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Vaccine volunteer who is among 500 people trialling new coronavirus jab insists his decision is not ‘heroic’ It is hoped Oxford University trial will develop a jab protecting against the virus as early as September Volunteers run a small risk of serious side-effects, such as going into anaphylactic shock John Jukes, 36, from Oxfordshire, denied … Read more
A heroic ER doctor who risks her life every day on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak has lost custody of her daughter until the pandemic is over. Dr. Theresa Greene, an emergency room physician in Florida, has temporarily lost shared custody of her four-year-old daughter because of her work saving lives during the coronavirus … Read more
‘She inspired me to volunteer:’ Rita Ora praises ‘heroic’ mum Vera for returning to the NHS frontline during the coronavirus pandemic By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 12:35 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 12:39 BST, 10 April 2020 Rita Ora has praised her ‘heroic’ mum Vera for inspiring her to become an NHS volunteer … Read more
Heroic doctors in a Brooklyn hospital have given a harrowing account to the New York Times of how they are desperately battling coronavirus while living in fear for their own lives. The intensive care unit at Brooklyn Hospital Center has more than doubled in size as growing numbers of patients of all ages become critically … Read more
A young NHS nurse who died after treating stricken coronavirus patients had fallen ill at work but was not allowed to go home because his ward was so short-staffed, his heartbroken mother claimed last night. John Alagos, 23, the third nurse and the youngest British medic believed to have succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, … Read more
Elon Musk, entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been praised for delivering over 1,000 ventilators to a California hospital to help with the treatment of patients with COVID-19. The billionaire also delivered 50,000 face masks to the Seattle home of a University of Washington physician Sunday as healthcare workers continue to grapple with the extreme … Read more
Poet laureate Simon Armitage recalls heroic villagers of Eyam who quarantined themselves in 1665 to make sure no one else would catch their Black Death in his new coronavirus poem Locals in Derbyshire village took selfless measures to minimise disease spread They stayed home and left ‘cleansing’ vinegar-soaked cash in exchange for food Armitage says … Read more