Online DIY tutorials detail method for using pillowcase or T-shirt to create protection

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has led to a shortage of protective face masks, leading to a deluge of online tutorials ion how to make your own using a t-shirt or pillowcase. Homemade masks offer significantly less protection than the N95 medical masks, which are made of a thick, tightly woven material that fits over the … Read more

Online DIY tutorials detail method for using pillowcase or T-shirt to create protection

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has led to a shortage of protective face masks, leading to a deluge of online tutorials ion how to make your own using a t-shirt or pillowcase. Homemade masks offer significantly less protection than the N95 medical masks, which are made of a thick, tightly woven material that fits over the … Read more

Should we wear them after all? Scientists urge UK to issue millions of face masks

Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more

Should we wear them after all? Scientists urge UK to issue millions of face masks

Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more

Britain gave up on containing the killer coronavirus outbreak TOO SOON, claims leading scientist

The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more

Britain gave up on containing the killer coronavirus outbreak TOO SOON, claims leading scientist

The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more

Hundreds of Germans return to movie drive-ins for entertainment, as coronavirus testing ramped up

Hundreds return to old-fashioned movie drive-ins for socially distanced entertainment in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country announces it will test 200,000 people a day for the virus.  Angela Merkel’s government plans to replicate South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak by testing all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come … Read more

Hundreds of Germans return to movie drive-ins for entertainment, as coronavirus testing ramped up

Hundreds return to old-fashioned movie drive-ins for socially distanced entertainment in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country announces it will test 200,000 people a day for the virus.  Angela Merkel’s government plans to replicate South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak by testing all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come … Read more

Germany will test 200,000 people a DAY for coronavirus

Germany is planning to test 200,000 people a day for coronavirus in the hope of replicating South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak, it has emerged.  Angela Merkel’s government wants to test all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come into contact with a confirmed patient.  South Korea ‘can be an … Read more

Germany will test 200,000 people a DAY for coronavirus

Germany is planning to test 200,000 people a day for coronavirus in the hope of replicating South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak, it has emerged.  Angela Merkel’s government wants to test all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come into contact with a confirmed patient.  South Korea ‘can be an … Read more