England’s testing fiasco first emerged three weeks ago when the government ran out of swabs after teachers and children returned to school, universities re-opened and parents dashed back to offices, a top expert has claimed as the crisis continues to unfold. Dr Duncan Robertson, a policy analyst at Loughborough University, spotted that on-line booking was … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: BP slashes dividend; Easyjet raises flight capacity; Diageo profits slide By This Is Money Published: 08:04 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 08:06 BST, 4 August 2020 BP has slashed its dividend payout to 4p per share. This is the first time it has cut the payment since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, after … Read more
NHS hospitals are warned they will face a fine if they are not at 90% of their usual capacity levels by October Sir Simon Stevens said services must aim to deliver increase in care in hospitals Sets out plans to address as much of NHS’s waiting list as possible before winter Thousands of non-urgent operations … Read more
‘Having half a tonne of meat on board is dangerous’: Capacity on Venice gondolas reduced due to ‘overweight’ tourists putting the vessels at risk of flooding On smaller boats, only five passengers will be allowed onboard, down from six Larger gondolas that cross the Grand Canal will have a limit of 12, down from 14 … Read more
The National Masks Service: State-owned factories have capacity to churn out FIVE MILLION face coverings a week with Government likely to make it compulsory to wear them in shops ‘within days’ Ten factory production lines have been acquired to ensure supply of face masks Boris Johnson had hinted the face mask requirement could be extended … Read more
Peru’s Machu Picchu site to reopen at 50 per cent capacity – with just 2,244 people allowed in each day The new limit is in a bid to avoid the gradual deterioration of the Unesco site Before the pandemic, Machu Picchu used to welcome up to 5,000 people a day The Peruvian government has not … Read more
Public Health England only had enough contact-tracing capacity to last two weeks before it became ‘exhausted’, scientists warned in February. A batch of scientific papers submitted to the Government’s SAGE committee were published today and reveal more of what officials were being told in the early stages of the UK’s epidemic. Researchers said there was … Read more
Google will start start reopening offices at 10% capacity in July and scale up to 30% by September, as CEO says ‘the office will look and feel different than when you left it’ On Tuesday Google CEO Sundar Pichai said offices will start to open at roughly 10% capacity starting in July and ramp up … Read more
Passengers face major changes on the railways as services are ramped back up to 70 per cent of normal levels today – but panicked commuters complained of packed trains and some mainline services ran with half the usual number of carriages. Travellers will be required to wear face coverings during their journey and to allow for … Read more
British Airways could resume flights at 50 per cent capacity as early as July, it has today been revealed. But bosses of the airline’s parent company, International Airline Group (IAG), have also warned it could take up to three years for passenger numbers to recover to pre-pandemic levels. BA grounded all of its flights from … Read more