Hydroxychloroquine does NOT treat Covid-19: Biggest study into the Donald Trump-backed anti-malaria drug is ended with ‘immediate effect’ after researchers found it made no difference Oxford University scientists pulled the drug from the RECOVERY trial today Results showed it had no benefit on NHS patients hospitalised with the virus Scientists running the trial has urged … Read more
The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app won’t work properly until October, it has emerged today. Officials first promised the app would be ready to roll-out across Britain in mid-May, after it was trialled on the Isle of Wight. But business minister Nadhim Zahawi last night revealed it won’t go live until the end of the … Read more
NHS test-and-trace regime to slow the spread of coronavirus ‘will not be up to speed until September’ Contact tracing system chief Tony Prestedge said the programme will be ‘clunky’ He spoke in a video to staff on May 27 the day before Matt Hancock launched it Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 is expected to … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Memo to revellers – it’s not just Covid that’s a threat to the NHS By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:57 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 5 June 2020 Ambulance Rating: Secrets of Pompeii: Greatest Treasures Rating: Protect the NHS. That’s the slogan of … Read more
The last of the clappers have taken to the streets, continuing to pay tribute to key workers a week after the final clap for carers officially ended. Taking to their doorsteps tonight, some said that they felt that last week’s ‘official’ end to the tribute came too soon as carers continue to battle the virus … Read more
NHS frontline doctor QUITS a week after he threatened to hand in his notice if Dominic Cummings did not resign over his 260mile lockdown trip to Durham Dr Dominic Pimenta said Dominic Cummings ‘spits in the face’ of the NHS Junior doctor threatened to resign if the Downing Street aide remained in his job Dr … Read more
Tory Lord says there are ‘too may fat NHS medics and teachers’ setting a ‘very bad example’ in the fight against obesity and suggests overweight people should be ‘shamed’ into eating and drinking less Lord Robathan criticised ‘a large number’ of overweight medics and teachers Accused them of setting a bad example to patients and … Read more
Britain today announced 133 more coronavirus deaths, as separate shock data shows the UK’s Covid-19 outbreak is killing more people each day than the rest of the EU countries combined. Department of Health officials have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which can often be much higher because it includes fatalities in all settings. The … Read more
Public health chiefs today warned easing lockdown before NHS Test and Trace is running at ‘full speed’ could result in the UK ‘hitting the brakes’ too late to stop a second wave of coronavirus. The Government’s test and trace system launched last week but it went live without the key NHSX contact tracing app while some … Read more
Police have launched a probe into a care home which was ordered to close after 15 residents died following a major outbreak of coronavirus. Temple Court in Kettering, Northamptonshire, was forced to shut its doors following the Covid-19 related deaths of patients who were sent there after being discharged from hospital. The home is now … Read more