Covid 19 official daily updates thread. Updates only, no chatter please!

[Cherie]

Can the official daily advice for the UK be put in here please, just the advice, no comments please or what the world is doing, I was trying to find the advice given out for pregnant women for Jake on the other thread with no success :skull:

[Nicky91]

Can the official daily advice for the UK be put in here please, just the advice, no comments please or what the world is doing, I was trying to find the advice given out for pregnant women for Jake on the other thread with no success :skull:

yes also hope for some good news there too for Boris and his pregnant fiancee

[Cherie]

Updated 16th March 2020

www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response

[bots]

this was the advice 16 March 2020

https://i.imgur.com/LALrI27.jpg

[michael21]

This is a good thread

[michael21]

Euro 2020 of till 2021

[michael21]

Coronavirus: French Open tennis moved to September

[Cherie]

Update 17th March 2020

https://youtu.be/z7vWlPkjW-g

[bots]

you can check how many confirmed virus cases there are in your area on this page .... type in your post code

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274

[Josy]

All scottish schools expected to close from Friday with Sturgeon saying she cannot promise they will reopen before the summer holidays

[Josy]

No chatter in this thread please, feel free to use the other thread for that, this is solely for updates

[michael21]

UK schools to close this Friday except for key workers kids there we go to school so there parents can still work no time frame given


Also 104 deaths in the UK

[Zizu]

UK schools to close this Friday except for key workers kids there we go to school so there parents can still work no time frame given





Also 104 deaths in the UK



Why are we again doing things differently from all the world .. they close all their schools earlier then we follow on later than anyone and only close some schools with some having to stay open with a skeleton staff to nursemaid the kids of key workers ....


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[Cherie]

official travel advice updated 18th March 2020

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus

[Cherie]

40 Tube stations to close until further notice, plus the Night Tube

Full list

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-full-list-40-tube-21717745

[Cherie]

Football off until at least end of April

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/premier-league-ban-extended-to-end-of-april-due-to-coronavirus-crisis/ar-BB11pEml?ocid=spartanntp

[Kizzy]

https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2020/03/i-m-making-p1m-available-to-fund-urgent-small-charity-coronaviru/?fbclid=IwAR0EYWjuX96R4yzuxXrjObN7WSo-y-iUY_ZWLikVZX0jGOHgLUFMwmg1mng

[Livia]

Information from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists:

https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/coronavirus-pregnancy/covid-19-virus-infection-and-pregnancy/

[Kizzy]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-covid-19-clean-tips-nhs-video-watch-a9411456.html

[Kizzy]

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[Kizzy]

https://inews.co.uk/news/business/coronavirus-rishi-sunak-measures-protect-jobs-incomes-2502747

[michael21]

All face to face meeting at job centres are suspended for the next 3 month


Many bus operators will be running a reduced sevices from Monday

[Cherie]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-vaccine-trials-could-start-in-uk-within-a-month/ar-BB11r76K?ocid=spartanntp

Trials of a coronavirus vaccine could begin within the next month, the Government's health agency has said, as it prepares to start evaluating a drug developed by Oxford University.
Scientists at Public Health England (PHE) could give the go-ahead for human testing well ahead of the usual time frame for drug development.
The health agency is only due to start preliminary evaluation of the vaccine next week.

[Zizu]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-vaccine-trials-could-start-in-uk-within-a-month/ar-BB11r76K?ocid=spartanntp



Trials of a coronavirus vaccine could begin within the next month, the Government's health agency has said, as it prepares to start evaluating a drug developed by Oxford University.

Scientists at Public Health England (PHE) could give the go-ahead for human testing well ahead of the usual time frame for drug development.

The health agency is only due to start preliminary evaluation of the vaccine next week.



What happens to the usual guidelines of 12 months extensive testing ??


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[Cherie]

NHS staff who have retired in the last 3 years will be invited back

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51969104

[Cherie]

List of key workers who can send their children to school

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/this-is-the-list-of-key-workers-who-can-still-send-their-children-to-school_uk_5e73501ec5b63c3b648b1d0c?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20vc2VhcmNo P3E9bGlzdCtvZitrZXkrd29ya2VycyZmb3JtPUVER1RDVCZxcz 1QRiZjdmlkPTIwZmE5NDY5Mzc3NzQ3YzNiODgwY2RiYTlhNzIw ODZmJnJlZmlnPWM1MDYxMDJhOTIyYzQwNThjYmM4YTc1MjQ0Zm U3YzI3JmNjPUdCJnNldGxhbmc9ZW4tVVMmcGx2YXI9MA&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAExjbkJJZ7D3jkC73vaAE55HkttK cNWFOBZGeVJDJvH32b1YNlfAdws5rnflPOylaqLk5LlIuO2Qs3 ix3Qz4n-ZFcBPqFPpg83IjBkk4mef-M1PzQ3TxELJQ-cxZiw7lYDU8iCpm6qcD8iSYQtpGUn-pBVfpq3iZnMptEWaX60ig

[bots]

The WHO are now saying that it doesn't recommend against taking ibuprofen for covid-19 symptoms ie their is no foundation behind the french claims that it made it worse

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[Cherie]

No chatter in this thread please, feel free to use the other thread for that, this is solely for updates

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[GoldHeart]

Man arrested in Isle Of man after failing to self isolate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51974140

[Cherie]

London gyms, pubs and restaurants will be told to close today 20th March 2020

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/20/pubs-restaurants-gyms-cinemas-ordered-close-london-12430533/

[reece(:]

GCSE and A Level students will get their predicted grades (and assignment results from teachers) as their final grade, and have the option to sit their exams next year if they are not pleased with it


https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced

[Cherie]

Match of the Day back tonight

https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/match-of-the-day

[Cherie]

Update 20th March 2020

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[Cherie]

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain/stay-at-home-to-avoid-coronavirus-uk-government-tells-vulnerable-idUKKBN218125

People identified as belonging to one or more of the at-risk groups include those who have received organ transplants, those living with severe respiratory conditions or specific cancers, and some receiving certain types of drug treatments.
They will be contacted by their doctor strongly advising them to stay at home for a period of at least 12 weeks.


“If you receive a letter it is vitally important that you act on it for your own protection, don’t attend any gatherings of friends or families and don’t go out for shopping, leisure or travel,” said Paul Johnson, director at Public Health England.

[Cherie]

Updated March 21st 2020

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[Cherie]

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-latest-nhs-strikes-exceptional-deal-private-hospitals-thousands-extra-beds-2504669

Coronavirus UK latest: NHS strikes 'exceptional' deal with private hospitals for thousands of extra beds and medical staff
The deal will see the private sector hand over almost its entire national hospital capacity to the service during the crisis

[arista]

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-latest-nhs-strikes-exceptional-deal-private-hospitals-thousands-extra-beds-2504669

Coronavirus UK latest: NHS strikes 'exceptional' deal with private hospitals for thousands of extra beds and medical staff
The deal will see the private sector hand over almost its entire national hospital capacity to the service during the crisis


Sure but on Marr BBC1HD
a Lady Technician agreed that Nurses
and Doctors are possible Super Spreaders
as they are not enough Test Kits - which are slow , 3 days.


Every nation has a shortage of test kits
Except South Korea
who made more,

[Cherie]

The health secretary has said 4,500 retired healthcare workers have signed up to help battle the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.

It comes after NHS England struck a deal with independent hospitals to provide 20,000 fully qualified staff and 8,000 more hospital beds.

The NHS will also have access to nearly 1,200 more ventilators facilities and other critical care facilities that have come under intense pressure as the coronavirus crisis intensifies.

[Cherie]

update March 22nd 2020

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[Cherie]

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Guidance for the 1.5 million who should stay at home for 12 weeks

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-pm-tells-britons-to-stay-at-home-non-essential-shops-are-going-to-shut-11962600

[People will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes:

Shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently
as possible
One form of exercise a day - for example
a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members
of your household
Any medical need, to provide
care or to help a vulnerable person
Travelling to and from work, but only
where this is absolutely necessary
and cannot be done from home]

[Cherie]

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[Cherie]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/thousands-of-ex-nhs-staff-to-rejoin-service-in-coronavirus-drive/ar-BB11B7mU?ocid=spartanntp

More than 7,500 former NHS staff have heeded the government’s call to rejoin the health service and help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. They include about 5,633 nurses and midwives and 1,930 doctors.
Matt Hancock told MPs on Monday that 7,563 clinical staff had applied to come back into the NHS by seeking to rejoin the register for their professionservice-in-coronavirus-drive/ar-BB11B7mU?ocid=spartanntp

[michael21]

Police have new powers

[Cherie]

Contactless card limit to rise to £45.00 from next week

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/24/limit-for-contactless-spending-to-rise-to-45-at-beginning-of-april

[Cherie]

https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/ineos-build-hand-sanitiser-plant-17969972

Company to build new hand sanitiser plant in the next 10 days

Chemicals company Ineos is to build a hand sanitiser plant near Middlesbrough to produce one million bottles a month within 10 days, the company has announced.
The company is already making hand sanitiser at its plants in Scotland and Germany but has reacted to the global shortage by saying it will make more at a plant on Teesside.


The sanitiser will be provided free to hospitals and says it wants to “concentrate on meeting the needs of front line medical and care services as well as making the 'pocket bottle' hand sanitisers for personal use for people across the UK and Europe.

[Cherie]

HMRC Coronavirus Helpline for self employed

0300 4563565

[Cherie]

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[Cherie]

11,700 retired medics and nurses have now signed up to return

250,000 volunteers required now

People can register as an NHS volunteer here: https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHS.

[Cherie]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-coronavirus-nhs-volunteers-158000-21749811

170,000 sign up in 16 hours

[Cherie]

MOT extension for 6 months from 30th March 2020

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/25/drivers-granted-six-month-mot-extension-march-30-12452991/

[Cherie]

Target of 250,000 volunteers now exceeded

405,000 now signed up


register as an NHS volunteer here: https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHS.

[user104658]

MOT extension for 6 months from 30th March 2020



https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/25/drivers-granted-six-month-mot-extension-march-30-12452991/Not sure about this one, there'll be an awful lot of unfit cars on the road?

We've discovered a fun new health condition our car has: if he's not been fired up for over 24h he really struggles to start at all. Probably in need of an oil change. But this is the first time in well over a year the car hasnt been used every day.

For now we're working round it by firing him up and revving the engine for a bit every day even if we're not going anywhere but I feel like we may need to brave the garage :worry:.

[Cherie]

No chatter in this thread please, feel free to use the other thread for that, this is solely for updates

.

[James]

Coronavirus: NHS capacity 'won't be breached at national level'

By Rachel Schraer

Health reporter

1 hour ago


The NHS should be able to cope with the coronavirus outbreak now the country is in lockdown, according to infectious diseases expert Prof Neil Ferguson.

Keeping people inside and increasing NHS staff and beds would prevent intensive care units (ICUs) from being overwhelmed nationally, he said.

There could still be some difficulties at a local level, he told MPs.

But there was now a "reasonable degree of certainty" the government measures would put the epidemic into decline.

'Extremely stressed'

"This current strategy being adopted now - we think that in some areas of the country ICUs will get very close to capacity but it won't be breached at a national level," Prof Ferguson told the science and technology MPs' committee on Wednesday.

"There will be areas of the country which are extremely stressed, but we are reasonably confident - which is all we can be at the current time - that, at the national level, we will be in capacity," he said.

Prof Ferguson, a key government adviser on the country's response to the crisis, was responsible for the Imperial College modelling that changed the government's approach.

It found that only the most draconian social-distancing measures would be enough to prevent the health service being overwhelmed and as many as a quarter of a million people dying.

These measures are aimed at completely suppressing the spread of the virus.

Critical care capacity

When the researchers looked at what would happen if the government tried to just slow the spread of the epidemic (known as 'mitigation'), they found ICUs would be eight times over capacity.

Since that research was done, the NHS has put new plans in place making it better able to cope. These plans would mean a 'mitigation' strategy would leave the health service's critical care facilities three times over capacity, Prof Ferguson said.

The combination of those NHS plans and keeping people in their homes is what is predicted to bring demand down to a level hospitals can manage.

There would be some resurgence of cases later, Prof Ferguson said, but these local outbreaks could hopefully be kept at a low level through more intensive testing.

He told the committee of MPs that the latest research suggested as many as half to two-thirds of deaths from coronavirus might have happened this year anyway, because most fatalities were among people at the end of their lives or with other health conditions.

Normal life

The peak of demand for intensive care is expected to come in two to three weeks.

The challenge the UK, and other countries, would then face, Prof Ferguson said, was how to move from a complete lockdown to a situation where some semblance of normal life could be allowed to restart, while still keeping coronavirus cases low.

Part of this would be about significantly increasing the numbers of people being tested, until a vaccine could be found.

But, Prof Ferguson added, the UK did not currently have the capacity to test on the level of countries such as South Korea.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52035615

[arista]

But, Prof Ferguson added, the UK did not currently have
the capacity to test
on the level of countries such as South Korea.

[Kizzy]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-emergency-workers-cough-cps-warning-jail-uk-latest-a9427656.html

[Cherie]

Briefing 25th March 2020

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[Cherie]

Clap for the NHS at 8pm tonight 26/03/2020

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/clap-for-carers-nhs-staff-appeal-coronavirus-a4398106.html


People in the UK are being encouraged to show their appreciation for the country's nurses and doctors fighting the coronavirus pandemic by taking part in a huge round of applause.
At 8pm tonight, people at home are encouraged to clap from doors, windows, gardens and balconies to set off an applause for NHS staff working on the frontline of the crisis.

[Cherie]

Every NHS worker I've seen comment on this (and my wife knows a LOT of nurses):

"We don't want you to clap out of your door, we want better pay and working conditions when this is all over."

Sorry for commenting on the no-commenty thread but there's nowhere else for this one.

you could take it to the other thread :shrug: I can see you hate being told what to do but just stop ****ing posting in here

[Cherie]

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[michael21]

From 1/4/20 contactless payment limited will go up from £30 to £45 to help fight the coronavirus

[michael21]

All nhs staff to get free parking

[Cherie]

Update 27th March 2020

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[Cherie]

Some banks are now cancelling overdraft fees for a 3 month period

[Cherie]

NHS frontline staff to be tested from this weekend.

[Cherie]

A breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in under a week.

University College London engineers worked with clinicians at UCLH and Mercedes Formula One to build the device, which delivers oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices are already used in hospitals but are in short supply.

China and Italy used them to help Covid-19 patients.

Forty of the new devices have been delivered to ULCH and to three other London hospitals. If trials go well, up to 1,000 of the CPAP machines can be produced per day by Mercedes-AMG-HPP, beginning in a week's time.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has already given its approval for their use.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52087002

credit to BOTs

[Cherie]

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[Cherie]

20,000 nurses and medics have now come out of retirement

[Cherie]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-uber-nhs-free-trips-food-staff-covid-19-a9432371.html

Uber will give away hundreds of thousands of free trips and meals to NHS staff working on the frontlines during the coronavirus outbreak.
The taxi and food delivery company said that as of Monday 30 March, it will offer 200,000 complimentary trips and 100,000 meals to medical staff in order to support them while they work with patients who have been infected by Covid-19.

We’re covering 100,000 free meals through Uber Eats, from thousands of restaurants and convenience stores. NHS and HSC staff can choose to order a hot meal from a local restaurant, or essential items from a nearby shop available on the Uber Eats app, all delivered directly to them.

To help keep the NHS and HSC on the move, we’re also committing 200,000 free rides to and from work, which will be available to all staff with a valid NHS or HSC email address.

We want to help reduce the pressure on the heroes on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis, so please share this email with anyone you know who works for the NHS. And while you’re at it, please thank them for all that they do.

Terms and conditions apply. Please see our website for more deta

[Kizzy]

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/02/loan-credit-card-payments-frozen-uk-financial-regulator-coronavirus

[Cherie]

Sainsburys have banned couples from shopping together, this is also in force with all the other supermarkets, parents with children who cannot be left at home can bring their children.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8184047/Sainsburys-bans-couples-shopping-cut-queues-improve-social-distancing.html

[Cherie]

update 2nd April 2020

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[bots]

Asda have setup a shopping card scheme where the vulnerable can top up online and allow others to do shopping for them and pay for it with that card https://cards.asda.com/volunteer . They have also introduced "Scan and Go" where customers scan their shopping with their mobile phone and pay for it directly rather than at the till

[Cherie]

A 99-year-old English man has raised nearly £1.5 million for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.
Captain Tom Moore, who has used a walker to move around since breaking his hip, said he was grateful to the National Health Service for the treatment he received and wanted to do something in return.
Britain's state-funded NHS is under severe strain as it treats large numbers of people suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Medics have been widely praised for their bravery and professionalism during the crisis, including by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recovered from the virus after being treated by the NHS in a London hospital.
Capt Moore, who turns 100 on 30 April, had hoped to raise £500,000, but his charity campaign has nearly tripled that figure already.
The military veteran, who served in Asia during World War Two, had a message of hope for his compatriots.
"That's the way I think I've always looked at things: tomorrow will be a good day," he said.

[Cherie]

The first UK-built ventilators backed by a consortium of leading manufacturers have been delivered to hospitals over the weekend, with another device now in final clinical trials.
It is understood a number of ParaPac devices, made by Smiths Medical – whose production lines have been boosted by the involvement of The Ventilator Challenge UK (TVUK) group – were sent to wards across the UK in the last few days.
Production of the model, which was already being built before the Covid-19 outbreak, was scaled up by the involvement of the consortium, which includes Formula One racing teams Mercedes, McLaren and Williams.

[Cherie]

A 99-year-old English man has raised nearly £1.5 million for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.
Captain Tom Moore, who has used a walker to move around since breaking his hip, said he was grateful to the National Health Service for the treatment he received and wanted to do something in return.
Britain's state-funded NHS is under severe strain as it treats large numbers of people suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Medics have been widely praised for their bravery and professionalism during the crisis, including by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recovered from the virus after being treated by the NHS in a London hospital.
Capt Moore, who turns 100 on 30 April, had hoped to raise £500,000, but his charity campaign has nearly tripled that figure already.
The military veteran, who served in Asia during World War Two, had a message of hope for his compatriots.
"That's the way I think I've always looked at things: tomorrow will be a good day," he said.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/0414/1130436-tom-moore/

6.5 million raised at 15th April 2020

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[Kizzy]

A 99-year-old English man has raised nearly £1.5 million for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.
Captain Tom Moore, who has used a walker to move around since breaking his hip, said he was grateful to the National Health Service for the treatment he received and wanted to do something in return.
Britain's state-funded NHS is under severe strain as it treats large numbers of people suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Medics have been widely praised for their bravery and professionalism during the crisis, including by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recovered from the virus after being treated by the NHS in a London hospital.
Capt Moore, who turns 100 on 30 April, had hoped to raise £500,000, but his charity campaign has nearly tripled that figure already.
The military veteran, who served in Asia during World War Two, had a message of hope for his compatriots.
"That's the way I think I've always looked at things: tomorrow will be a good day," he said.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/0414/1130436-tom-moore/

__________________

I think I have something in my eye.... :bawling:

[Kizzy]

The first UK-built ventilators backed by a consortium of leading manufacturers have been delivered to hospitals over the weekend, with another device now in final clinical trials.
It is understood a number of ParaPac devices, made by Smiths Medical – whose production lines have been boosted by the involvement of The Ventilator Challenge UK (TVUK) group – were sent to wards across the UK in the last few days.
Production of the model, which was already being built before the Covid-19 outbreak, was scaled up by the involvement of the consortium, which includes Formula One racing teams Mercedes, McLaren and Williams.

These are the ones they said could be made 1000 a week iirc?

[Kizzy]

The first UK-built ventilators backed by a consortium of leading manufacturers have been delivered to hospitals over the weekend, with another device now in final clinical trials.
It is understood a number of ParaPac devices, made by Smiths Medical – whose production lines have been boosted by the involvement of The Ventilator Challenge UK (TVUK) group – were sent to wards across the UK in the last few days.
Production of the model, which was already being built before the Covid-19 outbreak, was scaled up by the involvement of the consortium, which includes Formula One racing teams Mercedes, McLaren and Williams.

Hang on...

https://www.mclaren.com/group/news/articles/statement-mclaren-group-ventilators/

[Cherie]

Hang on...

https://www.mclaren.com/group/news/articles/statement-mclaren-group-ventilators/

Article dated Sunday 22nd March

As advised by Josy...no chatter please

[Cherie]

No chatter in this thread please, feel free to use the other thread for that, this is solely for updates

.

[Kizzy]

Article dated Sunday 22nd March

As advised by Josy...no chatter please

It's still odd.. forgot which thread it was won't happen again.

[Cherie]

Billionaire landowner Hugh Grosvenor praised NHS staff
Prince George's billionaire godfather has donated £12.5 million to the UK's coronavirus relief effort.
The Duke of Westminster made an initial donation of £2.5 million in March, which went mostly to charities providing essential food distribution to vulnerable families.

He has now donated an extra £10 million - the majority of which will support the health service, through NHS Charities Together, to provide respite, rehabilitation and mental health assistance to NHS staff and their families.
Billionaire landowner Hugh Grosvenor's donation came as he said he felt humbled by the amazing work of the NHS, working tirelessly to keep the country safe.