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PM’s Briefing: Turning the tide in 12 weeks
The Prime Minister, appearing alongside the Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty, announced his aim to “turn the tide”…
Coronavirus and the model
As the Government and its scientific advisers look to publish modelling that has informed UK coronavirus strategy so far, Professor…
Volunteers in US first to trial COVID-19 vaccine
A clinical trial testing a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 has begun in Seattle, with four patients receiving the investigational vaccine.…
£330 billion fund announced to protect businesses from coronavirus
Chancellor for the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced a stream of new measures to protect businesses and individuals in the…
All non-urgent operations in England postponed
Non-urgent operations will be postponed for at least three moths in order to provider 30,000 beds for COVID-19 patients. This…
Covid-19 outbreak declared a pandemic by WHO
After expressing concern over the spread of Covid-19 outside of China over the past weeks, WHO has now declared that the outbreak of the…
NHS set to ramp up COVID-19 testing
The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are planning to significantly increase the number of daily coronavirus testing to 10,000.…
COVID-19: advice for the health and social care sector
The constantly developing progress of Coronavirus (COVID-19) presents health and social care organisations with a unique array of issues to…
‘Global emergency’ declared as UK confirms two cases of deadly virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Chinese coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, as the virus continues to spread. The announcement comes…