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The number of elderly deaths from coronavirus in Sweden is a ‘big failure’, the country’s ambassador to the US has said. Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter said 90 per cent of those who died in Sweden were over 70, meaning that around 2,700 elderly people have died of the virus. Sweden has banned visits to care homes … Read more
National Lottery website and app both crash after power failure ahead of £5m Lotto draw tonight Customers trying to access the website are told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the Watford area, an town northwest of London On Twitter, The National Lottery apologised for any inconvenience caused today By James Wood For … Read more
Ministers have been warned by their expert scientific advisers that lifting the coronavirus lockdown and then reimposing restrictions later would be seen by the public as a ‘serious failure of policy’. Newly-released secret documents show the government’s scientists have argued in favour of only a very slow easing of measures. They said if lockdown was … Read more
Britain quarantined just 273 out of 18.1million people who arrived in the UK in the three months before the coronavirus lockdown, damning new figures reveal today. The occupants of three flights from the outbreak ground zero in the Chinese city of Wuhan and another bringing home passengers from a cruise ship of Japan were the … Read more
Over a quarter of coronavirus patients on ventilation suffer kidney failure, causing a shortage of vital equipment. Charities have warned the killer infection can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden serious condition that can be fatal if not treated immediately. Thousands in intensive care are needing special renal support that takes over the … Read more
The primary role of the free Press has always been to hold the mighty to account. To fight injustice, to ask searching questions of the rich and powerful, and to represent the interests of ordinary families when the State becomes oppressive or overweening. But there are times when words alone are not enough. We have … Read more
Doctors’ desperation over PPE: One in four medics is forced to re-use vital protective clothing as it emerges the failure to stockpile gowns and visors dates back 11 YEARS Officials failed to buy enough gowns when setting up an emergency stockpile in 2009 Washing protective clothes at temperatures high enough to kill coronavirus weakens their … Read more
Two doctors, who are married to each other and expecting a baby, are suing the Government over the lawfulness of current guidance and a failure to source PPE for coronavirus frontline NHS staff. Dr Meenal Viz, a clinical fellow in medicine, and GP trainee Dr Nishant Joshi, have brought a complaint against the Department of … Read more
Care Minister Helen Whately was savaged during a series of brutal interviews this morning as she struggled to provide answers to key questions on the supply of PPE, deaths of frontline workers and testing errors. Ms Whately suffered four car crash grillings after she was sent out to bat for the government by Downing Street. … Read more
A leading Oxford professor has blasted the Government’s failure to introduce a lockdown sooner and says it was ‘completely out of step with almost all other European countries’. David Hunter condemned the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the ‘panic button’. When EU neighbours Spain, the Netherlands, France … Read more