Newcastle is England’s new coronavirus hotspot, Public Health England confirms

Newcastle is now at the epicentre of England’s coronavirus after infections in the city spiralled by 60 per cent to a rate of 250 cases per 100,000, health officials have revealed. And surging infections in the North West have pushed Knowsley and Liverpool to second and third worst-affected in the country after a 50 per … Read more

Newcastle is England’s new coronavirus hotspot, Public Health England confirms

Newcastle is now at the epicentre of England’s coronavirus after infections in the city spiralled by 60 per cent to a rate of 250 cases per 100,000, health officials have revealed. And surging infections in the North West have pushed Knowsley and Liverpool to second and third worst-affected in the country after a 50 per … Read more

Hope Hicks’s positive coronavirus result kept SECRET for 24 hours

White House officials wanted to keep Hope Hicks’ COVID diagnosis a secret after the close adviser to President Donald Trump tested positive for the disease. The news comes as more Republican officials test positive in the wake of Hicks’ news and the Trump campaign staff has been told to wear masks.  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tested … Read more

Hollywood reacts to Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection

Celebrities and Hollywood stars reacted with a mixture of gallows humor, damning criticism and genuine sympathy after Donald Trump and his wife Melania were diagnosed with coronavirus.  Some, including Rachel Maddow and Alyssa Milano, sent sincere good wishes to the president and first lady, with Milano commenting on her own recovery from Covid, saying: ‘I wouldn’t … Read more

Bomb sniffing robot redesigned to ‘smell’ coronavirus from breath

Bomb sniffing robot is redesigned to ‘smell’ the coronavirus from breath and claims to detect it faster than traditional testing California startup is redesigning a bomb sniffing robot to detect the coronavirus  Konikore was designed to identify explosives on airplanes and in airports The firm reprogrammed the device to sniff out Volatile Organic Compounds These compounds … Read more

Plane spotters see a pair of E-6B Mercury planes as Trump announced his COVID diagnosis 

Two military ‘Doomsday planes’ were seen flying along both US coasts on the morning President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. One Boeing E-6B Mercury was spotted along the East Coast near Washington, DC while the other was observed above Oregon.  These planes typically carry … Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2020: Crew rush to complete set in Gwrych Castle

I’m A Celebrity 2020: ITV crew rush to complete imposing set in Gwrych Castle with just weeks to go… amid claims show is ‘under threat’ due to new lockdown rules in Wales New lockdown rules for Wales will come into force at 6pm on 1 October 2020 and will be kept under review  ITV have … Read more

Ivanka Trump heads to work after her father’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Ivanka Trump has tested negative for COVID-19, just hours after her father confirmed that both he and First Lady Melania had contracted the virus.  The 38-year-old’s spokesperson confirmed on Twitter on Friday morning that both Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner had been tested again for the virus in the wake of her father’s positive … Read more

Ivanka Trump heads to work after her father’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Ivanka Trump has tested negative for COVID-19, just hours after her father confirmed that both he and First Lady Melania had contracted the virus.  The 38-year-old’s spokesperson confirmed on Twitter on Friday morning that both Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner had been tested again for the virus in the wake of her father’s positive … Read more

Doctors told to ration Covid-19 treatment hope remdesivir as NHS ALREADY ‘faces shortages’

Remdesivir, an anti-viral drug first made to try and treat Ebola, has been used experimentally on Covid-19 patients since the outbreak’s early days. It is approved for use by doctors in the UK and US based on early data suggesting it might be helpful, but scientific evidence has been mixed.  There are claims of miraculous … Read more