Your PHONE will warn you if you have been close to someone who has coronavirus thanks to new contact tracing tech being developed by Google and Apple Apps to use Bluetooth signals to track phones the user comes into contact with People will be alerted if they may have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 … Read more
Apple and Google are cooperating on a new program to support software developers in their efforts to develop contact tracing apps during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May, the companies will jointly release an API (application programming interface) and additional ‘operating system-level technology’ that will allow iOS and Android devices to communicate directly with one another … Read more
Australia has recorded fewer than 100 coronavirus infections in 24 hours for the first time in three weeks in an apparent sign strict lockdowns are working. However, people are being strongly urged to follow social distancing rules over Easter to make sure there is no resurgence in cases. More than 6000 Australians have had the … Read more
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern says her country is winning the battle against coronavirus after just 29 new cases were added to the tally today. Australia and New Zealand have both seen falling infection rates after closing their borders by March 20 – something Britain has still not done. Ardern hailed New Zealanders for … Read more
New coronavirus test developed for frontline NHS workers can diagnose infection in FOUR HOURS, Cambridge researchers claim Cambridge researchers were able to deactivate the virus in samples for testing They say this means the sample can be studied in a lower security testing facility There are more lower security centres so samples can be examined … Read more
Face masks do not stop people from catching coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in light of recent studies suggesting the opposite. The United Nations’ health body was forced to review new evidence from Hong Kong claiming mass-issuing masks may have helped contain the pandemic. But the WHO maintains the public should not … Read more
A germ-trapping ‘snood’—a scarf that covers both the nose and the mouth — which claims to deactivate the coronavirus could be the latest way to protect yourself from the pandemic. Unlike ordinary masks, say researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, the Virustatic Shield can be worn comfortably for hours at a time, and is … Read more
The coronavirus lockdown has left many of us with unanswered questions about how we should go about our daily lives and the risks we face. Last week, we asked for your questions about the pandemic, which we then put to leading experts. Here, Professor John Oxford, a virologist at Queen Mary University of London, and … Read more
Almost 500 of Australia’s coronavirus cases – or one in seven – have come from cruise ships, the nation’s deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly told a national press conference almost 200 cases had come from one ship alone – the Ruby Princess. The Ruby Princess docked in … Read more
The home of Welsh rugby union is to be turned into the fourth emergency hospital to deal with an onslaught of coronavirus cases. The Principality Stadium has been offered to NHS Wales as a makeshift field hospital to provide 2,000 extra beds should hospitals in the Cardiff area become overwhelmed. It comes as the UK’s coronavirus death … Read more