Coronavirus UK – ‘We are safe’, say care home residents in touching messages to relatives
Measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus mean no visitors are permitted inside Cramlington House care home in Northumberland.
Food bank closures reported as coronavirus outbreak impacts voluntary sector
Concerns about spreading Covid-19 to elderly volunteers and service users and dwindling food supplies are said to be hindering operations.
Coronavirus UK – NHS doctor who fought Ebola says Govt ‘ignoring’ lessons on testing
The anonymous doctor is currently in self-isolation and unable to work after showing symptoms.
Banks have big responsibility helping with coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon says
The First Minister said the country is looking to banks to help lessen the economic impact of Covid-19 after they were bailed out.
Chinese student subjected to ‘coronavirus-linked race hate attack’
Police are investigating a report of racist abuse in Glasgow on March 5.
Coronavirus UK: New income protection insurance policies ‘halted or amended’
Anna McEntee, at comparethemarket.com, said the site would stop offering quotes until it is ‘confident that customers are getting the right cover’.
Coronavirus UK: Schools in Scotland & Wales to close
Boris Johnson told MPs during PMQs that further decisions on schools are ‘to be taken imminently’.
Some schools forced to close as coronavirus measures hit staff levels
Despite the official Government advice that schools should remain open, some have reported up to a third of staff are off sick or self-isolating.
Coronavirus – People with blood type A may be more vulnerable to Covid-19, study claims
Researchers in China studied people who had been diagnosed with the illness.