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Seems the RAF is in the air... Anyway, now it is time to blame the Turks. RAF plane sent to pressure Turkey to release gowns for NHS UK government makes desperate move to force export of PPE it promised for Sunday The British government reacted desperately to delays in securing urgently...

Boris "Charon" Johnson being the tillerman to take us all across the Styx?

Monday 20/04/2020 Country 2018 population Total cases Deaths Deaths / cases % Cases / pop % Death/pop % England 55,977,178 93,030 14,828 15.9% 0.17% 0.026% Northern Ireland 1,881,641 2,728 194 7.1% 0.14% 0.010% Scotland 5,438,100 8,450 903 10.7% 0.16% 0.017% Wales 3,138,631...

Remdesivir is still showing promise - though hardly an available treatment.

Just one pre-publication paper's view of Trump's perfect medicine for covid-19 - Hydroxychloroquine Conclusion: This study indicated no clinical benefits regarding HCQ for treatment of COVID-19 patients. However, further large clinical trials should be taken into account in order to achieve...

If only we could trash the system and restore from a backup. (Obviously, a backup that is isolated so it can't get infected. :) )

Could be that - but other suggestions include it romping through Africa. And I am not convinced India isn't going to erupt in awfulness.

I wish he'd explained. We can interpolate and guess, but at times like this we need it in simple direct words, please. The World Health Organization chief has warned that the worst is still ahead of us in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving international concern just as many countries ease...

Amazing: Oil prices fall to historic lows The US oil market has collapsed into negative prices for the first time in history as North America’s oil producers run out of space to store an unprecedented oversupply of crude left by the pandemic, Jillian Ambrose and Martin Farrer write. The price...

From a Wales perspective, that does make a lot of sense. Newport and Cardiff (and two or three up the valleys), then Swansea, Llanelli. Powys very good and down here also pretty good. But there is also an apparent link simply with population.

Very pleased to read that. :)

When I looked the other day you could order, and they had just reduced the minimum order to 100 (previously 500). Nice to know the government will be getting VAT on them. Are they confirmed Made in China? Or is that based on the fact than nine out of ten badges are made there?

The experts are right. Combine people refusing to download the app(s) and simply switching off their phones a lot of the time, acceptance as absolutely key. Digital contact tracing will fail unless privacy is respected, experts warn Letter suggests citizens will reject any centralised app...

Good news or just another false hope? A rapid test for detecting Covid-19 has been developed by scientists at the University of South Wales. The team has also created a portable device which can produce an accurate result in 20-30 minutes without having to return a sample to the laboratory...

I know vast numbers of blood tests are regularly performed using finger-prick samples. They have, in general proved themselves reliable but (obviously) we would need to be sure they work with this test.

I'm sorry if you feel I bullied you... Priti Patel bullying row: ex-Home Office chief launches tribunal claim Sir Philip Rutnam takes action under whistleblowing laws, claiming constructive dismissal Priti Patel is facing legal action under whistleblowing laws after her former permanent...

I note that the EU discusses those who are 65 and older, whereas the UK continues referring to over 70. Executive summary Overall, large increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to be reported from the EU/EEA countries and the UK. In addition, in recent weeks, the European...

Guardian comments: noteatingproperly Has Johnson resigned yet...

Utter bilge. The number 10 statement. Let us look at one single issue. Building Nightingale hospitals. If it was appropriate to do so, due to known lack of capacity, why did they leave it so late? It wasn't something, like lockdown, that should be left until some precise magical point. By 8th...

Meanwhile, just what is Johnson doing? The PM, who is five COBRA meetings short of a pandemic, at one and the same time is said to be doing things and yet nothing has changed, from our PoV.