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UK hotel quarantine – Priti Patel to reveal new plan for visitors from 30 countries to MPs at 2pm this afternoon
"I would urge the Government to look at a comprehensive policy, not just the hotspots, because remember, there will be areas or countries across the world where there are mutations which haven't been identified yet because they don't have the same level of scientific ability." … [Read more...] about UK hotel quarantine – Priti Patel to reveal new plan for visitors from 30 countries to MPs at 2pm this afternoon
Have an unhappy Christmas: Government scientists advise no singing, dancing or BOARD GAMES (and isolate for two weeks before and after five-day ‘bubble break’)
SAGE experts write: 'If the entire population were offered a single test with 70 per cent sensitivity, 80 per cent of infected people took up the offer and 90 per cent of people who tested positive completely isolated, around 50 per cent of infected people would not be isolated.' … [Read more...] about Have an unhappy Christmas: Government scientists advise no singing, dancing or BOARD GAMES (and isolate for two weeks before and after five-day ‘bubble break’)
Double your money! As magnificent readers help get computers to schoolkids during lockdown, big-hearted firms boost donations total to astonishing £750k
A total of 34 per cent of all adults say schools should re-open as soon as all over-65s are vaccinated; 33 per cent say they should stay shut when this target is reached. Asked if the Government's handling of schools in recent weeks – when the Prime Minister reversed a pledge to keep them open in 36 hours – was 'chaotic', 69 per cent of all voters agreed. … [Read more...] about Double your money! As magnificent readers help get computers to schoolkids during lockdown, big-hearted firms boost donations total to astonishing £750k
A woman seemed recovered from COVID-19. Then both her lungs collapsed.
Cases of collapsed lung in COVID-19 patients have been reported before, but mostly in hospitalized patients. A study of about 6,500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the U.K., published in September 2020 in The European Respiratory Journal, found that about 1% of those individuals experienced pneumothorax. Of the 60 patients described in the study as having a collapsed lung, most had received some type of ventilation support, but one-third had not. Only four patients experienced pneumothorax in both lungs. … [Read more...] about A woman seemed recovered from COVID-19. Then both her lungs collapsed.
