Tata Group patriarch Ratan Tata commented on the layoffs by Indian companies amid the Covid-19 pandemic was a knee-jerk reaction and showed a lack of empathy among the top leadership. “These employees have worked for you and have served you all their careers. You send them out to live in the rain. Is that your…
From Friday 24 July, face coverings are mandatory in England in confined public places. New guidance on face masks and coverings issued for England Complete guidance on wearing face coverings in shops in England has been released less than 12 hours before the new rules come into force. Coverings will be mandatory in enclosed public…
Britain has a window of opportunity to eradicate the virus in the summer months, if 50, 000 people take part in the COVID Vaccine trials. Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist, director of TwinsUK and science writer from King’s College London, who created one of the leading smartphone apps for tracking symptoms of the virus said “the…
Doses of Vaccine called AZD1222 were given to 1077 healthy adults between 18 and 55 in five UK hospitals in April and May as part of the phase one clinical trial for the vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Scientists at the University of Oxford. The results published in the Lancet Journal on Monday showed…
Southhampton-based biotech Synairgen uses a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection, primary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 dramatically reduces the number of patients needing intensive e care and also indicated “very significant” reductions in breathlessness among patients who received the treatment.…
Western governments and their scientific advisors made assumptions about Covid-19 and its lethality that turned out to be mistaken as valuable time was lost while the virus spread unchecked, leaving health systems overwhelmed for the avalanche of infections that followed. Covid-19 revealed the fragility of our societies and the speed with which our systems can…
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, and philanthropist said the Indian Pharma industry is capable of producing Covid-19 vaccines for the entire world. A lot of “very important things have been done” in India and its pharma industry is doing work “ to help make the coronavirus vaccine building on other great capabilities that they have…
In mid-January when Wang Fei began to feel unwell, China’s official death toll stood at just three and today more than 14 million people have been infected worldwide, and at least 587, 151 have died and the virus has forced the lockdown of entire economies throughout the world. The virus was first discovered in Wuhan…
A $4bn cut in VAT has come into force, allowing firms in the food, drink and hospitality sectors to slash prices. Starbucks and McDonald’s are the latest firms to promise reductions after the chancellor ordered a temporary VAT cut from 20 per cent to 5 per cent. The treasury estimates households could save £160 a…
The COVID-19 lockdown inspires some individuals to think outside the box. Anastasia who was working in hospitality for three years, wanted to engage lockdown local Hampstead Heath community by opening a coffee shop in a red old British Telecom phone booth at the end of Pond Street. There is a need for a coffee shop…