NHS to release plan next week to ‘redeploy coronavirus capacity’

NHS hospitals could restart routine operations as soon as next week as the health service prepares plans to get back on its feet as the coronavirus crisis blows over.  Private hospitals have laid empty in the past week and up to 40,000 NHS beds are thought to be empty.  Routine operations had been cancelled and … Read more

Trump publicly squabbles with Fauci after he said testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up

Donald Trump publicly squabbles with Tony Fauci saying ‘I don’t agree with him’ after doctor warned U.S. testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up President Trump was asked at the White House briefing about comments Dr. Anthony Fauci made earlier Thursday about U.S. testing capacity  Fauci appeared at a ‘Time 100’ livestreamed event and said … Read more

Trump publicly squabbles with Fauci after he said testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up

Donald Trump publicly squabbles with Tony Fauci saying ‘I don’t agree with him’ after doctor warned U.S. testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up President Trump was asked at the White House briefing about comments Dr. Anthony Fauci made earlier Thursday about U.S. testing capacity  Fauci appeared at a ‘Time 100’ livestreamed event and said … Read more

Health Secretary refuses to be drawn on level of spare capacity NHS needs before restrictions eased

Health secretary Matt Hancock has avoided saying how low coronavirus cases will have to drop before the lockdown can be eased. At the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Mr Hancock announced a huge programme of testing in an effort to get a picture of the spread of the disease. Testing and tracing lines of transmission … Read more

Health Secretary refuses to be drawn on level of spare capacity NHS needs before restrictions eased

Health secretary Matt Hancock has avoided saying how low coronavirus cases will have to drop before the lockdown can be eased. At the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Mr Hancock announced a huge programme of testing in an effort to get a picture of the spread of the disease. Testing and tracing lines of transmission … Read more

Twitter is DOWN! Thousands are are unable to see tweets and are shown a ‘Twitter is over capacity’

Twitter is DOWN! Thousands are are unable to see tweets and are shown a ‘Twitter is over capacity’ message when logging into the platform Twitter has gone down for parts of the US, Europe and Japan The biggest issue seems to be that the site is not loading properly Some users said they were shown … Read more

Coronavirus tests hit 21,000 – just over half of government’s 38,000 capacity

The government is only using just over half of its daily coronavirus testing capacity, according to the latest official statistics.  Alok Sharma, the Business Secretary, told today’s Downing Street press conference that 21,328 tests were carried out yesterday.  But No10 has estimated the UK’s testing capacity is now at 38,000 a day, with ministers continuing … Read more

Coronavirus tests hit 21,000 – just over half of government’s 38,000 capacity

The government is only using just over half of its daily coronavirus testing capacity, according to the latest official statistics.  Alok Sharma, the Business Secretary, told today’s Downing Street press conference that 21,328 tests were carried out yesterday.  But No10 has estimated the UK’s testing capacity is now at 38,000 a day, with ministers continuing … Read more

Nest cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity

Google’s Nest security cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity during coronavirus lockdown By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:37 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 23:37 BST, 15 April 2020 Nest will join the list of companies lowering video fidelity to help cope with added strain on internet … Read more

Matt Hancock admits Britain will fall short of ventilator capacity

Matt Hancock admits Britain won’t have all its new ventilators up and running by the time coronavirus peaks in 10 DAYS Ventilators are needed in intensive care for patients who struggle to breathe  The virus is expected to peak between a week and ten days from now  Health Secretary said the country was on track to … Read more