A new study is being launched by the Government to track the spread of coronavirus in the population and get a full picture of the number of infections. As many as 300,000 people are expected to take part within the first year and receive kits to self-administer a test. It is hoped the research will help … Read more
A new study is being launched by the Government to track the spread of coronavirus in the population and get a full picture of the number of infections. It is hoped the research will help scientists understand the current rate of infection in the UK and how many people have developed antibodies to the virus. Some … Read more
Is THIS the real reason coronavirus testing is such a shambles? Plans to roll out remote Covid-19 screening are held up by red tape as officials insist on ‘weeks’ of training for testers Scheme to post swabs to private homes and care facilities was due for this week However, bureaucrats insist anyone who conducts tests … Read more
Antibody tests for coronavirus have been rolled out across the US amid officials’ hopes that they’ll reveal who can go back to work – but ‘we still have a ways to go’ before the tests can really tell us that, Dr Anthony Fauci told Good Morning America. ‘The assumption that with the tests that are … Read more
Matt Hancock‘s target of testing 100,000 people a day for coronavirus ‘could come back and bite him’, Downing Street sources have reportedly warned. The health secretary made the pledge on April 2 at a daily coronavirus press briefing, saying by May 1, Britain should be testing people at the rate of 100,000-a-day. Currently the British Government … Read more
The UK has one of the lowest coronavirus testing rates in the world, data has revealed. In a comparison of 17 countries with the largest coronavirus outbreaks, Britain ranks 15th above only Peru and India. Testing just 5.54 people per every thousand in its population, the UK sits miles below similar nations including Italy, Germany … Read more
The boss of a major care home provider has slammed a government system that would force hundreds of workers to make a 250-mile round trip to get tested for coronavirus. Earlier this week Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced vital tests for anyone in the social care sector who needed one ‘immediately’. But while elderly residents … Read more
Coronavirus testing is underway at makeshift facilities in Chessington, Brighton, and Lincoln as NHS staff are swabbed by medical workers and the military. Dozens of vehicles were seen queueing at a test centre in the car park of the Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London today. Frontline medical workers and members of the Armed … Read more
Ministers are today facing calls to start reopening schools, cafes and non-essential shops within weeks to avert an economic apocalypse – despite government experts warning that without mass testing it risks creating a second peak in the coronavirus outbreak. MPs and industry chiefs are heaping on pressure for an ‘exit strategy’ from the draconian curbs … Read more
Norman Hunter, the Leeds United legend, has died after a brave fight with coronavirus. The 76-year-old, who played 726 games in 15 years at Elland Road, was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 earlier this month. A Leeds spokesperson said the club was ’devastated’ at the sad news. Leeds United have announced the death of legendary … Read more