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The Government has confirmed a further 621 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours in figures revealed by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick. Jenrick also confirmed that more than 100,000 people had been screened for the virus yesterday.
With the death toll rising, the race is on its way to finding a treatment for COVID-19, and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital hope to have a cure for the virus.
A research paper published today confirmed that if any of the drugs is even slightly effective, it could transform the pandemic.
Dr. Michael Pelly, HIV specialist professor Anton Pozniak and international financial consultant Guy de Selliers, established a three-phase plan to bring the British back to normal.
This would see the prison closing much faster than government advisers anticipate.
The authors have suggested that as hospital admissions decline, the reduction in restrictions may even begin within two weeks.
Pharmacological trials could mean that blocking restrictions will ease in two weeks (Image: Getty)
Additional restrictions could be lifted due to test results in early June, with a complete end to the blockade in mid-summer.
Dr. Pelly said: “HIV completely changed as a disease through the development of treatments, without scientists developing a vaccine.
“In the short term, antivirals can give us the option we need.
“We cannot live locked up forever. In the long term, we need a vaccine, we need drugs for early disease, we need drugs for late disease, we need the whole range. ”
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Sunday, May 3
Shi Zhengli has ruled out dropout rumors (Image: GETTY)
1.15am update: denial of desertion
Shi Zhengli, the virologist whose work has been under the spotlight due to coronavirus conspiracy theories, has rejected reports she has defected from China.
Shi, a renowned bat coronavirus researcher, wrote on WeChat: “No matter how difficult things are, there will be no ‘deserter’ situation as rumors say.
“We have done nothing wrong and we still have strong faith in science.
“There must be a day when the clouds separate and the sun rises.”
12.15am update: order of Colorado
Colorado Governor Jarrod Pollis revealed that the state did not publicly disclose an order for 100,000 test kits from South Korea.
Pollis told Colorado Public Radio: “We were concerned that the federal government or someone else would take them.
“We kept it a secret. We just didn’t know if someone would swoop in … I mean, we didn’t want another state or the feds or anyone.”
Saturday, May 2
11:15 p.m. update: Germany rejects China
The German Foreign Ministry wrote a letter to the Bundestag alleging that it rejected China’s demands to make pro-Beijing statements regarding the coronavirus.
“The German government is aware of the individual contacts made by Chinese diplomats with the aim of making positive public statements about the handling of the coronavirus by the People’s Republic of China.
“The federal government has not complied with these requests.”
Gursimran Hans has taken over the live reporting from Bill McLoughlin.
9:15 pm update: New York “not open for business”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has rejected what he has called premature demands to reopen the state.
Some states have partially reopened their economies over the weekend, Cuomo said New York was not ready to follow suit.
He added: “Even when you are in unknown waters, it does not mean that you proceed blindly.
“Use information to determine action, not emotion, not politics, not what people think or feel, but what we know in terms of facts.”
8.19 p.m. update: France reports increased COVID-19 deaths
France has reported another 166 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s total to 24,760.
7.43 p.m. update: Brits get a boost on antibody response
Experts gave the British a boost after deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries revealed new evidence of a strong antibody response from “a large percentage of people.”
She said: “But I think we have also started to see some very small tests for people in this country.”
“A very large percentage of these have a good response.
“How long is it going to last and if they will only give an answer for a season or two or three years ahead, we don’t know, so there are still a lot of uncertainties but a lot of positive hopes for a vaccine.”
6.42pm update: 63-year-old nurse dies in Oxford
Philomina Cherian, 63, died on April 30 at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after contracting COVID-19.
Her husband Joseph Varkey said: “She was a great human being, a loving mother and wife. She was a dedicated nurse. For her, nursing was not just a profession, but her passion.
“She would have lived so many years and would have enjoyed her well-deserved retirement life if Covid hadn’t affected her.”
6.02pm update: Coronavirus restrictions in Singapore will be eased
Singapore will begin easing coronavirus restrictions in the coming weeks, authorities confirmed.
Small businesses will be allowed to reopen starting May 12.
This occurs when authorities confirmed 447 new infections, the smallest daily increase in two weeks.
The total now stands at 17,548, while there have been 17 deaths.
5.21pm update: death toll in Italy rises by 474
The number of COVID-19 deaths has increased by 474 in the past 24 hours, the largest daily increase since April 21.
The death toll is now 28,710, according to the country’s Civil Protection Agency.
Coronavirus live: Robert Jenrick chaired the press conference (Image: Sky News)
5.15pm update: briefing ends
5.12 p.m. update: Government knows necessary support for aviation industry
When asked about the current state of the aviation industry, Jenrick said the government was aware of the support the industry needs.
He said: “We are very aware of the challenges you face.
“If there is anything else we can do to help them through a very difficult period, we will do it.”
5.03pm update: now is not the time to criticize China
Amid allegations of China’s handling of the virus, Jenrick said it was not the time to analyze the origins of the virus.
He said: “There will come a time when we want to analyze the origins of the virus and the response of other countries. But now is not the time.”
16:49 update: NHS recruitment to track and trace the workforce
Ms Harries has said that NHS England and Public Health England are recruiting 15,000 clinical and 3,000 tracking personnel to set up the system.
The idea of contact tracing has been seen as one of the key measures to end the block.
She said, “Clearly, getting this to work effectively and at scale is an important task. But a lot is being prepared.”
4.45 p.m. update: Schools will gradually reopen
Jenrick confirmed once again that the reopening of the schools would take place over a gradual period of time.
While acknowledging the difficulties of home schooling at this current time, he said that the reopening of schools will only happen once there is sufficient scientific support for the movement.
16:33 update: UK warned of second spike
During the press conference, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jenny Harries, said the closure measures will only be relaxed once all five government tests have been completed.
Mainly, the fifth test, to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed by a second spike, was the most crucial.
She said: “We have to be sure that any of the adjustments to the current measures have worked so well.
“We need to adjust very carefully so that we don’t risk a second spike of infections that overwhelmed the NHS.”
16:22 update: Scotland reports 44 more deaths
Scotland has reported 44 more COVID-19 deaths according to the Government.
The overall number is now 1,559, with the total number of infections at 11,927 of the 58,833 people who have been tested.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital announce 450-person coronavirus study that could end the blockade (Image: Getty)
4:16 p.m. update: hard sleepers get support
Jenrick said the government has housed 5,400 hard sleepers in accommodation since last month.
4.12 p.m. update: £ 76 million package created to help victims of domestic and sexual abuse
Speaking today, Jenrick also revealed a package of over £ 76 million to support the most vulnerable.
He said, “For victims of domestic abuse, it means being trapped in a nightmare. The real evil of domestic abuse is that it leaves people, including children, living in fear where they should feel safest: within their own house .
“We must be aware of the reality of what is happening in too many homes across the country. I want us to defend the rights of those women and children, and that is what we are going to do.”
2:44 p.m. update: UK deaths on the rise
Jenrick confirmed an increase of 621 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours.
The total number now stands at 28,131.
In total, 1,129,907 tests were performed, including 105,937 yesterday.
Another 14,695 people are currently in the hospital with the virus.
Finally, 182,260 people tested positive, an increase of 4,806 since yesterday.
2:28 PM update: Press briefing 10 does not start
The Secretary of State for Communities, Robert Jenrick, begins the press conference number 10.
15:35 update: Berlin riots amid COVID-19 outbreak
Germany faced chaos when hundreds of protesters defied the ban on public gatherings on Friday.
Protesters broke measures to celebrate a national holiday despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
3.31pm update: death toll rises in Wales
Another 44 people died after contracting coronavirus according to the latest figures.
According to Public Health Wales, the total number of deaths is now 969.
A total of 183 people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 10,155.
Additional reporting by Rebecca Nicholson.
2.30 p.m. update – More than half of deaths over 80 years
Of the 20,853 confirmed deaths reported so far in hospitals in England of people who tested positive for Covid-19, 10,901 (52%) were people aged 80 years or older, while 8,119 (39%) were 60-79. Another 1,672 (8%) were between 40 and 59 years old, with 150 (1%) between 20 and 39 years old and 11 (0.05%) between 0 and 19 years old, according to NHS England.
13.54pm update: over 70 percent of Covid-19 patients admitted to critical care are male
The figures come from the National Center for Audit and Investigation of Intensive Care (ICNARC) and were based on a sample of 7,542 critically ill patients confirmed with Covid-19.
The researchers found that 5,389 of the patients were men compared to 2,149 women.
The report, released Friday, also found that men were more likely to die in critical care, with 51 percent dying in care compared to about 43 percent of women.
The masks have been tested to see how effective they are (Image: Getty)
1.05pm update: Iran reports lowest virus infections
Iran said on Saturday there was a “clear drop” in the number of new coronavirus infections as it reported 802 new cases, the lowest daily count since March 10.
The new cases brought the number registered in Iran to 96,448 since it announced its first cases in mid-February.
12.47 p.m. update – Protesters against the lockout outside the New Scotland Yard Police Headquarters.
A small group of anti-blockade protesters rallied outside the New Scotland Yard on Saturday, violating the national blockade to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
12.10 p.m. update – Possible plasma treatment to test
Doctors at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital in London will test a possible treatment for Covid-19 using plasma from recovered patients.
The first plasma donations have been collected and transfusions will begin in “the next few weeks,” the hospital’s Center for Biomedical Research said in a statement.
The government insists that the 100,000 test numbers have been met (Image: Getty)
11.30 a.m. update – China reports new infection
China, where the pandemic started in December, reported a new infection and no deaths within 24 hours until midnight on Friday.
The country has reported a total of 82,875 confirmed cases and 4,633 deaths.
The National Health Commission reported that 43 people were released from hospitals on Friday after being declared recovered, bringing the total to 77,685.
There were a total of 557 people still in the hospital on the mainland.
Update from 11 a.m. M .: Home test kits as good as drive-in centers
Home test kits for coronavirus are as accurate as swabs taken at drive-in centers, the government test czar said, defending the way the tests are counted.
Professor John Newton said the government tests of home tests were “very satisfactory” amid concerns that the results of self-injection kits may not be as accurate.
Update at 10.30 a.m. – Increase the number of deaths in Spain
The Spanish Ministry of Health says that the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country increased from 276 to 25,100 and the number of confirmed cases increased from 1,366 to 216,582.
Update at 10.15 a.m. – Two-meter rule could be revised, increasing hope for relaxed restrictions
The government is reviewing the two-meter social distancing rule in hopes that the relaxation of the restriction will allow more companies and schools to reopen.
Ministers have asked the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) to review again whether people need to stay this far apart, amid growing evidence that the coronavirus does not transmit well in the air.
The review is seen as increasingly important in government as the Cabinet prepares to agree on the exit strategy from the blockade.
Those commuting to work when closure restrictions are relieved may be asked to take their own temperature. (Image: Getty)
9:30 a.m. update – 100,000 daily test objectives were met, the test coordinator insists
Professor John Newton, the government’s national testing coordinator, has insisted that the goal of 100,000 daily tests has been reached despite the fact that home test kits are counted as they are shipped rather than when they are returned.
He told the BBC Radio 4 Today program: “All tests are counted only once, and you can count them when they leave or when they come back, and whatever you do, we still meet the target.”
“At drive-in centers, we tested whether people could evaluate themselves in their cars or whether they were evaluated by someone trained, and we found that the results were exactly the same, which gave us confidence that home testing they were good Approaching. ”
He also said that home test kits are as accurate as those done at drive-in centers.
The government is reviewing the two-meter social distancing rule (Image: Getty)
9.03am update: researchers test the effectiveness of different face masks
The University of Edinburgh is conducting experiments to see if face masks are effective in reducing the spread of Covid-19.
The researchers tested seven different types of masks, including those supplied to the NHS and homemade cloth masks.
Using a medical mannequin and computer-generated images, they can see how far the drops travel when a person breathes, coughs, or sneezes.
The team of scientists and engineers found that all masks made a difference by reducing the distance covered by deep breathing by at least 90%.
The study is not sanctioned by SAGE, but the research could be used by the government to consider any changes to current advice.
Home test kits are as effective as driving centers (Image: Getty)
8.30 a.m. update: passengers must take their own temperature before taking the bus or train
Those commuting to work when closure restrictions are relieved may be asked to take their own temperature before leaving.
This is a measure that is seen as part of a strategy to make public transport as safe as possible when the country returns to work.
The Times reports that this could be part of plans announced next week by Boris Johnson to describe how the country will come out of the blockade.
Ministers hope to avoid crowded stations and trains, the newspaper reports, and travelers taking their own temperatures is an approach that has been taken in other countries.
8 a.m. update – UK seeks access to EU health cooperation
The British government is seeking access to the European Union’s pandemic alert system, despite an early reluctance to cooperate on health after Brexit.
The UK is looking for “something akin to membership” of the EU’s early warning and response system (EWRS).
The system has played a critical role in coordinating Europe’s response to the coronavirus, as well as to previous pandemics such as avian influenza.
Referring to health cooperation, an EU source told The Guardian: “At first there was not much appetite from the UK.
“That was corrected. They are interested and want to be seen as interested. Both sides want close cooperation.”
However, the EU is not prepared to offer the UK full membership to the EWRS, an online platform created in 1998 where public authorities share information on health emergencies.
7.20am update: lockout could end in mid-summer
The government is financing the world’s largest trial.
The 7,000-person study is being led by the University of Oxford, where coronavirus patients randomly receive one of five medications.
It is also paying for three other studios across the UK.
More than half of the drugs being tested worldwide are already licensed and in mass production for other treatments, so they could be implemented quickly.
This is a live story with more updates to follow …
