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[ad_1] According to new data, more than 70% of coronavirus patients admitted to critical care are men. The figures come from the UK National Center for Intensive Care Audit and Investigation (ICNARC) and were based on a sample of 7,542 critically ill patients confirmed as Covid-19. The researchers found that …

[ad_1] The death toll in the UK increased from 739 to 27,510, while the number of confirmed cases increased from 6,201 to 177,454. It occurs when Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed that the government has met its goal of 100,000 tests a day. A total of 122,347 tests were conducted …

[ad_1] The government has issued its latest advice on activities that can and cannot be carried out in closing. It comes after England’s medical director Chris Whitty warned that the country “was not near the end of the pandemic.” While in a speech to the nation yesterday, Boris Johnson said …

[ad_1] Kamrul Islam does not dare to visit his local supermarket. In recent weeks, he said three of his closest friends became ill with the coronavirus shortly after shopping there. A friend’s mother became seriously ill after contracting the virus and sadly died. The 40-year-old former taxi driver insists that …

[ad_1] An NHS chief procurement officer has established a business to profit from the private sale of large quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus outbreak, a covert investigation by The Guardian may reveal. David Singleton, 42, a senior NHS official in London who has been working at …

[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic could last two more years, top experts warn. A group of infectious disease scientists in the US USA They have predicted that the deadly virus is likely to spread for 18 to 24 months, until 60 to 70 percent of the population has been infected. ⚠️ …

[ad_1] UNION CALLS FOR KEY WORKERS TO BE HANDED AT LEAST £ 2-AN-HOUR PAY RISE KEY workers should be given an immediate pay rise of at least £ 2 an hour, a leading trade union organization has said. The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) said the salary increase should be …

[ad_1] Schools could remain closed until we know how much children contribute to the spread of the coronavirus, explained the medical director of England. Professor Chris Whitty said understanding transmission between children is a “very important” factor in deciding whether school closure is a “critical part of our long-term response.” …

[ad_1] A heroic nurse used the experience she gained from working during the swine flu crisis to save the lives of 13 dementia patients who contracted coronavirus. Maria Spollin took advantage of her previous experience after five of the 50 Church Farm residents at Skylarks in West Bridgford, Nottingham, which …

[ad_1] A HERO nurse saved 13 nursing home residents from the coronavirus using measures she learned from the swine flu epidemic. Maria Spollin, who runs Church Farm at Skylarks in West Bridgford, Nottingham, became a specialist in advanced forms of life support and disease control during her 20 years at …