Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 16,510 with 450 new fatalities

England, Scotland and Wales announce 450 more coronavirus victims in NHS hospitals taking the UK’s death toll to 16,510 By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:03 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:12 BST, 20 April 2020 England, Scotland and Wales have announced 450 more deaths from the coronavirus today, taking the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Police mocked for pulling over Chief Constable

North Wales police officers face ridicule after accidentally pulling over their own chief constable during coronavirus lockdown checks amid backlash at ‘overzealous’ enforcement By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 17:16 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 00:17 BST, 3 April 2020 North Wales police were left red-faced this week after on duty officers pulled over … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits with 2,352 with 563 new deaths

The UK has recorded another 563 coronavirus deaths today, marking the worst day so far for two days in a row.  The increase takes the country’s total death toll to 2,352 – a jump of almost a third overnight (31 per cent). And 29,474 people have now tested positive for COVID-19. The UK is the … Read more

Coronavirus Wales: Worries that deaths in Gwent ‘mirror’ Italy’s

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

Coronavirus Wales: Worries that deaths in Gwent ‘mirror’ Italy’s

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

Coronavirus UK: Death toll jumps to 474 with 9,849 cases

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

Coronavirus UK: Death toll jumps to 474 with 9,849 cases

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

Coronavirus UK: Man, 47, died after refusing to call ambulance

A ‘fit and healthy’ banker from Wales has died at his home while in self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms – after refusing to call an ambulance because they would be ‘too busy dealing with other people’. Tim Galley, who is understood to have had no underlying health conditions, had to remain separated from his  girlfriend Donna … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Daily death toll halves, rising by 43 to 465

The UK has recorded 43 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours compared to 87 yesterday, but new infections have sky-rocketed by a record 1,452 to 9,529 as Britons continued to flout the lockdown today. Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Small engineering company makes ventilator

Family-run engineering company in Wales develop new ventilator in just THREE days to treat coronavirus patients and are manufacturing 100 a day to help battle pandemic Covid Emergency Ventilator was devised with help from a senior NHS consultant Engineers CR Clarke usually design plastic fabrication equipment for industry They were approached by Dr Rhys Thomas … Read more