Chinese students generated enough oxygen, water and food in a self-contained habitat to last a full year without help from the outside world. Two groups lived in the sealed environment Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, for a total of 370 days, but one group was able to survive without the need of outside materials – … Read more
Ministers are planning to invite thousands of volunteers to football matches, plays and concerts to see if they can be held safely. Scientific trials will be held at packed venues including nightclubs and conference centres to work out what testing regimes and safety measures are needed. A lucky couple will even be able to hold … Read more
Sophie Wessex has begun volunteering at a vaccination centre during lockdown to assist the Covid-19 jab rollout across the country. The Countess of Wessex, 56, who is the Grand President of St John Ambulance and a care volunteer for the charity, joined helpers at a centre in south-west London on Thursday after completing her training. … Read more
Latest treat at the community kitchen? It’s Special Kay (Burley)! Sky News presenter makes good use of her time off-air after lockdown blunder… by volunteering at a food hub for the vulnerable and homeless Kay Burley has been spotted handing out food at London’s Community Kitchen Miss Burley has been volunteering at the kitchen’s in … Read more
People in Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trial weren’t told when they were given a dose that was too small until months later, an investigation has revealed. Ethics experts said they were concerned scientists informed volunteers about the blunder in a letter that was packed with ‘gobbledygook’. The error caused controversy late last year when it … Read more
The battle against the coronavirus scourge is being waged in village halls and community centres across Britain as an army of volunteers and NHS staff provide vaccines for the most vulnerable in society. As so often in the past, the trojan efforts of small groups of ordinary people are helping to bring the nation back from … Read more
Retired doctors and nurses face a 21-point checklist in order to qualify as a Covid-19 vaccinator volunteer which includes ‘fire safety’ and ‘preventing radicalisation’. The recruitment process for former surgeons, nurses, GPs and physicians to assist in delivering the vaccine rollout has been faced with ‘dispiriting layers of red tape.’ Applicants must provide 21 pieces … Read more
Ambitious hopes of getting 2million Britons vaccinated against Covid each week are already hanging in the balance, threatening No10’s bold aim of ending the constant cycle of lockdowns by Easter. A MailOnline analysis reveals Britons could be waiting until December 2022 for more than 30million over 50s and the most vulnerable just to get their … Read more
A retired GP who offered to return to the NHS and fight the Covid pandemic has today accused the health service of incompetency by failing to properly utilise its army of volunteers. Dr Brian Cooper, 73, who used to work at Birmingham City Hospital, was one of tens of thousands of former medics to sign … Read more
Around 2,500 Britons will deliberately be infected with coronavirus in the world’s first ‘human challenge trials’ which will begin next month in a bid to accelerate research on the pandemic. Alex Greer, 20, is among those who have volunteered to take part in the research, which is due to begin at the Royal Free Hospital in London … Read more