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A Government exercise four years ago predicted a deadly virus from Asia would arrive in the UK and leave the NHS on its knees, it was revealed today. In October 2016, epidemiologists from Imperial College London told Government ministers what Britain would look like seven weeks into a pandemic. Exercise Cygnus showed the NHS unable … Read more
French former Minister Patrick Devedjian, 75, becomes most senior politician in Europe to die of coronavirus By Peter Allen for MailOnline Published: 10:20 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 10:26 BST, 29 March 2020 A former French minister today (SUN) became the most senior politician in Europe to die of Coronavirus. Patrick Devedjian, the 75-year-old … Read more
French former Minister Patrick Devedjian, 75, becomes most senior politician in Europe to die of coronavirus By Peter Allen for MailOnline Published: 10:20 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 10:26 BST, 29 March 2020 A former French minister today (SUN) became the most senior politician in Europe to die of Coronavirus. Patrick Devedjian, the 75-year-old … Read more
Two-thirds of Britons want Brexit trade talks delay so Boris Johnson can focus on coronavirus, poll finds Boris Johnson has insisted Brexit transition will not be extended past December Mounting speculation the date will have to be moved amid coronavirus chaos Poll finds two-thirds of the public back an extension to focus on killer disease … Read more
Mill building collapses as massive early morning blaze rips through businesses and firefighters warn neighbours to stay in with windows closed Firefighters called to Morton Mill in Failsworth, Manchester at 5.22am today Blaze was seen engulfing the mill building and a boarded up home nearby Elecricity to homes in the area is affected and Oldham Road closed … Read more
Stranded Britons face paying up to £40,000 for flight home during coronavirus lockdown amid fury at Foreign Office for failing to support people stuck abroad Tim Johnson said flights from New Zealand cost between £15,000 and £40,096 The global coronavirus death toll hit 30,000 and more than 650,000 infected Around 6,000 Britons, some vital NHS staff, … Read more
Britain is finally carrying out 10,000 tests per day to diagnose coronavirus, Michael Gove confirmed today. Amid mounting criticism about slow progress gearing up the response, the Cabinet minister insisted the government was ‘very concerned’ about the growing death toll and was doing ‘all that we can’ to ‘accelerate’ the numbers of tests. But he … Read more
Government pandemic exercise predicted a virus coming from Asia would overwhelm an NHS desperately short of protective equipment and ventilators but nothing was done Exercise Cygnus was carried out by Imperial College epidemiologists in 2016 Set seven weeks into pandemic that came from Asia similar to H2N2 influenza Experts told ministers NHS would suffer shortages but … Read more
Britain is finally carrying out 10,000 tests per day to diagnose coronavirus, Michael Gove confirmed today. Amid mounting criticism, the Cabinet minister insisted the government was ‘very concerned’ about the growing death toll and was doing ‘all that we can’ to ‘accelerate’ the numbers of tests. But he declined to give a timescale for when … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as the UK suffered its worst day yet and saw a huge spike in victims, 13 of which were found to have no underlying health conditions. Across the country a total of 120,776 coronavirus tests have taken place, and a whopping 17,089 have come back … Read more