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
The ventilators made from snorkelling masks: Italian engineers make emergency medical gear with 3D-printed valves to help hospitals battle coronavirus A startup firm based in Brescia, in the crisis-hit region of Lombardy, is making the emergency ventilators The crucial part of the equipment is the 3D-printed ‘Venturi valve’ connecting the mask to an oxygen tube … Read more
Dua Lipa snuggles up to boyfriend Anwar Hadid as they lark around in face masks whilst staying in together amid COVID-19 pandemic By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 07:55 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 07:55 GMT, 23 March 2020 Dua Lipa gave fans another insight into her life in quarantine on Sunday. The singer, … Read more
Fashion giant H&M to redirect suppliers to make masks, gowns and gloves for doctors By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 22 March 2020 Fashion giant H&M will redirect its suppliers to manufacture thousands of masks, gowns and gloves for doctors. It said it would … Read more
A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has revealed how staff must wear wafer-thin paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves instead of full protective gear. They had high-tech masks to cover the nose and mouth when the first suspected coronavirus patients arrived two weeks ago but, as supplies have depleted, they were switched … Read more
A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has revealed how staff must wear wafer-thin paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves instead of full protective gear. They had high-tech masks to cover the nose and mouth when the first suspected coronavirus patients arrived two weeks ago but, as supplies have depleted, they were switched … Read more
French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain for NHS workers battling coronavirus After realising what was on board, border guards in France held the truck there Emmanuel Macron’s promised to ‘requisition’ face masks for the French crisis A truck with hand sanitiser was delayed by authorities on way to … Read more
Home and Away producers aren’t taking any chances amid the coronavirus pandemic as filming continues in Sydney’s Palm Beach. Ada Nicodemou, who plays Leah Patterson-Baker, was surrounded by crew members in face masks while rehearsing a scene with co-star Darcey Wilson on Thursday. It comes after Australia’s other major soap opera, Neighbours, halted production earlier … Read more
One of the top cancer hospitals in the US is running low on masks as eight patients and staff members are diagnosed with coronavirus. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City hast just one week’s supply of masks left, according to BuzzFeed News. Politicians and health experts have been asking the general public … Read more
GPs on the coronavirus frontline are being supplied with face masks that expired four years ago, it has emerged. Boxes of masks handed out to multiple GP surgeries by NHS England are printed with an expiry date of 2016. But in an apparent attempt to conceal the issue, stickers showing a later expiry date of … Read more