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Elderly care home residents MUST be allowed see their families to prevent a ‘hidden catastrophe’, dementia charities warn Seven charities, including Alzheimer’s Society, have written to Matt Hancock Their letter urges the Health Secretary to allow more family to visit care homes They believe social isolation has hastened deterioration in dementia patients By Sophie Borland … Read more
Aerospace giant Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic causes ‘the gravest crisis’ the aviation industry has ever faced. The company is cutting nearly 15,000 jobs across its global operations to stay afloat as the coronavirus crisis rocks the air travel industry. In a statement released today, CEO Guillaume … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have to make the most of limited fiscal capacity if a jobs catastrophe is to be averted There are 9m employees on furlough The formal data we have so far on the Covid-19 shows a peak to trough fall of a whopping 25 per cent By Alex Brummer for … Read more
The first five months of SAGE meeting notes have revealed how scientists and health officials initially wrote-off coronavirus as another Swine flu before realising the error and desperately trying to catch up. The minutes, which cover 34 meetings held by the country’s top scientists and used in the government’s response to covid, were published for … Read more
Leaders of the UK town predicted to suffer the biggest economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic have issued an urgent plea for help from the Government. More than 50 per cent of jobs in Crawley are at risk of being lost or furloughed, according to a recent report. There are fears the West Sussex town, … Read more
The scale of the coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in Britain’s care homes was dramatically laid bare last night. The Chief Medical Officer revealed that almost 100 more homes had reported outbreaks in the past 24 hours. He said more than 13 per cent had now been hit nationally by the deadly disease, the equivalent of a … Read more
Swedes really don’t like to stand out. They much prefer to blend in. They even have their own word for it: ‘Jantelagen’, the Scandinavian answer to Australia and New Zealand’s ‘tall poppy syndrome’. It roughly translates as: ‘Don’t think you’re better than anyone else.’ And so it’s quite understandable that its government’s maverick response to … Read more
Among the most shocking aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the unprecedented impact on global economic conditions. A day which started with a degree of optimism due to a surge in a Chinese manufacturing index in March, suggesting there could be a sharp ‘V’ shaped recovery from global lockdowns, ended with more alarming data. In … Read more
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has soared past 100,000 cases, and the situation in New York City has become increasingly dire as cases continue to explode, with the healthcare system threatened with imminent collapse. Across the city, sirens wailed late into the night Friday as ambulance crews raced through empty streets from one call to … Read more
The situation in New York City grew increasingly dire early on Saturday, as coronavirus cases continued to explode in the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak and the healthcare system was threatened with imminent collapse. Across the city, sirens wailed late into the night Friday as ambulance crews raced through empty streets from one call to … Read more