One in three NHS and critical key workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, official figures show. Out of almost 17,000 swabs carried out on key workers to date, 5,733 people have been infected – a rate of 33 per cent. In comparison, 23 per cent of those in the general population, NHS hospital patients, … Read more
Patients suffering from coronavirus can safely take ibuprofen to ease the symptoms of the infection, a Government panel of experts has concluded. Claims had spread online and among the scientific community that the painkiller could weaken the immune system’s attempts to battle the virus. Last month, the NHS even removed advice for people to use the painkilling … Read more
A Second World War captain has raised more than £2.3million for ‘our brave nurses and doctors’ in the NHS by walking in his garden. Captain Tom Moore, 99, set out last Thursday to walk 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100-years-old on April 30. He originally hoped to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities … Read more
Celebrities have regularly taken to social media during the coronavirus lockdown to document some of the mundane realities of everyday life. However, public sympathy for the stars – many of them multi-millionaires – has been in short supply as Brits across the country face daily struggles to put food on the table. TV chef Gordon … Read more
The true scale of Britain’s devastating coronavirus crisis was today laid bare by data suggesting there are potentially thousands of hidden victims. Figures from the Office for National Statistics shows the true number of people who have died of COVID-19 is around 15 per cent higher than official figures. While hospitals in England recorded 5,186 … Read more
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 The coronavirus is now erupting all over the world, and I have grown increasingly strident in my pleadings on social media for people to take it more seriously. But it’s not easy when the people running the country have appeared so bafflingly relaxed about it. While some high-profile friends, such as Gary … Read more
More than one in seven people hospitalised with the coronavirus in the UK will die with it, according to official statistics. Britain has now recorded 10,612 deaths from COVID-19 in NHS hospitals out of a total of around 75,774 inpatients – a death rate of 14 per cent. Reports from intensive care units (ICU) show … Read more
A NHS nurse today claimed his commute to work is getting ‘increasingly dangerous’ as he still faces crowded London Underground trains with Britain entering its fourth week of lockdown. Michael Underwood slammed Transport for London and Mayor Sadiq Khan and compared his journey to ‘jumping off a cliff. Commuters were pictured piling onto Tube trains … Read more
Ministers fear Britons will not obey instructions to lift the coronavirus lockdown when the time comes despite the risk of lasting damage to the economy, it was revealed today. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has moved to quash the idea of an imminent loosening, with the UK now facing restrictions until at least May 7. But … Read more
Frail coronavirus patients may be denied critical care under an NHS scale system designed to free up ICU beds. The controversial ‘Clinical Frailty Scale’ (CFS) ranks patients’ vulnerability from one to nine in order to prioritise those most likely to recover from the killer virus. Those with a combined score of more than five are said to … Read more