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Deliveroo will serve 500,000 free meals including pizzas, salads and pasta to NHS workers on the frontlines of Britain’s battle against coronavirus. Pizza Hut has offered 350,000 meals to the initiative while Itsu and Lewis Hamilton’s Neat Burger have said they will offer a ‘sizeable’ number to the health service. Deliveroo customers ordering food will … Read more
Get tested Michael! Gove coughs his way through TV interviews as some viewers fear for his health while others claim he is putting it on Michael Gove was interviewed on Andrew Marr’s TV show on Sunday morning But the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had to stifle a cough throughout His aides have since … Read more
Boris Johnson is ‘very firmly in charge’ of UK coronavirus response and will chair meetings today despite being locked down in No11 bunker suffering from the disease, says Michael Gove Boris Johnson revealed on Friday that he has tested positive for coronavirus Michael Gove insisted the PM is still ‘very firmly in charge’ despite being … Read more
Now ANOTHER Tory minister has ‘coronavirus’: Scottish Secretary Alister Jack self-isolates at home with ‘mild temperature and cough’ 24 hours after Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock were struck down with killer bug By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 12:28 GMT, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 12:52 GMT, 28 March 2020 Another cabinet minister has been … Read more
Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock faced accusations they had failed to follow their own advice on social distancing after both tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister and Health Secretary were pictured at close quarters in the Commons in recent days – well within the advised 6ft limit. Just hours after they confirmed they had … Read more
We are now almost numb to the pace of daily developments. The graph lines of infection and mortality grow steeper as the global situation verges on the Biblical; many of our most prominent public figures are going down like nine pins; our economy lurches from one epochal blow to the next. As we all know, … Read more
The Government may have jumped by the gun by announcing coronavirus home-testing kits for millions of Britons after admitting it was only a deal ‘in principle’. On Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he had ordered 3.5 million revolutionary ‘antibody’ tests that could be available to the public within days. But in a major u-turn, Government sources now … Read more
It will be weeks before rapid coronavirus tests are available to identify whether someone is safe to return to work, officials have admitted. In a major blow to the Government, experts said no such tests had yet been proven to work and it could be some time until they go on sale. Hopes were raised … Read more
‘We’re still here’: Samaritans vow to keep call lines open during coronavirus pandemic after suspected suicides of nurse and infected patient Samaritans volunteers are continuing to carry out helpline services in branches British death toll from coronavirus stands at 465 with almost 10,000 cases For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local … Read more
Dyson has been handed an order of 10,000 ventilators from the Government to save the lives of Britons floored by coronavirus. Billionaire entrepreneur James Dyson has said ‘the race is on’ to get the medical machines created specifically for the pandemic into production as UK deaths hit 465. Britain’s hospitals currently have 8,000 ventilators but … Read more