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NHS cleaners, porters and office staff were secret coronavirus super-spreaders within hospital

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NHS cleaners, porters and office staff were unknown ‘super-spreaders’ in hospitals, according to the nation’s antibody screening drive. Sir John Bell, who runs the programme, said background workers at some UK hospitals had ‘sky high’ levels of antibodies compared to doctors and nurses on COVID-19 wards. It means it was the hospital cleaners and porters, … Read more

Oxford hospital worker, 56, dies after telling friends ‘porters like me…do not have PPE’

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A popular hospital worker died from coronavirus after telling friends ‘porters like me and other admin staff do not have PPE’.  ‘Gentle giant’ Peter Gough, 56, worked at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford as an administration assistant until his death from Covid-19 on May 12. He told friend Paul Saville, 53, the hospital was the … Read more

Two porters have died in Oxford hospital from coronavirus as NHS death toll rises to 21

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Two ports both married to nurses have died in an Oxford hospital from the coronavirus, bringing the NHS death toll to 21. It follows Matt Hancock’s earlier announcement that 19 NHS workers had died with Covid-19, the deadly illness caused by the novel Wuhan virus.  Oxford University Hospitals said in a statement: ‘It is with … Read more