The Government was today accused of ‘fiddling’ its data to make it look like it had hit its target of testing 100,000 people in a day. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today announced that 122,347 tests were carried out yesterday, April 30. The tests done yesterday, however, were done on 73,191 people because many have to be … Read more
The only certainty is that the future of travel is uncertain. Some experts predict that things will not return to normal for two to three years, and that many companies will go out of business in the next six months. We hope this is not the case, but we’ll all have to get used to … Read more
The novel coronavirus may remain in the human body for weeks or months longer than expected. Charles Pignal, 42, tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, on March 4 after displaying all the classic symptoms. Two days into his hospital stay, he no longer had a cough or 102F fever and he … Read more
A Nobel Prize-winning biologist has branded the Government’s 100,000 coronavirus tests per day target a ‘PR stunt’ as it emerged that it was ‘likely’ to be hit on time. Sir Paul Nurse, chief executive of biomedical research centre the Francis Crick Institute, also tore into the strategy on Question Time last night and said it … Read more
A commercial insect repellent is being tested by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to see if it can kill the novel coronavirus causing the current pandemic. Citriodiol, found in Mosi-guard, has previously proved effective at killing other coronaviruses, including SARS, by destroying the layer which surrounds the virus. COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus strain … Read more
Ministers are facing accusations of watering down the criteria required for easing the lockdown, fanning speculation of an imminent loosening of restrictions. The last of five tests which have to be met before social distancing measures can be reviewed was yesterday tweaked by the government. It had ruled out lifting the lockdown unless officials were … Read more
Wondfo, the maker of an antibody test used in China, is not believed to have had its rapid-response test approved by the UK Government One of the coronavirus antibody testing kits rejected by the British government has been found to be 82 per cent accurate at identifying people who have had the disease. The test, … Read more
A new study of coronavirus antibody tests that are currently on the market revealed that at least eight out of 14 had an accuracy rate of more than 95 percent and three were more than 99 percent accurate, but doctors remain concerned that more work needs to be done before they can be solely relied upon … 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 end of daily finger-prick tests for diabetics? AI heart monitor ‘can detect dangerously low blood sugar levels’ Scientists used artificial intelligence to detect low blood sugar levels Patients wore electrocardiogram (ECG) monitors 24 hours a day for two weeks Researchers trained a computer system to spot normal and low sugar levels By Harry Howard … Read more