Coronavirus UK: Top medic says kids more at risk outside school

Hard-pressed parents juggling childcare and work were told to ‘control your teenagers’ tonight as the Government pushed ahead with plans to force schools to reopen fully in September. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said that schoolchildren, especially older ones, were more likely to contract coronavirus by hanging out with mates than they were … Read more

Don’t go to the pub with friends after lockdown measures are eased, top medic warns Britons

Don’t go to the pub with friends after coronavirus lockdown measures are eased, top medic warns Britons Dr Jenny Harries said not going to the pub is the best way to stop spread of Covid She was asked if gatherings would be allowed to resume before pubs can reopen Dr Harries said mixing with friends … Read more

Emmanuel Macron is caught on camera in heated row with medic over lack of equipment

Emmanuel Macron has been caught on camera in a heated row with a medic just moments before he took part in a public appearance with health professionals. Footage of the French President applauding alongside medical staff was shared by the Elysee Palace before a second video showing the heated exchange over a lack of resources … Read more

Cancer nurse, 54, becomes latest medic to die from coronavirus

Leilani Dayrit, 47, died of suspected coronavirus at St Cross Hospital in Rugby, Warwickshire. The Trust is yet to make a comment.  Elsie Sazuze, a care home nurse who worked for Wolverhampton-based agency Totallycare, died this week, the agency confirmed. Two porters at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford have died, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation … Read more

Pictured: The personal protective equipment EVERY frontline NHS medic needs

Britain’s medics on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have been calling on the government to provide adequate personal protective equipment. Alarming scenes from the nation’s hospitals have revealed nurses wearing homemade gowns from bin bags and curtains amid claims of a dire shortage. In one of the most harrowing cases, a doctor warned … Read more

NHS medic tells of her horror at shifting 40 coronavirus bodies

‘We’re overwhelmed with deaths’: NHS medic tells of her horror at shifting 40 infectious coronavirus bodies from full-up morgue to fridges in hospital car park… and her distress of spotting patients she KNEW Sally Goodright was working at West Middlesex University Hospital in London She says staff there are ‘so overwhelmed with deaths that they … Read more

‘Fifty NHS doctors will die from coronavirus’ without proper protective equipment, warns top medic

A leading medic has warned ‘fifty doctors in Britain will die’ battling the coronavirus pandemic if frontline staff are not properly equipped with protective gear. Rinesh Parmar, chairman of the Doctors’ Association, claims medics are buying their own personal protective equipment (PPE) in a bid to shield themselves from the deadly virus. He also says … Read more

Family of British medic to die from coronavirus tells of pain amid row over protecting NHS staff

The heartbroken family of the first NHS worker to die from coronavirus have said that it he was ‘properly protected’ he might still be alive today amid a wave of criticism directed at the Government’s handling of Covid-19 tests. Dr Adil El Tayar, a working surgeon, died on Wednesday at West Middlesex University Hospital in … Read more

This Morning’s medic Dr. Zoe Williams is self-isolating amid coronavrius symptoms

This Morning’s resident medic Dr. Zoe Williams reveals she’s self-isolating after experiencing coronavrius symptoms… forcing her to appear on the show via Skype By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 10:35 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 11:02 GMT, 17 March 2020 This Morning’s resident medic Dr. Zoe Williams has revealed that she’s made the decision … Read more

Heart-warming moment coronavirus medic enjoys a beautiful sunset with his patient, 87

Heart-warming moment coronavirus medic enjoys a beautiful sunset with his patient, 87, while taking him to a CT scan after the elderly man was hospitalised for more than a month A picture captures the medic and patient watching the sunset together in Wuhan The heart-warming photograph has touched millions of Chinese people’s hearts  The 87-year-old … Read more