The coronavirus infection rate in London was already falling before the country went into lockdown, data shows. Analysis by Public Health England and Cambridge University calculated the crucial reproduction rate, known as the R, peaked at 3 in the capital in late February. But the R – the average number of people each COVID-19 patient infects … Read more
A NASA engineer has claimed that getting a ‘running start’ would be the key to ensuring that a real-life, Star Trek-style warp engine is in drive, and not reverse. In Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity, our Universe comes with a speed limit — with nothing able to travel faster than the speed of light. … Read more
In his first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak today announced a wave of coronavirus-battling measures It was a Budget that was supposed to be about the Boris Bounce, but instead the Chancellor ended up trying to contain coronavirus. Battling the effects of a coronavirus outbreak and the UK’s attempts to stop it … Read more
Key workers who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic were remembered today in a UK-wide silence. People across Britain paused for a minute at 11am in sombre tribute to the sacrifice made by those on the front line, in roles ranging from doctors and nurses to carers, cleaners, porters and bus drivers. Prime … Read more
Key workers who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic were remembered today in a UK-wide silence. People across Britain paused for a minute at 11am in sombre tribute to the sacrifice made by those on the front line, in roles ranging from doctors and nurses to carers, cleaners, porters and bus drivers. Prime … Read more
Blind key worker, 54, gets thrown out of Aldi for shopping with his partner while buying supplies for his elderly neighbours because he was breaking supermarket’s one-adult-per-trip coronavirus rule Liverpool City Council worker Christy Lynch was asked to leave Aldi in Thornton His partner was there because he is blind in one eye and partly blind … Read more
Millions of key workers have failed to secure a home testing kit again today after the UK government website stated ‘none available’ just twenty minutes after the tests were released. The test site was launched on Friday in an effort to test key workers who are isolating and get them back to work, however it … Read more
Millions of key workers have failed to secure a home testing kit again today after the UK government website stated ‘none available’ just twenty minutes after the tests were released. The test site was launched on Friday in an effort to test key workers who are isolating and get them back to work, however it … Read more
Doctors are prescribing medicines they haven’t used for 20 years and others that may cause heart attacks as hospitals run low on eight key drugs. Sedative drugs used to treat patients with the worst coronavirus symptoms in intensive care have been included on a list of drugs banned for exportation in an effort to ensure … Read more
Doctors are prescribing medicines they haven’t used for 20 years and others that may cause heart attacks as hospitals run low on eight key drugs. Sedative drugs used to treat patients with the worst coronavirus symptoms in intensive care have been included on a list of drugs banned for exportation in an effort to ensure … Read more