A huge NHS coronavirus swabbing site stood deserted today despite the urgent need for more patients and medics to be examined. Pictures surfaced showing a testing site for NHS staff in Chessington, south-west London, today as the UK’s Covid-19 death rate doubled. No tests appeared to be underway for the virus as the car park … Read more
‘Britain’s youngest coronavirus victim’: Boy, 13, dies alone ‘after testing positive in London hospital’, fundraiser says By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 19:14 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 19:35 BST, 31 March 2020 A 13-year-old boy from Brixton, London is thought to have become Britain’s youngest coronavirus victim. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab is believed to have died … Read more
Britain will waive import taxes on coronavirus testing kits, ventilators and other vital medical supplies in a bid to boost the fight against the deadly disease amid widespread criticism of the government’s testing operation. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this evening that NHS suppliers will no longer have to pay customs duty and import VAT on … Read more
Ministers were accused of bungling the drive for mass coronavirus testing today amid claims the UK does have the lab capacity to match Germany. Experts insisted ‘organisation’ rather than a shortage of facilities is to blame for the painfully slow rise in checks – warning that the lockdown cannot end until the situation changes. Former … Read more
Hundreds return to old-fashioned movie drive-ins for socially distanced entertainment in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country announces it will test 200,000 people a day for the virus. Angela Merkel’s government plans to replicate South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak by testing all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
My sister has just returned to her home in Beijing after some weeks in the UK. She was allowed back into China only under the strictest conditions because, I’m afraid to say, the Chinese regard our measures to contain the virus as inadequate. She and her children were met at the airport by medical staff … Read more
Hospital consultant, 55, has died after testing positive for coronavirus Consultant Amged El-Hawrani, 55, passed away at Leicester Royal Infirmary Colleagues have paid tribute to Mr El-Hawrani, who died on Saturday evening NHS England said he was the first confirmed hospital frontline worker to die Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a … Read more
Prince Charles has urged followers to be mindful of their carbon footprint as he isolates in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus. The Prince of Wales, 71, has a ‘mild’ form of the illness and is on the Balmoral estate with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who has tested negative and is without … Read more
The Queen and Prince Philip are living together for the first time in two years because of the coronavirus lockdown while Prince Charles only has red squirrels for company in his Balmoral isolation after testing positive Since showing mild symptoms of Covid-19, Prince Charles is keeping himself occupied with his red squirrel conservation work in Balmoral, … Read more