantine letter Richard Madeley, 63, says quarantine letter to over-70s is ‘deeply divisive’ Say the letter means he cannot go out with his wife of 34 years Judy Finnigan, 71 Also praised NHS workers for … Read more
The government’s testing co-ordinator insisted people should not get ‘hung up on targets’ today as he argued the goal for 100,000 checks a day had been met. Prof John Newton brushed off a row over whether the numbers had been cooked, stressing the big picture was capacity had risen sharply and there would always be … Read more