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A manufacturer of a high-performing Covid-19 antibody test has still not managed to get it approved by officials for use in England — despite submitting proof months ago that it works better than others on the market. Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics first created its rapid antibody test, which tests blood to see whether someone has had … Read more
Covid-19 swab tests made by Randox and given to thousands of Britons have been HALTED over fears they are unsafe Care homes and public told to immediately stop using kits made by Randox labs Health bosses have refused to reveal the number of swab kits that are affected But Northern Irish firm is second largest … Read more
Leaked documents on US-UK trade talks deployed by Jeremy Corbyn during the election were ‘almost certainly’ spread by ‘Russian actors’, the government said today. The papers were brandished by the then-Labour leader during the campaign for the December poll as evidence that the NHS was at risk from a Transatlantic deal. He said at a series … Read more
How Russians worked to get LABOUR elected: Moscow hackers ‘almost certainly’ spread leaked documents on US-UK trade talks that were used by Jeremy Corbyn during campaign Government says Russians involved in spreading leaked material during election Documents on US-UK trade talks were used by Jeremy Corbyn as an attack line He claimed they showed the … Read more
NHS Test and Trace is still failing to find a more than a fifth of patients who test positive for Covid-19 — despite launching almost two months ago, shocking data revealed today. Of the 3,579 Covid-19 patients in England referred to the contact tracing programme between July 2 and July 8, just 2,815 were actually tracked down … Read more
An NHS doctor has demonstrated how masks do not affect breathing – before urging everyone to ‘stop being selfish’ and help protect the country. In the video shared to Twitter, Dr Joshua Wolrich, 30, from London, can be seen sitting alongside a piece of medical machinery which monitors his oxygen saturation levels before and after wearing a mask – … Read more
Up to two thirds of elderly patients discharged from hospitals into a care home at the height of the pandemic were not tested for Covid-19, it was claimed today. NHS England data shows at least 25,000 patients were moved from hospitals to care homes between March 17 and April 15. But 16,000 weren’t tested to … Read more
An infected nurse at a training event where staff didn’t wear masks or obey social distancing rules triggered a Covid-19 outbreak at a London hospital, insiders have claimed. Hillingdon Hospital in the west of the capital – in Boris Johnson’s constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip – started diverting ambulances to other hospitals on July 7. … Read more
An infected nurse at a training event where staff didn’t wear masks or obey social distancing rules triggered a Covid-19 outbreak at a London hospital, insiders have claimed. Hillingdon Hospital in the west of the capital – in Boris Johnson’s constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip – started diverting ambulances to other hospitals on July 7. … Read more
Britain’s Covid-19 death toll today topped 45,000 as officials recorded just 85 more victims and Scotland has now gone an entire week without suffering a single fatality. Just 75 Britons are now dying of coronavirus each day, on average. In comparison, the rate last Wednesday was 87 after health chiefs revealed 126 more people had … Read more