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NHS ‘increasingly frustrated’ as deadline for 100,000 tests ends today
NHS trust leaders believe they have done all they can to support the national testing effort so far but are increasingly frustrated.
Coronavirus UK – Wetherspoon’s is making plans to reopen in June
The pub chain said around 43,000 staff, more than 99% of its workforce, have been furloughed in the face of the pandemic.
WHO puts global networks on alert over rare illness in children
It follows an alert shared with NHS trusts and GP groups by NHS England asking medics to remain on high alert for signs of the disease.
US economy shrinks by 4.8% as businesses shut down
It was the sharpest fall since the economy shrank at an 8.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Mike Pence tours medical clinic without a face mask
The vice-president’s move follows President Donald Trump’s decision to not wear a mask.
Tragedy as NHS worker stabbed to death days before father’s funeral
David Gomoh, 24, was killed in Newham, east London, on Sunday, as his family mourned his father’s death from a Covid-19 related illness.
PPE shortages slammed as worker deaths surpass 100
Frontline workers should not have to risk their lives because they haven’t got the right protective equipment.
Coronavirus cases pass 1 million mark in US
The country’s death toll from Covid-19 has surpassed the 58,220 service personnel killed in Vietnam.
Hospital worker suspended after asking for PPE as nation honours fallen key workers
As the UK observed a minute's silence on #WorkersMemorialDay a hospital worker shockingly faced a disciplinary hearing after asking for personal protective equipment to keep himself and his family safe. The London Economic INVESTIGATION finds PPE still a major issue for outsourced health staff working for private firms: