The proximity app for tracing coronavirus contacts is an “extra piece of armour” which will be “very private”, Scotland’s national clinical director has said. Jason Leitch said the launch of
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Care homes have said the need to restrict the movement of staff between homes to help limit the spread of coronavirus was “obvious” from March. Staffing is one of several
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More than 400 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred each day in UK care homes at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, new analysis shows. There were more than 3,000 care home
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman refused to say if the owners of a care home hit by a Covid-19 outbreak in which 10 elderly residents died would make a profit, after
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Social media giants have been accused of failing to act on anti-vaccine misinformation related to the coronavirus, even when it is reported to them. A group of young volunteers scoured
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A new £500 million funding package will support trials of a 20-minute Covid-19 test and efforts to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people for the virus, the Health Secretary
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A charity is mounting a legal challenge over the Government’s guidance on family visits to care home residents during the coronavirus outbreak. John’s Campaign is seeking a judicial review of
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Cheap and readily available steroids have been found to reduce the risk of death in critically ill coronavirus patients by 20%, according to a study. An international team of researchers
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Stormont health minister Robin Swann has announced a plan for a second Nightingale facility in Northern Ireland as part of a surge plan ahead what he warned could be a
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Luxury fashion house Burberry has been handed more than half a million pounds to make PPE equipment for the NHS, according to newly released Government records. The retailer had previously
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