Thousands of volunteers sign up to make scrubs and protective equipment for NHS workers on the front line of coronavirus battle By Claire Duffin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:43 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 01:46 BST, 14 April 2020 Thousands of volunteers have stepped in to help produce clothing and protective equipment for … Read more
Five hundred deep-sea divers are drafted in to help NHS: Breathing experts volunteer to join overloaded intensive care medics to fight coronavirus More than 500 deep-sea divers bought in to bolster the NHS frontline Divers are being brought in as they have experience with breathing difficulties It comes as demand for oxygen has become ‘exceptionally … Read more
The medical experts spearheading Britain’s fight against coronavirus have issued a plea for more more infected patients to take part in three major clinical drug trials. NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis and the UK’s chief medical officers penned an open letter to doctors urging them to enroll more volunteers. There are three main … Read more
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has been helping to pack meal boxes for vulnerable citizens, amid criticism of the country’s less restrictive approach to tackling coronavirus. The Swedish royal, 42, has stepped up charitable initiatives in recent week, including a visit to the association Stockholms Stadsmission, who create meal boxes for the homeless and vulnerable. Many … Read more
Volunteers working at the NHS Nightingale coronavirus hospital have been told to prepare for the fact that up to 80 per cent of patients who are on ventilators will die, MailOnline can reveal. Selfless heroes flocking to staff the emergency 4,000-bed unit in east London have been told to ‘be prepared to see death’, with a mortality … Read more
Thousands of costume designers, tailors and seamstresses have come together to make urgently-needed scrubs for NHS workers in a nationwide effort coordinated by an A&E nurse. Ashleigh Linsdell, 29, who is a nurse at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, set up Facebook group, For The Love Of Scrubs, last Monday. More than 9,000 people have since … 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
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
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
Boris Johnson hailed the ‘astonishing’ response from the public after the target number was reached in less than 24 hours.