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Professor John Newton, director of public health improvement for Public Health England, has been appointed by the government to try and hit ambitious new coronavirus testing targets. Speaking this afternoon at the daily government press conference, Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged to carry out 100,000 tests every day by the end of the month. To … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock demands Premier League footballers ‘play their part’ in tackling coronavirus crisis as he tells them: ‘Take a pay cut’ Matt Hancock said ‘everybody needs to play their part’ in fighting coronavirus He said given the ‘sacrifices’ others are making, footballers should take pay cut Comes amid growing pressure on star players … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock demands Premier League footballers ‘play their part’ in tackling coronavirus crisis as he tells them: ‘Take a pay cut’ Matt Hancock said ‘everybody needs to play their part’ in fighting coronavirus He said given the ‘sacrifices’ others are making, footballers should take pay cut Comes amid growing pressure on star players … Read more
Matt Hancock’s five-point plan to increase coronavirus testing to 100,000 per day Increase the number of swab tests being carried out by Public Health England labs and the NHS to 25,000 per day by the end of the month. Vastly expand the swab testing network using private sector retailers like Boots and Amazon, universities and … Read more
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 crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Responding on January 23 to mounting fears about the remorseless advance across the globe of coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock delivered a statement to the Commons. Even though deaths were inexorably rising in China, where the incurable killer originated, no cases had – yet – been discovered in Britain. Nevertheless, Mr Hancock sought to reassure … Read more
Lockdown, what lockdown? London’s social scene might have been put on the backburner, but its movers and shakers are refusing to let the fun come to an end. Everyone from the Duchess of Cornwall to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and, reportedly, David Cameron is now socialising via Houseparty, the social network which allows group video … Read more
Along with millions of people around the world, Boris Johnson likes to Zoom. On Tuesday our Covid-19 stricken, self-isolating Prime Minister posted a photograph on Twitter showing a cabinet meeting he had conducted remotely, using Zoom, the video conferencing application. There on his desktop computer screen were all the senior members of his government — … Read more
Along with millions of people around the world, Boris Johnson likes to Zoom. On Tuesday our Covid-19 stricken, self-isolating Prime Minister posted a photograph on Twitter showing a cabinet meeting he had conducted remotely, using Zoom, the video conferencing application. There on his desktop computer screen were all the senior members of his government — … Read more
Downing Street has admitted just 2,000 of 500,000 frontline NHS workers have been tested for coronavirus as Matt Hancock today ordered hospitals to ‘max out’ testing capacity on doctors and nurses. The government has faced fierce criticism of its testing efforts relating to health workers amid claims 15 per cent of the NHS workforce could … Read more