The NHS will restart some vital services including cancer care from Tuesday as the country begins to recover from coronavirus, the Health Secretary announced today. Matt Hancock said that key parts of the health service, which had been paused due to doctors and nurses being transferred COVID-19-related departments, will begin seeing the most urgent cases. … Read more
Health bosses look set to miss their own coronavirus testing target with just three days to go, in what would be an embarrassing blow. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, insisted last month that Britain would be conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. But just 29,058 tests took place on Saturday, the latest … Read more
The upcoming season of the Bachelorette has been postponed as the coronavirus shut down productions across Hollywood. But there is already some drama among the upcoming star Clare Crawley and a contestant. The 39-year-old hairstylist took to Twitter to seemingly shade the 28-year-old soon-to-be contestant but fans were quick to come to his defense. Drama: … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock – who has recovered from Covid-19 – shares photo of himself taking part in ‘painless’ clinical trial with plans to give it to 5,000 patients a week if tests are successful Health secretary posted the image on Twitter as a nurse took blood from his arm In the caption he implored … Read more
Hollywood megastar Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso were spotted in the midst of their Irish quarantine on Wednesday. The Bourne Identity star, 49, is currently in lockdown in the sleepy Dublin suburb of Dalkey, after he became stuck in the country where he was filming, due to the travel ban enforced amid the global … Read more
Matt Lucas admits he’s keen to ‘get fitter’ after putting on ‘a little bit of weight’ during the UK’s lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 12:02 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 12:06 BST, 24 April 2020 He has been spending as much time indoors during the UK’s lockdown amid … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to get out of lockdown The Scottish First Minister today set out some of the restrictions which could soon be lifted or modified north of the border. They include: Businesses: Certain businesses could be allowed to reopen but only if they can guarantee that social distancing will be adhered to. Schools: Ms … Read more
‘Ramadan Mubarak and thank you’: Matt Hancock praises British Muslims for their ‘sacrifice’ in missing out on communal prayers and Iftar meals because of coronavirus shutdown during holy month which starts today The Islamic holy month of fasting and prayer begins today amid the lockdown It usually sees families and communities congregate in large numbers … Read more
In the House of Commons today, Mr Hancock admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons would receive a free face mask if they became mandatory Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted he ‘can’t promise’ all Britons will receive a free face mask if they become mandatory. In the House of Commons, Mr Hancock warned it was vital … Read more
Which of us would like to be in Matt Hancock’s shoes? The beleaguered Health Secretary faces formidable problems, and the mounting chorus of blame is principally aimed at him. There is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff. If the Government should change its advice and sensibly recommend that we should … Read more