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If we thought our health service was prepared for the coronavirus, the past few days have brought a shattering reality. Here, in a chilling dispatch from the front line, one doctor recounts the moment Covid-19 struck and overwhelmed a major London hospital – and how doctors and nurses watched helplessly as patients died an excruciating … Read more
Worker for the Queen at Buckingham Palace ‘contracts coronavirus while the monarch was still at London residence before she went to Windsor’ Aide tested positive for bug – which has killed 233 in UK – after falling ill last week It is not yet known whether the infected staff member got close to the Queen … Read more
Worker for the Queen at Buckingham Palace ‘contracts coronavirus while the monarch was still at London residence before she went to Windsor’ Aide tested positive for bug – which has killed 233 in UK – after falling ill last week It is not yet known whether the infected staff member got close to the Queen … Read more
Nurses have been pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and feet at an NHS hospital that has been overwhelmed by coronavirus. Northwick Park hospital, in Harrow, London, declared an emergency situation on Thursday after all of its critical care beds were filled with patients. It took 24 hours for the hospital to stand … Read more
Some years ago I had the very good luck to fall into the hands of a totally useless doctor. It was hell, and nearly worse than that, but it taught me one of the most important lessons of my life. He was charming, grey-haired, smooth and beautifully dressed. He was standing in for my usual … Read more
The government today scolded ‘shameful’ panic-buyers and pleaded with the frenzied shoppers to consider more vulnerable people before emptying the nation’s supermarkets. The coronavirus death toll in the UK has hit 233 as a further 53 people died in England alone in the worst 24 hours yet. Environment Secretary George Eustice told people to ‘calm … Read more
The government today scolded ‘shameful’ panic-buyers and pleaded with the frenzied shoppers to consider more vulnerable people before emptying the nation’s supermarkets. The coronavirus death toll in the UK has hit 233 as a further 53 people died in England alone in the worst 24 hours yet. Environment Secretary George Eustice told people to ‘calm … Read more
Queen ‘waits for the right moment’ to make a major coronavirus TV address to calm Britain’s nerves By Glen Owen for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 21 March 2020 The Queen is preparing to make a televised address to calm the nation’s nerves during the ‘difficult … Read more
Queen ‘waits for the right moment’ to make a major coronavirus TV address to calm Britain’s nerves By Glen Owen for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 The Queen is preparing to make a televised address to calm the nation’s nerves during the ‘difficult … Read more
From Jo Brand on Table Manners to the eight-part drama Blackout, Castaway and The Coronavirus Podcast, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 Table Manners Every week on this big-hearted podcast, singer Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie invite a celebrity guest … Read more