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The Countess of Wessex organised PPE shipments for ambulance crews and hospital staff across the UK during a visit to St John Ambulance hub today. Sophie, 55, who has been at the forefront of the royal family’s response to the crisis, joined the organisation’s Operational Support Hub in Gosport to help out. The royal, who … Read more
Heathrow becomes a cargo hub amid scramble to fly in medical supplies like ventilators and PPE By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 14 April 2020 Heathrow has become a cargo hub as the number of passengers has plummeted. Flights by freight-only planes using the … Read more
A fascinating video shows how London became a hub for the global spread of coronavirus after the initial outbreak in China. Scientists have used genetic sequencing data to illustrate how different strands of the virus travelled to the UK via the capital and how it was passed on to other countries. The map, produced by … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Heathrow warns it may fall behind Paris as Europe’s No1 airport hub ‘within two years’ Heathrow says that Paris-Charles De Gaulle is growing at twice the rate that it is Figures show that 6.1million passengers travelled through Heathrow in January Heathrow’s chief executive said new runway was needed to make UK a ‘winner’ By Jennifer … Read more