‘Everyone’s gotta do their bit!’ Gogglebox’s George Gilbey reveals he’s working in a supermarket as he joins the fight against COVID-19 By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 11:53 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 12:01 BST, 5 April 2020 Gogglebox star George Gilbey has revealed he’s working in a supermarket as he joins the fight … Read more
The UK has received 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus, Michael Gove said as he estimated 1,000 new machines will be produced per day by next week. The ventilators arrived at MoD Donnington, a British military base situated in Shropshire, on Saturday. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab confirmed their arrival on Twitter, saying: ‘Today we received … Read more
The UK has received 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus, Michael Gove said as he estimated 1,000 new machines will be produced per day by next week. A team from University College London working with Mercedes Benz has produced a new non-invasive respirator that has been clinically approved, Mr Gove said in a press … Read more
NHS workers are forced to fight coronavirus with box of out-of-date face masks with two ‘best before’ stickers hiding original expiry date of May 2012 Masks were delivered to staff at the South West Ambulance Service this week First sticker said they expire in May 2019 and second said best until May 2016 The government … Read more
Oh help, oh no, it’s the Gruffalo! Coronavirus faces fresh foe as children’s favourite beast joins public health fight in new scenes penned by author Julia Donaldson Julia Donaldson and illustrator Alex Scheffler reunited in the anti-virus campaign Set of images urge children to adhere to social distancing rules and stay at home Twitter users … Read more
The fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is a global one against a faceless killer. Some people will disapprove of the idea of making money from this struggle. But investors have been snapping up shares in businesses developing vaccines or tests, to cheer on the global effort – and in the hope there will be gains … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Can Matt Hancock’s slick promises to test 100,000 a day in the fight against coronavirus really work? By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:50 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 3 April 2020 CLAIM: We will test 100,000 people each day by the end of the month. REALITY: Unfortunately, … 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
Swathes of pub tenants have warned that grassroots workers running pubs face an ‘existential threat’ if rental fees are not scrapped completely for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to This is Money, Ed Anderson, 45, a publican with three pubs in Cheltenham and 25 years of experience in the industry, said it was … Read more