Matt Hancock insists coronavirus in care homes is ‘coming under control’ as he unveils a new task force to cut infects and expands testing to working age residents as well as the elderly Health Secretary said working age care home patients now eligible for testing He also unveiled a new Covid-19 social care support taskforce … Read more
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden announces formation of task force to help the Premier League and other sports get up and running safely amid coronavirus crisis with former Lionesses star Alex Scott to serve on it Oliver Dowden announced the news during Downing Street press conference Both the sporting and cultural calendars have been decimated in … Read more
While many mysteries remain about the coronavirus, one thing we know for sure is that older people are at greater risk of serious complications, or even death, should they be infected. And where do we have a high proportion of older people? Why, in care homes, of course. So you would think, would you not, … Read more
Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead from overwhelmed hospitals to a makeshift mortuary in industrial park that can hold up to 1,000 bodies Bodies being taken from hospitals in Greater Manchester to a special mortuary The new mortuary in Trafford can hold up to 1,000 bodies in an industrial park It opened on Monday and is … Read more
An official on the White House coronavirus task force says the group is tracking whether the virus could disappear in the summer and return in the fall. Dr Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the task force, told CBS This Morning that the Trump administration has been creating models that show coronavirus behaving like the … Read more
On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that many insurance companies would be waving copays for coronavirus testing. This includes many of the leading insurers such as Aetna, Anthem, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group. ‘I’m pleased to report…that all the insurance companies here either today or before today have … Read more