Councils and charities in England have called for help to ensure people did not have to return to the streets when hotels reopen on 4 July, will be given an extra £105m to support rough sleepers put up during lockdown. Thousands of rough sleepers were housed in hotels and B&Bs as coronavirus hit. The government…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells MPs that restaurants, pubs, hairdressers and hotels will reopen in England from 4 July as the 2m social distancing rule is being reduced to 1m plus. In Hotels empty minibars, buffet-free breakfasts and regular deep cleaning are among the measures being introduced by one of the biggest operators in…
The World Health Organization records the highest one-day increase in total cases with 183, 000 added in one day as most came from Brazil, the US, and India. Globally over 9, 072, 657 confirmed cases since the outbreak began with 471, 177 deaths. The US has recorded over 2.3 million infections and 120, 000 deaths.…
UK’s Covid-19 alert level reduced as the virus is in general circulation, but not high or rising quickly, with a gradual relaxation of restrictions possible. Risk levels are measured by a five-level colour coded alert system. Risk levels are Level five – a material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed, extremely strict social distancing. Level…
The UK has passed 300, 469 confirmed Covid-19 cases, as the average number of deaths from Covid-19 over the last seven days is now 144 compared with 435 on May 18. Britain faces a Tsunami of job losses despite hundreds of thousands of furloughed employees getting back to work. MPs were told that jobs were…
Dexamethasone, a cheap genetic steroid has proven to become the first life-saving drug treatment in the Covid-19 pandemic. The low-dose steroid treatment Dexamethasone is part of the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they also work for coronavirus, and found it cut the risk of death by a third for patients on…
The second wave of coronavirus in Beijing, with a level two alert, in 27 neighbourhoods which are classed as medium risk, and one near the market classed as high risk, as no one will be allowed to leave as spike continues. Millions of people in Beijing are living under renewed restrictions as pandemic virus spike…
The Office of National Statistics said there had been a record fall in the number of job vacancies and as much as 600, 000 workers on UK payrolls lost between March and May, after six weeks of lockdown in the UK. Over nine million workers have been furloughed. “The slowdown in the economy is now…
. Several non-essential shops were forced to open their doors early this morning to avoid huge queues threatening social distancing rules. UK coronavirus death toll rises by 181 to a total of 41, 662. Primark in London and Birmingham was meant to open at 8 am for the first time in almost three months, but allowed…
Brazil’s death toll becomes second highest in the world surpassing the UK’s with more than 41, 000 victims while far-right President Jair Bolsonaro continues to play down the virus, focusing on the economic damage of lockdown. From today people living alone in England and Northern Ireland will be able to form a support bubble with…