Tag: Coronavirus

28 March 2020

The Local Government Association called on the public to respect the ‘tireless efforts’ of council staff.

Coronavirus testing to begin for some NHS staff

2 April 2020

CORRECTION (16:00 2 April 2020): this story originally stated that 113,777 people have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the ...

Medical journal editor-in-chief slams NHS bosses, saying they could have prevented ‘chaos and panic’

2 April 2020

CORRECTION (16:10 2 April 2020): this story originally stated that 114,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the ...

Medical journal editor slams UK coronavirus response, live on the BBC

by Ed Sykes

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The Lancet is a veteran, independent medical journal. Its editor-in-chief Richard Horton has previously won an award for "outstanding contributions ...

Police and security firm evict people onto the streets in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic

by Eliza Egret

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Police and security guards have evicted a squatted homeless shelter, throwing people onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic takes ...

UK sees its biggest day-on-day jump in coronavirus deaths

The UK has seen its biggest day-on-day rise in deaths since the Covid-19 outbreak began. A total of 759 people ...

Brexit trade talks to continue despite Europe-wide coronavirus lockdown

Post-Brexit negotiations on a trade deal with the European Union will continue next week despite the UK and much of ...

The Tories’ latest coronavirus response is peak hypocrisy

by Steve Topple

The UK government has announced measures to try and protect rough sleepers from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In doing so, ...

Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating in Downing Street, it has been announced. The prime minister ...

Labour offers to help government speed up payments and fill the gaps for self-employed

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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said that while he was relieved the policy has been brought forward, there are ‘quite a ...

Doctor ‘touched’ by ‘heartening’ NHS clapping as ‘we head into the storm’

“Hearing the clapping told us that people out there know how hard everyone has been working”.

US response to coronavirus is exposing its sociopathically warped priorities

by Peter Bolton

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Having first played down the severity of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Donald Trump's government is now reacting. But as we ...

Corbyn praises Cuba’s ‘inspirational’ coronavirus efforts – part of its longstanding medical solidarity around the world

by Mohamed Elmaazi

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Jeremy Corbyn described the internationalism of Cuban doctors who've travelled to Italy to help fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19) "as ...

Blood couriers take action over lack of protective equipment when ferrying coronavirus samples

by Tracy Keeling

The UK government only outlined what coronavirus crisis support it will be providing to self-employed and gig economy workers on ...

Tory MP promotes Covid-19 ‘collective effort’ while taking £100k from company profiting from testing

by Emily Apple

Conservative MP Owen Paterson wrote an article in the Express on 22 March. He said: TACKLING the global Covid-19 pandemic is going ...

No one’s buying the excuses for Charles ‘jumping the queue’ to get a coronavirus test

by Eliza Egret