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Mar 30, 2020 16:05
The UK’s national healthcare system (NHS) is struggling to cope with around 25 percent of doctors who are off work sick or in self-isolation, as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc across frontline services.
- Dominic Cummings, UK PM's top adviser, reportedly self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms, as virus spreads among elite
British PM Boris Johnson’s top adviser Dominic Cummings is reportedly self-isolating, after developing the symptoms of coronavirus over the weekend.Mar 30, 2020 11:16 - UK’s Prince Charles ‘out of isolation’ after Covid-19 diagnosisHeir to the British throne Prince Charles has come out of self-isolation and his health is improving, after having tested positive for the Covid-19 virus last week, Clarence House has confirmed.Mar 30, 2020 12:04
- ‘Incredibly selfish’: Labour MP who broke Covid-19 travel rules to wish elderly father happy birthday leaves people dividedA UK lawmaker who traveled miles to celebrate the birthday of his father — ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock — going against government lockdown rules on coronavirus, provoking fierce debate on the rights and wrongs of such action.Mar 30, 2020 12:10
- Covid-19 claims first UK healthcare worker as official says life won’t ‘get back to normal’ for at least SIX MONTHSA doctor working in the UK's National Health Service has paid the ultimate price for fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the UK’s first healthcare worker to die from Covid-19.Mar 29, 2020 16:08
- ‘ONE IN FOUR’ UK doctors forced off work as Covid-19 pandemic causes severe headache for healthcare systemThe UK’s national healthcare system (NHS) is struggling to cope with around 25 percent of doctors who are off work sick or in self-isolation, as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc across frontline services.Mar 30, 2020 16:05
- ‘Incredibly selfish’: Labour MP who broke Covid-19 travel rules to wish elderly father happy birthday leaves people dividedA UK lawmaker who traveled miles to celebrate the birthday of his father — ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock — going against government lockdown rules on coronavirus, provoking fierce debate on the rights and wrongs of such action.Mar 30, 2020 12:10
- UK’s Prince Charles ‘out of isolation’ after Covid-19 diagnosisHeir to the British throne Prince Charles has come out of self-isolation and his health is improving, after having tested positive for the Covid-19 virus last week, Clarence House has confirmed.Mar 30, 2020 12:04
- Dominic Cummings, UK PM's top adviser, reportedly self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms, as virus spreads among eliteBritish PM Boris Johnson’s top adviser Dominic Cummings is reportedly self-isolating, after developing the symptoms of coronavirus over the weekend.Mar 30, 2020 11:16
- UK’s coronavirus spread is ‘just-about slowing’ as antibody tests could be ‘ready in days’ – senior epidemiologistPreliminary data shows that the rate of the spread of Covid-19 across the UK has slowed, while antibody tests could be ready in a matter of days, according to Neil Ferguson, one of that nation’s leading experts in the crisis.Mar 30, 2020 10:15
- ‘Planes will fly with new owners’: Black Swan author Taleb urges UK to let Branson’s airline go bustFamed author and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb has trained his sights on billionaire Richard Branson, urging the UK government to let the airline owned by the “tax refugee” to go bankrupt.Mar 29, 2020 17:08
- Covid-19 claims first UK healthcare worker as official says life won’t ‘get back to normal’ for at least SIX MONTHSA doctor working in the UK's National Health Service has paid the ultimate price for fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the UK’s first healthcare worker to die from Covid-19.Mar 29, 2020 16:08
- UK suffers 209 new Covid-19 fatalities but rate of new deaths dropsThe death toll from Covid-19 in the UK climbed to 1,228 on Sunday as 209 more people fell victim to the disease. However, the increase was notably lower than Saturday’s spike when 260 people succumbed to the virus.Mar 29, 2020 13:23
- ‘Inadequate armor’? FETISH supplier donates gear to ‘underfunded’ NHS as Covid-19 deaths pass 1,000 markWith Britain’s National Health Service struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, help has come from the most unlikely source. A company supplying medical equipment to hardcore fetish enthusiasts has donated its stock.Mar 28, 2020 16:45
- ‘Least deserving’ Branson roasted as Virgin Atlantic seeks massive state-sponsored bailout despite not paying staffBillionaire Richard Branson is coming under fire from politicians and regular citizens alike as the tycoon sought hundreds of millions of pounds in state aid for his Virgin Atlantic airline due to the Covid-19 crunch.Mar 28, 2020 13:50
- In 2009 UK government experts wildly over-hyped dangers of swine flu — is history repeating with Covid-19?Amidst the coronavirus lockdown, some of the claims of governments and media have been shown to be exaggerated. Ten years ago, they tried the same thing with swine flu. They haven’t learned their lessons — has the public?Mar 28, 2020 09:29
- #PrayForBoris trends after PM Johnson contracts Covid-19, sparking fierce debate on TwitterIn the aftermath of British PM Boris Johnson revealing that he has coronavirus, #PrayForBoris started to trend online, infuriating many who claim less high-profile figures such as NHS workers deserve just as much attention.Mar 27, 2020 16:51
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