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 nation that he was “setting the goal of 100,000 tests per day, by the end of this month. When the UK gave in to pressure to reverse its March 12 decisions to abandon mass community testing on April 2, it didn’t need to set itself a specific target or a specific deadline. So, while the UK government can be proud of its extraordinary expansion of testing in such a short period of time — and no one can deny that more testing is undeniably a positive thing — it’s reasonable that critics would find any backslapping for simply keeping its own promise somewhat unedifying.

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Matt Hancock: A timeline of the former health secretary’s Westminster controversies
1 year, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock: A timeline of the former health secretary’s Westminster controversies

The Independent  

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UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says
1 year, 6 months ago

UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace for a possibly chaotic exit from the European Union without a deal, the U.K.'s former health secretary told an inquiry Tuesday. Matt Hancock also said officials had to scramble to source protective equipment, set up mass testing and contact …

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  

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How Matt Hancock sought to hog the Covid vaccine limelight
1 year, 10 months ago

How Matt Hancock sought to hog the Covid vaccine limelight

The Telegraph  

Matt Hancock feared he would not get credit for the UK’s vaccine success and described the speeding up of the jabs rollout as a “Hancock triumph”. The former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages show he fought to be the face of Britain’s vaccine campaign at the height of the pandemic and became furious if he thought others were getting the credit. …

Even by Tory standards, Matt Hancock has reached a new low
1 year, 10 months ago

Even by Tory standards, Matt Hancock has reached a new low

The Independent  

It was the UK’s great misfortune that Matt Hancock was health secretary during most of the coronavirus pandemic. Hancock’s excuse for being on reality TV, when he should have been representing his West Suffolk constituents in parliament, was that he wanted to show viewers the “real me”. But we now know, via leaked social media messages, that then health minister …

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

The Independent  

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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: What are claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?
1 year, 10 months ago

Matt Hancock: What are claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?

The Independent  

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Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak
1 year, 10 months ago

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s former health minister on Wednesday denied wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Telegraph said the exchanges show that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock ignored scientific advice to test everyone entering nursing homes for COVID-19. Hancock said the WhatsApp messages had been deceptively edited, …

Report says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives
3 years, 2 months ago

Report says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s failure to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic cost thousands of unnecessary deaths and ranks among the country’s worst public health blunders, lawmakers concluded Tuesday in the nation’s first comprehensive report on the pandemic. “Decisions on lockdowns and social distancing during the early weeks of the pandemic - and the advice that …

UK's health minister denies claim he lied amid the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

UK's health minister denies claim he lied amid the pandemic

The Independent  

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Labour tells government to hold regular NHS ‘war-games’ to prepare for future pandemics
3 years, 9 months ago

Labour tells government to hold regular NHS ‘war-games’ to prepare for future pandemics

The Independent  

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Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?
4 years, 1 month ago

Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?

Hindustan Times  

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, US health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. “If we’d had a more robust approach and testing was scaled up as one of the tools, I think much of this third surge would would have been avoidable,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, …

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  

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Coronavirus: Full list of Covid-19 rates across England
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: Full list of Covid-19 rates across England

The Independent  

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Failing the test: Slow start and flawed decisions in Britain’s coronavirus testing have cost lives, warn health leaders
4 years, 6 months ago

Failing the test: Slow start and flawed decisions in Britain’s coronavirus testing have cost lives, warn health leaders

The Independent  

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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 …

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England
4 years, 7 months ago

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England

The Telegraph  

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, published results of PHE's evaluation of the Roche test show that although 100% of negative samples accurately came back as negative, 16% of samples taken from people who had had the virus did not show up as positive. A coronavirus antibody test kit has been approved by Public Health England, The Telegraph has learned, …

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  

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Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock

The Independent  

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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  

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Coronavirus: Minister admits low number of tests carried out is ‘really troubling’ and hints at mistakes
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Minister admits low number of tests carried out is ‘really troubling’ and hints at mistakes

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Government’s senior advisers face calls to resign over testing ‘incompetence’
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Government’s senior advisers face calls to resign over testing ‘incompetence’

The Independent  

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UK turns to private sector to boost virus testing capacity
4 years, 9 months ago

UK turns to private sector to boost virus testing capacity

Al Jazeera  

Millions of coronavirus tests will be distributed in the United Kingdom in the coming months, officials have pledged, following criticism that the government has moved too slowly. After England’s chief medical officer conceded on Tuesday that there were lessons to be learned from Germany on testing, the Conservative government is again turning to the country’s private sector, saying it aimed …

Coronavirus UK: Matt Hancock promises 100k new tests a DAY
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Matt Hancock promises 100k new tests a DAY

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock's five-point plan to increase coronavirus testing to 100,000 per day Heath secretary Matt Hancock today unveiled a five-point plan to boost the UK's coronavirus testing tenfold in a matter of weeks. On another tumultuous day of coronavirus developments: Another 569 deaths have been declared in the UK today, taking the total death toll to 2,921; Business groups say …

UK coronavirus: Criticism over testing as officials release guidance on who to save first
4 years, 9 months ago

UK coronavirus: Criticism over testing as officials release guidance on who to save first

CNN  

London CNN — The UK will test 100,000 people per day for coronavirus by the end of this month, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Thursday. Hancock set out the government’s order of priority for testing people for coronavirus: Patients first, expanding to NHS staff and their families, critical key workers third and “over time we will expand to community.” …

Coronavirus | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock test positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock test positive

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating but will still lead the government's response to the outbreak. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the governments response via video-conference as we fight this virus.” A Downing Street spokesman said Mr. Johnson, 55, experienced mild symptoms on Thursday — a day …

Coronavirus UK: Government slammed for testing efforts
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Government slammed for testing efforts

Daily Mail  

The government faced a mauling this afternoon after it failed to stop senior figures in the UK's fight against coronavirus from catching the deadly disease as Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock both tested positive. In another frantic day of developments in the battle against coronavirus: US President Donald Trump wished Mr Johnson a 'speedy recovery' as the two leaders spoke …

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson says 12 weeks to 'turn the tide'
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson says 12 weeks to 'turn the tide'

Daily Mail  

What could happen in a London lockdown? LIKELY RESTRICTIONS Tougher advice on 'social distancing', urging everyone to stay at home unless absolutely essential; Asking shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars to close to minimise the risk of people gathering; Scaling back transport services while leaving enough capacity for unavoidable journeys and key workers to reach hospitals and other duties; NOT …

Coronavirus UK: Number of people being tested falls amid growing anger at 'complacent' government response
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Number of people being tested falls amid growing anger at 'complacent' government response

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Wider testing is important as it will help to manage demand as the number of …

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing on the administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images As the Trump administration struggles to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday …

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing on the administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images As the Trump administration struggles to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday …

NHS staff to lead protest against Trump during his trip to the UK
5 years, 1 month ago

NHS staff to lead protest against Trump during his trip to the UK

Raw Story  

Nurses and doctors from the United Kingdom's National Health Service are planning to lead a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump next week amid mounting concerns about potential privatization of the U.K.'s decades-old public healthcare system. The Stop Trump Coalition—which helped organize massive protests against the U.S. president when he visited the U.K. in July 2018—said in a statement Friday …

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