Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Matt Hancock faces scrutiny over testing ‘missteps’
4 years, 7 months ago

Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Matt Hancock faces scrutiny over testing ‘missteps’

The Independent  

“All losses are restored and sorrows end,” goes one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets. Health secretary Matt Hancock is determined the ongoing drama over the government’s “test, track and trace” programme will not turn into a tragedy. Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, said it was hypocritical for ministers to clap for health workers every Thursday evening only to tell many of them they are “unwelcome” because they’re deemed low-skilled. Professor Nirmal Kumar, from the ear, nose and throat specialist body ENT UK, said the change was “better late than never … we had been asking for this almost eight weeks ago.” I’M STILL STANDING: Donald Trump revealed that he has been taking the malaria medication hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus – even though US health officials have already warned it could be unsafe. From the Twitterati “If the kind of immigration restrictions and hurdles that Priti Patel is so keen on had been applied to her own parents, she probably wouldn’t be a British citizen today, let alone the Home Secretary.” Mehdi Hasan suggests the home secretary rethink the immigration bill.

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Trump fills out his key public health roles
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump fills out his key public health roles

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article was first published on November 22. Trump, for his part, said on the campaign trail that he would let Kennedy “go wild on health.” US surgeon general Also known as “the nation’s doctor,” the surgeon general is a medical doctor who focuses on educating and advising Americans on how to improve their …

Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to Covid-19 inquiry
1 year, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former health secretary Matt Hancock has arrived to give evidence …

UK health chief’s leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate
1 year, 10 months ago

UK health chief’s leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate

Associated Press  

LONDON — Coronavirus lockdowns have been lifted and face masks are few and far between in Britain these days. Hancock shared his WhatsApp messages with journalist Isabel Oakeshott as they worked on a book, “Pandemic Diaries.” Oakeshott, in turn, handed the messages to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which has splashed them in a series of front-page stories. Steven Barnett, professor …

Matt Hancock proves once again that failure for government ministers is no barrier to future success
3 years, 2 months ago

Matt Hancock proves once again that failure for government ministers is no barrier to future success

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yes, Hancock announced last night that …

Politics behind US call for coronavirus origin probe, says China
3 years, 7 months ago

Politics behind US call for coronavirus origin probe, says China

Hindustan Times  

China on Thursday accused the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that was first detected in China in late 2019. Biden told US intelligence officials to redouble their efforts to investigate the origins of the pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to …

UN chief welcomes US re-engagement with WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

UN chief welcomes US re-engagement with WHO

India TV News  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the United States’ stated re-engagement with the World Health Organization, saying supporting the health agency is “absolutely critical” to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. "Supporting the WHO is absolutely critical to the world’s efforts for a better coordinated response against COVID-19,” a statement issued by the UN Chief's spokesperson on Wednesday said. “With vaccines being a …

Australian WHO investigator says China tensions won't get in the way of his probe into coronavirus COVID-19 origins
4 years, 1 month ago

Australian WHO investigator says China tensions won't get in the way of his probe into coronavirus COVID-19 origins

ABC  

An Australian scientist tasked with answering one of the most politically sensitive questions in the world — where did the coronavirus begin — says he won't let politics get in the way of his investigation. Mr Trump's sharp criticism of what he called "the China virus" and unproven claims from his administration that it could have leaked from a Wuhan …

Health contractors vetted stars' politics for US virus ad
4 years, 2 months ago

Health contractors vetted stars' politics for US virus ad

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and …

Coronavirus: Hancock defends private firm marketing test and trace package to councils
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Hancock defends private firm marketing test and trace package to councils

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Health secretary Matt Hancock has defended contractors Deloitte after the private …

Republicans urge Trump against terminating relationship with World Health Organization
4 years, 6 months ago

Republicans urge Trump against terminating relationship with World Health Organization

CNN  

Washington CNN — Despite alleging that the World Health Organization “enabled” the Chinese government’s sweeping cover-up of the coronavirus pandemic’s origins, House Republicans are urging the Trump administration to reconsider its recent decision to terminate relations with the international body, arguing the US can do more to affect change as a member. The recommendation is part of a new report …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s move to quit WHO cites flawed facts
4 years, 7 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s move to quit WHO cites flawed facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spread a number of false and misleading claims about the World Health Organization in announcing his decision to cut U.S. ties with the agency over the coronavirus epidemic. ___ VIRUS RESPONSE TRUMP: “The World Health Organization consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019 or even earlier, including reports …

Trump announces end of US relationship with World Health Organization
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump announces end of US relationship with World Health Organization

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization, a move he has threatened throughout the coronavirus pandemic and one that earned quick criticism from both sides of the aisle. “Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our …

Fact-Checking And Assessing Trump's Letter Of Rebuke To WHO
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact-Checking And Assessing Trump's Letter Of Rebuke To WHO

NPR  

Fact-Checking And Assessing Trump's Letter Of Rebuke To WHO Enlarge this image toggle caption @realDonaldTrump / Twitter screengrab by NPR @realDonaldTrump / Twitter screengrab by NPR As the world seeks to join together to bring the novel coronavirus under control, President Trump has sent a letter to the World Health Organization threatening that the U.S. will halt all funding and …

Is China the new leader on the world health stage? (Opinion)
4 years, 7 months ago

Is China the new leader on the world health stage? (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael Bociurkiw is a global affairs analyst, a former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and host of the podcast Global Impact. CNN — The World Health Assembly – the biggest event on the global health agenda – held on Monday and Tuesday this week, can be easily summed up: The Trump administration threatened …

WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
4 years, 7 months ago

WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which has been clouded by finger-pointing between the U.S. and China over a pandemic that has killed over 300,000 people and leveled the global economy. U.S. National Security Council …

WHO approves inquiry into global coronavirus response
4 years, 7 months ago

WHO approves inquiry into global coronavirus response

CNN  

London CNN — The World Health Organization has agreed to hold an inquiry into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, adopting a resolution a summit that has been overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s threat to permanently cut US funding to the agency. The part of the resolution that had been considered contentious called for “a stepwise process of impartial, …

Coronavirus | Xi defends China’s ‘open’ virus response
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Xi defends China’s ‘open’ virus response

The Hindu  

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday Beijing has been “transparent” throughout the coronavirus crisis, and offered to share a vaccine as soon as one was available — as well as $2 billion in aid. Addressing the first-ever virtual gathering of the WHO’s annual assembly, Mr. Xi said China has “always had an open, transparent and responsible attitude”, and had …

China faces coronavirus backlash at World Health Assembly
4 years, 7 months ago

China faces coronavirus backlash at World Health Assembly

Daily Mail  

China is facing mounting pressure over coronavirus as the UK joins international demands for an independent inquiry into the handling of the disease. Calls are set to be made for a full probe as the World Health Organisation holds its virtual assembly today and tomorrow. Pictured Tedros Adhanom and President Xi of China, who is addressing the assembly, shake hands …

WHO chief vows independent review of global pandemic response
4 years, 7 months ago

WHO chief vows independent review of global pandemic response

Al Jazeera  

Speaking at the World Health Assembly, held virtually, China also backs a ‘comprehensive review’ of the pandemic. Addressing the two-day forum on Monday, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar called WHO’s response a “failure” of information gathering and transparency that “cost many lives”. Internal review Despite the criticism, the WHO’s seven-member internal oversight body also issued its …

‘Politicians who lie’: China blasts US over coronavirus claims
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Politicians who lie’: China blasts US over coronavirus claims

Al Jazeera  

In an escalating war of words, both countries accused the other of trying to divert attention from their own response. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, continued Washington’s criticism of Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, saying China could have prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world with increased transparency. The World Health Organisation has said the …

Coronavirus: Rosena Allin-Khan hits out at health secretary Matt Hancock
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Rosena Allin-Khan hits out at health secretary Matt Hancock

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The health secretary’s comment came after Rosena Allin-Khan told him during a House of Commons …

May 1, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 8 months ago

May 1, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Pool Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, proudly announced on Friday that the country had hit an ambitious coronavirus testing target that it had set itself at the beginning of the month. On April 2, after weeks of criticism that the UK was lagging behind its European counterparts like Germany on testing, Hancock told the …

May 1, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 8 months ago

May 1, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Pool Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, proudly announced on Friday that the country had hit an ambitious coronavirus testing target that it had set itself at the beginning of the month. On April 2, after weeks of criticism that the UK was lagging behind its European counterparts like Germany on testing, Hancock told the …

Coronavirus: Government finally reveals lockdown ‘exit strategy’ with plan to recruit 18,000 to trace infected people
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Government finally reveals lockdown ‘exit strategy’ with plan to recruit 18,000 to trace infected people

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers have finally revealed a long-demanded “exit strategy” from the coronavirus …

Americans at WHO warned Trump about spread of coronavirus last year
4 years, 8 months ago

Americans at WHO warned Trump about spread of coronavirus last year

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. China “stalled for weeks” in allowing WHO experts …

China didn’t warn public of likely coronavirus pandemic for six key days
4 years, 8 months ago

China didn’t warn public of likely coronavirus pandemic for six key days

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks March 10 by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. If health officials raise the alarm prematurely, it can damage their credibility — “like crying wolf” — and may cripple their ability to mobilize the public, he said. In a faxed statement, the National Health Commission said China had published …

New York Times’ coronavirus report outlines how Trump ‘could have seen what was coming’
4 years, 8 months ago

New York Times’ coronavirus report outlines how Trump ‘could have seen what was coming’

CNN  

CNN — A new report on the Trump administration’s missteps in the early days of the coronavirus’ spread into the US was published in the New York Times on Saturday, detailing new instances showing how President Donald Trump ignored the warnings of his advisers about the lethal infectious disease approaching America’s doorstep. As a result, the group “concluded they would …

Finding a scapegoat in WHO
4 years, 8 months ago

Finding a scapegoat in WHO

The Hindu  

After blaming the Democrats for investing a ‘hoax’ in the form of coronavirus, and pointing fingers at China by calling the SARS-CoV-2 virus a ‘China virus,’ U.S. President Donald Trump has found a new scapegoat — the World Health Organization. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control.” On January 25, Mr. Trump even commended …

WHO chief defends handling of coronavirus pandemic against Trump criticism
4 years, 9 months ago

WHO chief defends handling of coronavirus pandemic against Trump criticism

The Hindu  

The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agency's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency. Data | United States bears the global brunt of new coronavirus cases Mr. Trump told the daily White House briefing …

Coronavirus | Trump accuses WHO of being China-centric, threatens to cut funding
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Trump accuses WHO of being China-centric, threatens to cut funding

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of becoming China-centric during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ apparent unwillingness to hold the Chinese Communist Party to even the minimum standard of global health and transparency hindered the world’s ability to blunt the spread of …

COVID-19 pandemic is testing world leaders. Who’s stepping up?
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic is testing world leaders. Who’s stepping up?

Al Jazeera  

Whether millions live or die depends on the decisions the world’s leaders take in the coming days and weeks. “It’s been disappointing in many countries – too many,” said John M Barry, a historian who studied the Spanish flu pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people in 1918. “In some countries, it’s been outright reprehensible – some leaders’ …

Trump, coronavirus and the politics of a pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump, coronavirus and the politics of a pandemic

Al Jazeera  

The coronavirus outbreak has swept the globe and been declared a pandemic, but experts warn the response of some world leaders, including the administration of US President Donald Trump, has been anything but global. Meanwhile, Trump administration officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in recent days have taken to calling the coronavirus the “Wuhan virus”, ignoring WHO’s guidelines and …

Trump grows more irate as his attempts to contain coronavirus fallout fail
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump grows more irate as his attempts to contain coronavirus fallout fail

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump has grown more and more irate as his attempts to contain the political fallout of coronavirus – much less the health crisis itself – continue to fall short, people close to him said. Some airline officials were apoplectic after Trump announced the drastic-sounding European travel ban, saying they had been briefed on a much less …

Trump administration’s efforts outmatched by the virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump administration’s efforts outmatched by the virus

CNN  

Washington CNN — As America effectively shuts down, failures over coronavirus testing kits and President Donald Trump’s disastrous bid to calm the markets are coming to symbolize a federal government that increasingly seems outmatched by the global pandemic. “I’ve got to be clear, we’ve all got to be clear – this is the worst public health crisis for a generation,” …

Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Fissures between the White House and national health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have begun to expand as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to more American states, creating dissonance between President Donald Trump and the professionals tasked with containing the virus further. Trump’s visit to the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta Friday did little to quell …

World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Sitting alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was effusive in his praise of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis. “It brings all of WHO’s work in emergencies together with a common structure across headquarters and all regional offices in order to …

China coronavirus: WHO chief calls new emergency talks
4 years, 11 months ago

China coronavirus: WHO chief calls new emergency talks

The Hindu  

The head of the World Health Organisation on January 29 called a new emergency meeting of experts to discuss whether the SARS-like virus outbreak that began in China constitutes an international health emergency. “I have decided to reconvene the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the new #coronavirus tomorrow,” Dr. Tedros said on Twitter. Dr. Tedros said most people who …

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