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First, it was little more than a tickly cough and scratchy throat. Then there was a mild, nagging headache that came and went. In normal times, Adrian Simpson, 38, wouldn’t have thought much of it. But when the cough persisted for a day or so, he went online and booked a Covid test. ‘I wasn’t … Read more
People with dementia are TWICE as likely to catch COVID-19 and more than FOUR times more likely to die from the virus, new US study of 62 million people finds Case Western University researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records in the US Of more than 15,000 cases of COVID-19, they found 810 people who … Read more
People with dementia are TWICE as likely to catch COVID-19 and more than FOUR times more likely to die from the virus, new US study of 62 million people finds Case Western University researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records in the US Of more than 15,000 cases of COVID-19, they found 810 people who … Read more
Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more
Conservative MP Owen Paterson believes catching coronavirus affected his wife’s mental health before she tragically killed herself on his birthday and tells of his ‘utter devastation’. Rose Paterson, who was 64 and chairman of Aintree Racecourse, took her own life in woodland close to the couple’s home near Ellesmere, Shropshire in June last year. She … Read more
Hotel workers are afraid they will be at an increased risk of catching coronavirus from travellers arriving at quarantine sites across the UK, unions have warned. Unite want all hotels used to house travellers arriving in the UK to put proper safety measures in place and the union has encouraged its members to report and … Read more
Surrey Police ridicule burglary suspect after catching him in bright yellow onesie and say they have ‘eliminated Pudsey and Big Bird’ from enquiries Officers spotted the suspect in a bright yellow onesie at about 3.40am today Burglary took place at a restaurant on Station Road in Ashford this morning Surrey Police said they have ‘eliminated … Read more
How quickly the pandemic is rotting the minds of supposedly clever civil servants and ministers. The latest crazy ideas to emanate from Whitehall are contained in a leaked 16-page official document. Mad idea number one: to pay £500 to every person testing positive for Covid-19. Mad (and dangerous) idea number two: to give police access … Read more
Around 65,000 people in England are catching Covid-19 each day but the outbreak is no longer shrinking, according to analysts tracking the second wave. London-based Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) — a consultancy firm that uses official data to estimate daily infections across the country — predicted that cases plunged to 62,552 on January 14. … Read more
A website built by the University of Cambridge has been created to reveal the risk of infection from coronavirus in indoor spaces. The app has various customisable settings which include level of ventilation, number of occupants and the level of activity and mask wearing. Anyone can use it to find out the level of risk … Read more