Almost 10million residents in the Chinese city of Qingdao have now been tested for the coronavirus as authorities rushed to quash a local outbreak infecting 13 people. The major port city in east China with a population of 9.4million, has now confirmed 13 COVID-19 cases after detecting a cluster linked to a local hospital on … Read more
Air passengers could be tested eight days after arrival under plans to get Britain flying again. Ministers are considering two options to open up the skies and help rescue the Covid-ravaged economy. Under the first, passengers would be given an airport test on arrival followed by a second test a few days later. The second … Read more
Home and Away and Neighbours are once again being screened five times a week in the UK after both sets were seriously disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In what is a surefire sign that production is slowly returning to normal, both shows will this month return to their original TV schedules, before the pandemic broke … Read more
Professor Charles Swanton, who heads the Francis Crick Institute, argued healthcare workers are spreading the disease ‘right in front of our eyes’ Healthcare workers should be screened for coronavirus every week to protect patients from asymptomatic infection, a leading expert has said. Professor Charles Swanton, who works at the Francis Crick Institute, argued one of … Read more
Drive yourself to the hospital if you can. Park outside Accident & Emergency, but don’t get out of your car. Call us on arrival and a nurse will find you. Those were the instructions I was given when I went to the Whittington hospital in north London on Tuesday night. I’ve made more than my … Read more