Boris Johnson brings in Tory election chief Isaac Levido to co-ordinate coronavirus battle after his chief adviser Dominic Cummings falls sick Levido ran Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and helped Tories win GE The Prime Minister, Health Secretary and Chief Medical Officer are all sick Downing Street declined to say whether Dominic Cummings is well enough … 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
Mao Zedong, invented a term for ‘reactionaries’ in the West who made threats against his regime. He called them ‘paper tigers’ — the ancient Chinese word is zhilaohu. What Mao (whose vast portrait still looms over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square) meant was that we, to use an equally colourful English expression, were all mouth and no … Read more
UK’s coronavirus outbreak is ‘starting to slow’ but deaths will keep rising, says government expert Neil Ferguson as he suggests up to 2million people might already have been infected Professor Neil Ferguson says signs coronavirus outbreak ‘starting to slow’ in UK Government expert says rate of increase in hospital admission looks to be easing Warned … Read more
Michael Gove has suggested China was to blame for the Government’s slow response and the lack of mass testing for coronavirus in the UK. Chinese secrecy slowed the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis, Michael Gove swiped today. The Cabinet minister said although the first case was identified before Christmas, the communist state had not … Read more
A man is pictured wearing a hazmat suit in Wuhan, China. Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday, as Britain’s death toll from the epidemic reached four figures. Ministers and senior Downing Street officials said the Communist state now faces a ‘reckoning’ … Read more
Chancellor Rishi ‘Dishy’ Sunak is the voters choice to stand in for Boris Johnson if the Prime Minister becomes too ill from coronavirus, exclusive poll reveals Endorsement comes after Prime Minister revealed he tested positive for virus Rishi Sunak is backed as the stand-in premier by voters, Deltapoll reveals 78 per cent of respondents also … Read more
A man is pictured wearing a hazmat suit in Wuhan, China. Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday, as Britain’s death toll from the epidemic reached four figures. Ministers and senior Downing Street officials said the Communist state now faces a ‘reckoning’ … Read more
Boris Johnson is seen holding video conference call this morning as he continues to lead Government’s fight against Covid-19 while self-isolating after testing positive for deadly virus Prime Minister held a video conference call this morning, Alok Sharma said A Number 10 spokesperson said Boris Johnson’s conditions remains ‘the same’ He is leading the country … Read more
Keeping Covid-19 deaths below 20,000 would be a good result, says NHS medical director Stephen Powis who says 170million masks, 25million gloves and 30million aprons have been delivered to medical staff fighting virus Stephen Powis told conference less than 20,000 deaths would be a good result He said that getting protective equipment to NHS staff … Read more