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The R number has been guiding Government on when to lift lockdown. But the K number will become crucial for fighting a second wave, scientists believe. The K value helps indicate how many cases of the coronavirus are caused by ‘superspreader’ events by measuring variation in the spread of disease. For COVID-19, many outbreaks have … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today tried to save face and play down the significance of the NHS coronavirus app after the Government admitted the roll out of the technology has been delayed. Fears are mounting over the Government’s new coronavirus contact tracing programme after No10 said it would not be fully ready by the start … Read more
The coronavirus is infecting people twice as fast in the North East of England than it is in London, data shows. According to research by Public Health England and the University of Cambridge, the crucial reproduction rate, known as the R, is just 0.4 in the capital. In the North East and Yorkshire, the R … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tonight announced that the coronavirus is ‘only just’ under control, admitting its reproduction rate may be close to 1. The reproduction rate – known as the R – explains how many people the average COVID-19 patient passes the virus on to before they recover. It is used to measure how fast … Read more
At this time of Covid-19 and the heightened stress that most of us are experiencing, our internal body clocks and ability to sleep may be disrupted just when we most need them to stay healthy. New research has shown that our response to infection changes over the course of each day, and — even more … Read more
‘He says the door is always open’: Netflix’s Nailed It! host Nicole Byer reveals how Conan O’Brien has been ‘crucial in uplifting her black female voice’ in her career By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:02 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 06:02 BST, 3 May 2020 Outspoken American comedian Nicole Byer is best … Read more
Pictured for the first time empty and stuck on the tarmac in Istanbul airport, this is the RAF transport plane that remains stranded in Turkey while it waits to collect 84 tons of desperately-needed PPE supplies. The Atlas A400 remains unloaded, sources have told MailOnline, with the vital life-saving equipment nowhere to be seen at the … Read more
An RAF plane collecting crucial PPE for the coronavirus battle is still grounded in Turkey today amid furious warnings hospitals face running out. Ministers originally declared that the 84 tonnes of life-saving equipment would arrive on Sunday, but it failed to turn up. They then claimed it would arrive yesterday, but the first military flight … Read more
Turkey has hit back in a row over the shipment of crucial PPE supplies to the UK after the British government blamed ‘challenges at the Turkish end’ for the arrival of the kit being delayed. Ministers faced fury today after it emerged that coronavirus protective equipment in Turkey was yet to be shipped to Britain, … Read more
Ministers face fresh fury today as a vital shipment of coronavirus protective kit from Turkey looks set to be delayed again – with some hospitals resorting to washing medical gowns for reuse. Downing Street has been trying to play down expectations over the arrival of 84 tonnes of life-saving supplies, which failed to turn up … Read more