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Coronavirus crisis could cause a loneliness epidemic in older adults

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Coronavirus crisis could cause a loneliness epidemic in older adults: Study shows cutting off over-50s from transport, retail and leisure facilities increases feelings of isolation and depression Researchers surveyed 5,912 people aged 50+ from Finland, Poland and Spain They assessed their levels of loneliness and whether they had major depression People were asked about amenities and how walkable their neighbourhood … Read more

Spain has world’s second highest tally of coronavirus deaths

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Spain has today overtaken China to record the world’s second-highest death toll from coronavirus.  Spanish officials reported 738 new deaths today, the country’s biggest daily jump so far, taking the total from 2,696 to 3,434.  The figure is now higher than the 3,285 people who have died in mainland China, where the outbreak began in … Read more

Good news for travel industry amid coronavirus crisis with bookings to UK and Spain up for 2021

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Good news FINALLY arrives for the travel industry: Flight bookings to the UK for January 2021 up 229% and to Spain they’re up 171% Even Italy is showing an upward trend for January of next year  Analysts say travellers are showing signs of confidence for end of the year, too Travellers from Asia are more … Read more

European coronavirus mega-trial will test four experimental drugs

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Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies.   The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg.  It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more

Soldiers tasked with disinfecting care homes in Spain find ABANDONED corpses

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Spanish soldiers have found dead and dying people abandoned in multiple care homes after the army was called in to disinfect the properties over coronavirus fears.  Spain’s defence minister Margarita Robles said the military had found ‘some old people completely abandoned, sometimes even dead in their beds’.  Some people’s bodies were found under the same … Read more

Soldiers tasked with disinfecting care homes in Spain find ABANDONED corpses

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Dead and dying elderly coronavirus victims are found ABANDONED in multiple Spanish care homes – with some left under the same roof as their deceased loved-ones Corpses found in same homes as loved ones who are still alive, reports suggest  Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME) were cleaning the homes to slow spread  Deadly coronavirus infected … Read more

Woman is greeted with cheers from doctors and nurses as she leaves intensive care

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WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS? 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 … Read more

British woman dragged out of Tenerife pool by police is hard-left unionist rabble rouser

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The selfish tourist who defied Spain’s Covid-19 lockdown to swim in a hotel pool in Tenerife can be revealed as a hard-left union rabble rouser who stood as a Labour Party candidate at the last election. Joanne Rust, 53, from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, provoked outrage when she jumped into the waters at the Paradise Park … Read more

British woman dragged out of Tenerife pool by police is hard-left unionist rabble rouser

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The selfish tourist who defied Spain’s Covid-19 lockdown to swim in a hotel pool in Tenerife can be revealed as a hard-left union rabble rouser who stood as a Labour Party candidate at the last election. Joanne Rust, 53, from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, provoked outrage when she jumped into the waters at the Paradise Park … Read more

European coronavirus mega-trial will test four experimental drugs

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Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies.   The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg.  It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more