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Timelapse video shows incredible transformation of London’s ExCel centre into 4,000 bed coronavirus mega-hospital in just nine days The footage shows just how quickly the 100-acre site temporary facility was built Coronavirus death toll in UK hit 3,605 and more than 38,000 cases confirmed New Hospital is part of a nationwide push to increase capacity … Read more
Only three of England’s deaths from coronavirus have been in people less than 20 years old, data shows, while 92 per cent have been in people aged over 60. Britain saw its darkest day of the pandemic yesterday as deaths surged by 684 to 3,605. The vast majority, 3,302, have been recorded in England. The … Read more
The NHS will have ‘nowhere near’ enough ventilators to cope with the coronavirus peak over Easter Sunday with only 30 to arrive in the first batch, according to The Guardian. Hospitals across Britain are still 21,825 ventilators short of the estimated 30,000 it will need when the crisis, which has infected over 38,000 Britons, is at … Read more
The number of people going to A&E departments in the UK has plummeted by almost half in just a month as the NHS grapples with the coronavirus crisis. Statistics from around 50 hospitals show the number of emergency visits fell 43 per cent – from 104,251 to just 58,447 – in the last week of … Read more
The NHS will have ‘nowhere near’ enough ventilators to cope with the coronavirus peak over Easter Sunday with only 30 to arrive in the first batch, according to sources. Hospitals across Britain are still 21,825 ventilators short of the estimated 30,000 it will need when the crisis, which has infected over 38,000 Britons, is at … Read more
Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie Sandiford have been slammed by viewers for mocking The Body Coach star Joe Wicks. On the latest episode of the Channel 4 show, the brother and sister duo hit out at the fitness enthusiast, accusing him of ‘cashing in big time’ on the coronavirus pandemic amid his hugely popular work … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. Boris Johnson has been forced to … Read more
An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more