Is the UK’s REAL COVID-19 death toll 53% higher? ONS statistics show gap of more than 7,000 victims in official daily count when care home and non-hospital deaths are included By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 09:49 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 28 April 2020 Britain’s coronavirus outbreak may … Read more
The NHS is launching a new campaign to make sure people seek urgent care during a medical emergency after visits to A&E dropped by almost 50 per cent this month. Health officials are worried many people are not seeking treatment because they fear contracting Covid-19, thereby jeopardising their survival and potentially becoming collateral damage to … Read more
Professor Chris Whitty has offered a chink of light out of the lockdown after revealing coronavirus infection rates have been wrestled down. England’s chief medical officer said the reproduction number – or R0 – has been brought below 1, marking a critical achievement in the UK’s war on Covid-19. It means coronavirus sufferers are on … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll nears 20,000 as England, Wales and Scotland announce 761 more COVID-19 fatalities NHS England confirmed a further 587 people died with COVID-19 in last 24 hours Wales announced 110 more people had died while Scotland recorded 64 deaths Victims in England aged between 40 and 102 and 34 had no health … 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
The first volunteers for the coronavirus vaccine trial have received their first doses as scientists desperately try fight the illness which has now claimed the lives of 18,738 in the UK. Scientists at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, have begun the first human trial in Europe by administering the trial injections, which were developed in … Read more
UK’s testing farce: Drive-thru centres are only swabbing ‘four people a day’ as ministers bring in the Army and Amazon to ramp up capacity – but are still only a FIFTH of the way to meeting 100,000 a day target with just six days to go By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 12:22 … Read more
Airlines and travel operators are flouting the law by delaying refunds for cancelled holidays, an investigation has found. Customers with package holidays are legally entitled to their money back within 14 days of cancellation, while airlines should refund passengers within seven days. However, a major survey of the UK’s 20 biggest travel firms by consumer … Read more
What is the UK’s REAL coronavirus death toll? Statistics show disparity between official daily count and true number is as high as 41% – as data shows 1,644 people have now died in care homes in England and Wales Office for National Statistics recorded 13,121 COVID-19 deaths by April 10 Department of Health figures by … Read more
A ‘widely respected’ doctor who became the first Sikh to work as an A&E consultant in Britain has died after contracting Covid-19. Manjeet Riyat, 52, was known described by colleagues at the Royal Derby Hospital as the ‘father of the emergency department.’ The married father-of-two, who previously worked at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Lincoln County … Read more