Coronavirus US: New York hospital cases are slowing, says Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that new evidence suggests social distancing is ‘working’ in slowing down coronavirus, with the rate of hospitalizations slowing every day this week, but that we were ‘still on our way up the mountain’.  There are now 30,000 cases of coronavirus in the state of New York, including … Read more

Coronavirus US: Makeshift morgues outside New York hospital

A makeshift morgue has been set up outside a Manhattan hospital in a bid to handle any possible surge in coronavirus victims as the New York City death roll rose to 192.  Armed military personnel, NYPD and NYC Medical Examiner’s Office employees were spotted outside Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital on Wednesday as crew members erected huge white tents … Read more

MoD and NHS start work transforming London’s ExCel Centre into 5,000-bed hospital

A worker has shared sobering footage from inside London’s ExCel exhibition centre where work started today to turn it into a 4,000-bed temporary hospital to treat coronavirus patients.  Military planners are working with Health Service officials to create the new hospital from scratch to accommodate rising numbers of patients. The exhibition centre in East London will … Read more

Female nurse in her 20s ‘kills herself at Kings College Hospital London’ amid coronavirus crisis

Intensive care nurse in her 20s ‘kills herself’ at King’s College Hospital in London where eight coronavirus patients have died Woman was in her 20s and worked as nurse at King’s College intensive care unit She was found unresponsive at south London hospital at 5.30pm on Monday KCH has had eight people die from coronavirus … Read more

Teenager dies in hospital after trying to take her own life over coronavirus fears

Tragedy as teenage waitress, 19, dies in hospital after trying to take her own life over fears of being ‘stuck inside’ by coronavirus self-isolation, reveal her devastated family Emily Owen, 19, from Norfolk passed away in hospital following a suicide attempt Family said she was unable to cope ‘with her world closing in, being stuck … Read more

Hospital ship Donald Trump boasted is ‘under way’ to Los Angeles spends day at anchor off San Diego 

The Navy hospital ship being sent to help coronavirus-stricken Los Angeles traveled just nine miles from San Diego in 24 hours – and spent most of Tuesday anchored off Imperial Beach, California, DailyMail.com can disclose. USNS Mercy, a converted oil tanker that has space to treat up to 1,000 patients, left its home port at … Read more

Bulwark grandmother, 80, died after catching coronavirus at Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport

Grandmother, 80, ‘is the first patient to die by catching coronavirus on a hospital ward’ Marita Edwards, 80, was a ‘very fit lady’ who regularly played nine holes of golf The former cleaner was admitted to a Newport hospital for a routine operation ‘If she had not been in hospital she would still be alive’ … Read more

Coronavirus: Soldiers offload supplies at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital

Britain entered its first day of coronavirus lockdown today as military vehicles crossed a near-empty Westminster Bridge after delivering a much-needed batch of protective face masks to frontline NHS nurses and doctors. Soldiers from the Army’s 101 Logistic Brigade dropped off the medical masks at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, following warnings that many doctors … Read more

Coronavirus Spain: Patients lie on floor at full Madrid hospital

Terrifying footage from inside a Spanish hospital shows coughing coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a corridor as they wait to be seen by medical staff.    The shocking clip shows some patients coughing deeply as a medic stands nearby and some of those on the floor appear to be hooked up to oxygen tanks. … Read more

Horrifying images show coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a packed Madrid hospital

Horrifying images show coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a packed Madrid hospital as city is overrun with cases and country’s death toll tops 2,000 with 462 victims in past 24 hours The shocking clip shows some coughing deeply as a medic stands nearby  Some of those waiting on the floor also appear to … Read more