Health Secretary Matt Hancock is blamed for early failings of Cobra meetings

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is blamed for early failings of Cobra meetings as government sources claim he didn’t ‘challenge’ his own department’s Covid-19 crisis response Whitehall’s coronavirus finger-pointing has thrust Matt Hancock into firing line  The Health Secretary is accused of poorly chairing the initial Cobra meetings  Plans have been sketched out for independent minister … Read more

Ministers ‘wasted more than £150million buying face masks that don’t work’ from investment firm

Ministers spent more than £150milllion buying millions of face masks from a small investment company that cannot be used by NHS medics, court documents reveal today. Around 50 million Chinese-made FFP2 masks supplied by Ayanda Capital had ear straps rather than head straps, which raised ‘concern’ they may not provide an ‘adequate fixing’ around the … Read more

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased in June

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased, a major study revealed today.    Some 123 Britons were diagnosed with the infection out of a sample size of nearly 160,000 people between June 9 and July 8 — an incidence rate of 0.07 per cent. This was down by almost half from May, … Read more

Thousands of Covid-19 deaths ‘to be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after counting fiasco

Thousands of coronavirus deaths ‘will be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after urgent review into counting fiasco that included people who had recovered and died of other causes in the toll Public Health England was miscounting coronavirus death, official review found Counted victims if they died from any cause months later after beating disease … Read more

Thousands of Covid-19 deaths ‘to be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after counting fiasco

Thousands of coronavirus deaths ‘will be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after urgent review into counting fiasco that meant no-one in England could EVER recover By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 08:30 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 08:35 BST, 6 August 2020 Thousands of coronavirus deaths are going to be wiped … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Scientist says case rises NOT second wave

Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s College London, said the UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are ‘ripples’ caused by a failure to completely flatten the first epidemic The UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are just ‘ripples’ caused by the failure to completely flatten the first epidemic and not proof of a second wave, according to a … Read more

New ‘lifesaving’ tests for coronavirus will be rolled out next week – and routinely screen Britons

Two new game-changing tests will be offered to millions of Britons in a major advance in the war on coronavirus. Hailed as ‘transformative’, the tests – which give results in 90 minutes – will start being rolled out from next week.  One is so simple it could soon be deployed in airports, offices, schools, pubs … Read more

New ‘lifesaving’ tests for coronavirus will be rolled out next week – and routinely screen Britons

Two new game-changing tests will be offered to millions of Britons in a major advance in the war on coronavirus. Hailed as ‘transformative’, the tests – which give results in 90 minutes – will start being rolled out from next week. One is so simple it could soon be deployed in airports, offices, schools, pubs … Read more

SAGE expert warns ‘further interventions’ could be needed to get schools open next month

What lockdown easing measures have been postponed today?  Wedding receptions of more than 30 people will no longer be allowed to take place today as had been planned. They are delayed until at least August 14 Test sporting events will be put on ice for the next two weeks until August 15.  Close contact beauty services such … Read more

Matt Hancock ties himself in knots about whether people in Manchester can leave the area

Matt Hancock got in a muddle on live radio today about whether 4.5million people in the newly locked-down north-west can visit friends outside the area saying: ‘I’ll have to come back to you on that’.   The Health Secretary was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester and appeared so flustered by the question host Becky Want then told … Read more