List of key workers who can send their children to school

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...iZnMptEWaX60ig

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

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

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/20/pubs-...ndon-12430533/

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/f...ades-announced

Match of the Day back tonight

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

Update 20th March 2020

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-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.

Updated March 21st 2020

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coro...a-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,

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.

update March 22nd 2020

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...-from-covid-19

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...-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]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coron...cid=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

Police have new powers

Contactless card limit to rise to £45.00 from next week

https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...nning-of-april

https://www.business-live.co.uk/manu...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.

HMRC Coronavirus Helpline for self employed

0300 4563565

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.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...58000-21749811

170,000 sign up in 16 hours