Labour’s Angela Rayner has taken fire at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he criticised sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. The newly-elected deputy leader of the opposition party, who has been self-isolating at her Ashton-Under Lyne property after presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, said while it was important people heed government warnings, social distancing rules needed … Read more
Matt Hancock today blasted sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules as he said it is ‘quite unbelievable’ that a ‘small minority’ of people are refusing to stay at home. The Health Secretary said the government’s guidance for people not to go outside apart from in very specific circumstances was ‘not a request, it is a … Read more
Matt Hancock today blasted sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules as he said it is ‘quite unbelievable’ that a ‘small minority’ of people are refusing to stay at home. The Health Secretary said the government’s guidance for people not to go outside apart from in very specific circumstances was ‘not a request, it is a … Read more
Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more
Earlier in the week, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti urged citizens to don face masks in public while running ‘essential errands.’ And Christina Milian took the Mayor’s advice to heart, when she stepped out on Saturday sporting a medical grade face mask, while at a local farmer’s market. The 38-year-old actress was joined by beau Matt Pokora, … Read more
Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more
Health chiefs today insisted ‘well’ Britons do not need to wear face masks amid the coronavirus crisis – despite US officials set to advise exactly the opposite. England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam claimed wearing masks was ‘wired into’ some Asian cultures. But he ruled that there was no evidence masks helped stop … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more
Britons are still being told face masks do not protect them from coronavirus despite the US dramatically switching its stance overnight and advising all Americans to wear them. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today said the UK would not change its approach because he claims there is little evidence to show the masks help, and they … Read more