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NI gets there: Executive approves new powers to protect the public Date published: 28 March 2020 Sweeping new powers will come into force across Northern Ireland tonight at 11pm to combat the spread of Coronavirus...

Link to report: https://www.icnarc.org/About/Latest-News/2020/03/27/Report-On-775-Patients-Critically-Ill-With-Covid-19 I am just having a look now. Yes - it does have age breakdown.

I have noticed that volunteers who might have to drive are being advised to inform their insurance company. My take: Issue an edict which says that anyone using their own vehicle in relation to CV (without pay - even if they get mileage) will automatically be covered. I'm sure that last thing...

Somewhat concerning figures: The mortality rate for patients put in intensive care after being infected with Covid-19 is running at close to 50%, a report has revealed. Data from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) showed that of 165 patients treated in critical...

Very good. I couldn't possibly comment.

Seems that the antibody tests need to be done weeks after suspected infection. If done too soon, the human body might not have ramped up its specific antibody levels sufficiently to be detectable.

Just how do they define "the coming weeks"? 8,000 now (FT got that right) and 8,000 coming means 16,000. (No allowance for failures, maintenance, etc.) They need 30,000, it has often been said. Which means there will not be enough - at least 14,000 short. No matter how many vets have sent...

Despite being fully in charge, he can't be arsed to give us the pleasure of watching him for today's briefing. Send-a-lackey time. Or is he much more seriously ill than has been let on? (Rumours start here!)

I'd like to see Johnson in a cavalry charge - as at Omdurman.

I see no need for this: Labour asked leadership rivals to pre-record victory speeches Winner will be revealed by email on 4 April as special conference is abandoned Candidates for the roles of Labour leader and deputy leader reacted with disbelief after being told they all had to pre-record...

Could be an own goal. If they are doing that, then many will simply add pneumonia and covid-19 deaths together and assume that all pneumonia deaths are coronavirus - even if they are not.

I think I have a very different way of assessing what doing well means. And they have already failed: Powis says that if the government can keep deaths below 20,000 during this epidemic, they will have done well.

Despite everything, there are some, shall we say, interesting stories: A medical fetish site says it has donated its entire stock of disposable scrubs to an NHS hospital that was “desperate” for supplies. In a thread posted on Twitter, MedFetUK wrote: We have been contacted this week by...

Aha! As the government will end up owning everything, we can look forward to whole new rounds of privatisation into the future...

Are we now allowed to fly drones around London City Airport and Gatwick North? After all, they are not now airports... :D And are there any protocols for deep cleaning drones? Otherwise they could transmit infection. Whether flown by the police or the public.

I think even he will have second thoughts about diving into refrigerators now. They might be full.

Glad the case has been dealt with. We can argue about the sentence, but the fact that it will receive publicity might be the most important factor. Woman who coughed in police officer's face jailed for 12 weeks

Wales has gone into overdrive! (Actually, overdrive is lowering revs at speed to make progress nice and relaxing. Hey, you know what I mean.) The first two are very relevant to me. The last indicates the scale - with Newport area being especially badly affected. Have to say, it is a nice...

Why should anyone trust them for protection if they can't even protect themselves? (Not that they should be doing so ahead of the rest of us. Of course.)

And those powers, in Wales, are invoked by the Welsh Assembly. But they always speak as if England is the only entity.