All NHS staff should be tested weekly for coronavirus as a matter of urgency, MPs say

All NHS staff must be tested for coronavirus every week to prevent them being put at ‘further unnecessary risk’ of catching and spreading the virus, MPs have said. The Health and Social Care Committee urged ministers to provide swabs to Britain’s 1.3million-strong healthcare workforce as a matter of urgency, and warned it was ‘yet to … Read more

Boris Johnson will ‘bang the table’ to bring urgency to Brexit talks by warning of No Deal

Boris Johnson will ‘bang the table’ on Sunday to try to bring urgency to Brexit talks by warning that the two sides are heading for No Deal if the pace of negotiations is not accelerated immediately.  The Prime Minister is expected to use a video conference with the EU’s most senior figures to urge ‘renewed energy … Read more

ABC doctor Norman Swan urges smokers to quit urgency to avoid catching coronavirus

NEW SOUTH WALES: 55 January 25  Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China contracted the disease. Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China.  They were treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital.  January 27   A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth … Read more

Facebook BANS ads that ‘attempt to create a sense of urgency’ around coronavirus or promise a cure

Facebook BANS ads that ‘attempt to create a sense of urgency’ around coronavirus or promise to cure it in latest attempt to reduce misinformation and fearmongering The firm committed to combat false information on the outbreak back in January Coronavirus has infected around 81, 180 people and killed 2,768 individuals Social media sites have become a hotbed … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: COBRA is a narrative about an urgent situation told with no urgency whatsoever 

COBRA Friday, Sky One Rating: (although also…  Rating: as there is a sort of joy in watching a series get it quite so wrong)  Let us talk our way though the first episode of COBRA, Sky’s new political drama about Britain during a time of national emergency, although I am not sure you would know … Read more