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

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

Updated 16th March 2020

http://www.gov.uk/government/topical...nment-response

this was the advice 16 March 2020

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

This is a good thread

Euro 2020 of till 2021

Coronavirus: French Open tennis moved to September

Update 17th March 2020

https://youtu.be/z7vWlPkjW-g

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

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

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

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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official travel advice updated 18th March 2020

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-a...el-coronavirus

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

Full list

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...-tube-21717745

Football off until at least end of April

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...cid=spartanntp

Information from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists:

https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guideline...and-pregnancy/

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

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coron...cid=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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NHS staff who have retired in the last 3 years will be invited back

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

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