The UK Government is working with the inventors of the home pregnancy test to develop a coronavirus testing kit at a factory in Senegal. The Department for International Development has granted the company Mologic £1million to produce tests which reveal if someone has ever had the virus in the past. And a senior Government minister … Read more
Ministers move to ‘renationalise’ rail network: Government steps in to underwrite train firms amid fears coronavirus crisis could mean key services collapse The Department for Transport (DfT) is suspending franchises for six months Figures showed passenger numbers have fallen by up to 70 per cent Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would help rail staff … Read more
Boris Johnson faces massive pressure to impose a European-style lockdown to avert coronavirus disaster today as people continue to flout government guidance. Demands are growing for the PM to ramp up controls after extraordinary images emerged this morning of still-packed Tube trains in London – regarded as the engine of the UK outbreak. After a … Read more
Costa Coffee and McDonald’s have closed their doors this morning amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Both chains said they would be temporarily shutting stores in the UK, as retailers all over the country begin to deal with the fall out from the illness that has so far killed 281 people, with over 5,683 cases having … Read more
Amanda Holden opts for comfort in polka dot PJs as she continues to host her Heart FM Breakfast Show from home amid coronavirus pandemic By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 08:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 08:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 She proved work comes first as she hosted her radio show live from … Read more
The Health Secretary has today pledged to keep NHS staff safe after frontline medics revealed they were forced the share facemasks. Nurses working 36-hour shifts in Hillingdon Hospital – in the Prime Minister’s constituency – say they had to wash, reuse and share masks as supplies fell critically low last week. They told MailOnline they … Read more
Boris Johnson’s father Stanley has applied to become FRENCH citizen in bid to keep family’s strong ties with Europe, daughter Rachel reveals in new book Stanley Johnson will become a French citizen, his daughter Rachel has revealed Her book Rake’s Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis was published last week In it, she says her father … Read more
The coronavirus CRUSH hour! Fury as commuters are crammed onto Tubes in morning dash after Sadiq Khan cut services then said ‘people will die’ if they don’t practice social distancing (while he works from home) Commuters were crammed onto London Underground services this morning Sadiq Khan has said Britons must stay indoors to ‘protect the … Read more
A shocking picture of a suspected coronavirus patient being rushed to hospital in London poses a stark warning to Britons who refuse to to observe social distancing rules ‘making full lockdown of the capital inevitable’.’ Disturbing images show medics carrying an elderly patient from a nursing home in Primrose Hill yesterday as the capital faces … Read more
Tube users were forced to cram into carriages after reduced services for key workers left London transport packed once again amid coronavirus chaos. Mayor Sadiq Khan previously said that the Underground, Overground and Docklands Light Railway Service could be ‘scaled down’ as thousands of commuters work from home. But passengers have been urging him to reconsider as … Read more
Downing Street fury over ‘let OAPs die’ accusation: No 10 angrily denies claims that Dominic Cummings said pensioners should be sacrificed to coronavirus to protect the economy By Larisa Brown Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 00:25 GMT, 23 March 2020 Downing Street last night angrily denied claims … Read more
France is building military field hospitals as the world intensifies its battle against coronavirus with deaths hitting 13,274 and cases soaring above 300,000. Soldiers were pictured setting up medical centres in Mulhouse, which along with Alsace, is France’s worst-hit region. Shoppers in Dubai are now greeted with ‘stay safe’ markings in supermarkets to encourage social distancing … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more