Superdrug to be the first high street retailer to offer Coronavirus antibody test Tests will begin today and will detect positive antibodies 97.5 percent of the time. The test will be sold via […]
President Donald Trump gives World Health Organisation a 30 day ultimatum In a four page letter addressed to the director general of The World Health Organization (WHO), President Trump has accused […]
Russian building workers given green light to go back to work Even though most of the Russian economy is in lockdown and hospitals struggle to cope with coronavirus deaths, the country’s construction […]
The Chinese city of Wuhan is working on plans to test all of its 11 million residents for Covid-19 according to state media. It comes after a cluster of six new cases […]
Black people are ‘four times more likely to die’ from COVID-19 than white people A new report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that some ethnic groups have a […]
Flooding in Africa kills more than 200 people Both Kenya and Uganda have been hit by deadly flooding. It is expected that more than 200 people have died as a result. Recent […]
A report by the Resolution Foundation think tank has estimated youth unemployment in the UK could rise by 640,000 this year. This would take the total to above one million. Latest official […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to reach 200,000 tests for coronavirus a day by the end of May. The government announced it had hit its target of 100,000 tests on Friday, […]
Since the government has loosened rules on who can apply for a coronavirus test millions more in England have become eligible to apply for a test. This means that care home staff […]
Poland to re-open schools and shopping malls next week Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says the country’s hotels and shopping malls are going to open from Monday. Poland is easing restrictions imposed to […]
Care home death figures continue to rise Following the outbreak of coronavirus, deaths continue to reach record high numbers in UK Care Homes. The Office of National Statistics and The Care Quality […]
UK holds one-minute silence for key workers who have died from COVID-19. A minute’s silence has been held across the UK at 11 am, commemorating key workers who have died from COVID-19. […]
UK announces 449 more coronavirus deaths – the fewest for a fortnight The trend in deaths and hospitalisation is now downwards with a ‘flat-lining’ on government graphs. NHS England announced that the […]
The Government is expected to announce an extension to the lockdown later today. The extension will last three weeks and is not likely to be relaxed before a vaccine is discovered. Labour […]
Rohingya camps in Bangladesh under lockdown over coronavirus Bangladesh has enforced a complete lockdown on Cox’s Bazaar, a southern district home to over a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. District head Kamal […]
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has suggested mass gatherings in the Islamic Republic may be banned through the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic. BREAKING: Iran’s supreme leader […]
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has stated that UK GDP dropped by 0.1% in February, before the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. Official statisticians say that poor weather impacting the […]
President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US funds to the World Health Organisation Mr Trump alleges it ‘missed the call’ on the coronavirus pandemic. He said WHO was ‘very China-centric’ in […]
Britain wakes this morning knowing that Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s condition while fighting the COVID-19 virus is so serious he needs treatment in intensive care. The deterioration in his health means that […]
World officials urge President Trump to ease sanctions on Iran for the coronavirus crisis A group of former diplomats and ministers around the world have called on President Trump to ease sanctions […]
Prime Minister likely to be in hospital for a second night The cabinet meeting scheduled on Tuesday has been postponed as housing minister, Robert Jenrick, said that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Italy and Spain show signs that they are levelling off the pandemic curve. Leaders cautioned, however, that any improvements could easily be reversed if people did not continue to follow social distancing […]
Domestic Abuse Calls up are by 25% since lockdown began. A spokesperson for the charity Refuge says calls to National Domestic Abuse Helplines have increased by 25% since lockdown began two weeks […]
President Donald Trump has predicted death rates in the US to surge to a ‘horrific point’ but promises a ‘light at the end of the tunnel.’ His comments come after US Surgeon […]
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been admitted to hospital after suffering from the coronavirus for ten days. A Downing Street statement says this was on the advice of his doctor because […]
Chief Nurse pays tribute to two frontline nurses who died after testing positive for coronavirus. Ruth May made an impassioned plea for the public to stay at home this weekend despite the […]
The World Health Organization has given a new name to the Coronavirus and warns that the desease is a global threat greater than terrorism. The virus will now be officially called ‘COVID-19’ […]
UK scientists seek coronavirus vaccine A team of scientists have been working around the clock to find a vaccine to cure the Coronavirus outbreak. They have managed to reduce the average […]
Britons flying back from Wuhan on Thursday will be isolated for two weeks possibly at a military base. Wuhan city in China is sealed-off and countries such as Britain, EU, Japan, Australia […]
China opens quarantine hospital for coronavirus patients The building of a hospital in Wuhan China has been completed four months early to cope with the growing coronavirus crisis. It was planned to […]
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