Three NHS nurses forced to use bin bags diagnosed with Covid 19

Three nurses who were pictured wearing bin bags because of a lack of protective gear have tested positive for coronavirus, it was reported last night. The frontline staff at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow were forced to put clinical waste bags on their heads and feet last month due to shortages of personal protective equipment … Read more

Three NHS nurses forced to use bin bags diagnosed with Covid 19

Three nurses who were pictured wearing bin bags because of a lack of protective gear have tested positive for coronavirus, it was reported last night. The frontline staff at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow were forced to put clinical waste bags on their heads and feet last month due to shortages of personal protective equipment … Read more

Firms struggling to secure emergency Covid business loans

Struggling firms applying for Covid business loans ‘eight times more likely to be rejected than approved’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:15 BST, 7 April 2020 Struggling firms which applied to their bank for an emergency business loan last week were eight times more likely … Read more

‘Covid’ and ‘Corona’: Couple in India name their twin boy and girl after coronavirus

Twins born during virus lockdown in India are named Corona and Covid by parents who insist they are hoping to ‘ease the anxiety and fear associated with these words’ Twins were born in Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in Raipur ‘Covid’ and ‘Corona’ were born in early hours of March 27 by caesarean section Parents … Read more

Test by test: Covid kits from 10-minute finger-prick tests to a mask that can diagnose instantly

Boris Johnson today announced that coronavirus testing was to ramped up to 25,000 per day after the government was lashed for potentially allowing tens of thousands of infected people to walk the streets undiagnosed. Only 5,000 were being swabbed for COVID-19 previously, a fraction of the number seen elsewhere. It comes as the number of positive … Read more