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Coronavirus UK: Government taken to task for PPE failure

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A BBC documentary last night claimed ministers counted every glove individually instead of in pairs to boast of delivering one billion bits of PPE to NHS staff frontline in their fight against the coronavirus – as yet another minister suffered a shambolic round of interviews today. The Panorama investigation said Number 10 had failed to … Read more

Dr MARTIN SCURR: Why the care home watchdog should be taken to task

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While many mysteries remain about the coronavirus, one thing we know for sure is that older people are at greater risk of serious complications, or even death, should they be infected. And where do we have a high proportion of older people? Why, in care homes, of course. So you would think, would you not, … Read more

Mayor Bill de Blasio appoints his wife head of coronavirus racial inequality task force

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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he believes it will take more than 20 months to fully rebuild New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlaine McCray, will head up a special coronavirus task force that looks into racial inequality as part of his plan to reopen the city.  He added that he believes … Read more

Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead to makeshift mortuary

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Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead from overwhelmed hospitals to a makeshift mortuary in industrial park that can hold up to 1,000 bodies Bodies being taken from hospitals in Greater Manchester to a special mortuary The new mortuary in Trafford can hold up to 1,000 bodies in an industrial park It opened on Monday and is … Read more

Deborah Birx says WH task force is monitoring whether coronavirus will edge off in the summer

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An official on the White House coronavirus task force says the group is tracking whether the virus could disappear in the summer and return in the fall. Dr Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the task force, told CBS This Morning that the Trump administration has been creating models that show coronavirus behaving like the … Read more

Pence’s coronavirus task force says private insurance companies will waive co-pays for tests

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On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that many insurance companies would be waving copays for coronavirus testing. This includes many of the leading insurers such as Aetna, Anthem, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group.   ‘I’m pleased to report…that all the insurance companies here either today or before today have … Read more