4th Jun 2021 Friday FiveHealthcare workers calling for better protection against Covid Medical organisations are meeting with government officials to call for tighter guidelines on personal protective equipment (PPE). Countries, such as the US, have stricter rules on protection which require higher-grade face marks. In the UK, only exposure to certain procedures qualify healthcare workers to wear this higher…
4th Jun 2021 Friday FiveSurgeons suggest ‘surgical hubs’ to sort waiting lists The Royal College of Surgeons have called for £1billion in government funding to tackle long waiting lists. During last year’s first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, all non-urgent surgeries were cancelled. Surgeons have suggested that surgical hubs that could continue in the event of another wave of…
4th Jun 2021 Friday FiveTest and trace fail may have helped India variant spread The government has confirmed a delay tracking cases of the Covid variant first found in India. Due to a software failure, more than 700 infected people and their contacts were not to self-isolate as quickly as they should have been. There are concerns this may…
4th Jun 2021 Friday FiveSage to hold urgent meeting about India variant in the UK Scientists on the Sage advisory committee meet about concerns over infectiousness of the coronavirus variant discovered in India. It is thought to be more transmissible that the Kent variant that contributed to the UK second wave. With the UK set to lift some restrictions…