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Boris Johnson taken to intensive care By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 20:13 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 20:22 BST, 6 April 2020 Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus condition worsened, Downing Street announced tonight. The Prime Minister, who was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London last night, was moved to … Read more
England’s chief medical officer played down the prospects of a swift lifting of the coronavirus lockdown today. Professor Chris Whitty said that discussions about moving on to the next stage of the response to the pandemic would be premature until the nation has passed the peak number of deaths. He downplayed reports that this figure … Read more
Britons stranded abroad will be charged up to £1,000 a head to get seats on new wave of repatriation flights Foreign Office revealed details of repatriation flights for India and South Africa Thousands of Britons are still struggling to get home after travel restrictions British ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce has warned Brits to … Read more
MPs blasts China’s ‘lies’ over coronavirus saying regime cost lives by allowing ‘disinformation to spread as quickly as the virus’ to protect their image Commons Foreign Affairs committee voices alarm at ‘disinformation’ from China Says regime’s response of ‘obfuscating’ situation has been costing British lives MPs also warned on disinformation spread by states such as … Read more
PM’s dithering as virus killed 33,000 Britons… 63 years ago: Boris Johnsons’ predecessor Harold Macmillan only found out about the deadly Asian flu virus in 1957 after reading about it in a newspaper By James Heale For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:40 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 01:28 BST, 5 April 2020 A … Read more
Scientist leading Sweden’s battle against coronavirus says Britain’s lockdown has gone too far as his country allows bars, restaurants and schools to remain open Sweden’s face in fight against coronavirus has kept bars and restaurants open Anders Tegnell said he was ‘disappointed’ when Britain abruptly altered strategy Country is relying on citizens to control virus … Read more
Scientists who offered their help to the British Government’s coronavirus testing effort say they never heard back from officials. Universities, private laboratories and research institutes could have been processing thousands of coronavirus tests for weeks, they say, if they had been enlisted. A COVID-19 testing row erupted this week after Germany scaled up its testing … Read more
The spread of fake and real coronavirus information is being tracked by scientists to see which stories are getting the most attention on social media. Researchers from the Open University will compare COVID-19 posts on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit against fact-checked articles from verified sources. It comes as the UK government announced a spike in … Read more
Phishing involves cyber-criminals attempting to steal personal information such as online passwords, bank details or money from an unsuspecting victim. Very often, the criminal will use an email, phone call or even a fake website pretending to be from a reputable company. The criminals can use personal details to complete profiles on a victim which … Read more
Major UN climate change summit which was set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed until 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak Cop26 climate change summit was due to take place in Glasgow in November UN climate talks thought to be most important since the Paris Agreement in 2015 The summit has been … Read more