A 15-year-old in Texas is now the youngest person in the US to die of the vaping-linked illness that’s claimed the lives of a total of 57 people nationwide, officials said Thursday. As of Thursday, 2,602 people have been hospitalized with lung illnesses linked to e-cigarettes in every US state, the District of Columbia, Puerto … Read more
Row over testing WHAT IS THE UK DOING NOW? Around 5,000 tests are being carried out a day. Those are mostly patients who are already in hospital. Some 100 GP surgeries have agrees to carry out tests on patients, as part of surveillance to asses the prevalence. However, those who feel they have symptoms are … Read more
Doctors on the front line of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak have described ‘catastrophic’ scenes in hospitals which are creaking with the sheer volume of cases. They tell of critically ill patients who should be in intensive care but are instead slumped in busy wards because of a woeful lack of equipment and staff. Worryingly, the doctors … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ignored calls to increase financial support for parents in the Budget last week. Last year, the Conservatives pledged to create a fund to create more affordable childcare. The cost of childcare has outstripped inflation in the last year and many parents face the prospect of giving up work, thanks to the struggles … Read more
The world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been ramped up as Lebanon announced plans to temporarily close its borders, Israel’s president was tested for coronavirus and the US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates for the second time in a fortnight. Italy’s death toll has seen a huge rise in the number of deaths from … Read more
Man in his late 50s dies from coronavirus in Bristol: UK death toll rises to at least 22 as government prepare to release latest official figures Man was being cared for at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and was in his 50s Have been over 1,000 confirmed cases of the illness across the UK so far The … Read more
Global coronavirus death toll hits 3,000 as Italy records five new fatalities today with 1,694 confirmed cases Case numbers also soared to almost 1,700, roughly 500 fresh cases today Outbreak is one of the largest outside of mainland China and Europe’s biggest Despite checkpoints around contaminated northern regions, it is seeping out By Jack Elsom … Read more
Millionaire Tory donor Howard Shore warns Rishi Sunak not to hit entrepreneurs and pensions with tax hikes in the Budget saying the UK did not undo EU ‘shackles’ only to make firms wear ‘fiscal handcuffs’ Shore urged Chancellor not to slice into rate relief for entrepreneurs and pensions and avoid increasing inheritance tax in March … Read more
Residents in areas of Shropshire were urged to evacuate today as the River Severn rose to all-time high levels amid severe flooding after more than 400 tonnes of water per second rushed down towards Shrewsbury. Large parts of the county are already underwater, with many access roads closed, and things could get worse with the … Read more