Prince Charles opens the new NHSdie with coronavirus in the UKMatt Hancock: Stay inside this sunny weekendAirline Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Virgin Unite - Virgin Group's not-for-profit foundation - to fly a special charter flight from Shanghai to London with essential medical supplies and PPE equipment for the NHS.
"We're looking forward to continuing to partner with the Department for Health and the NHS, working with them on a number of flights over the next few weeks, to bring in the supplies that the teams here in the UK urgently need to care for patients.Hancock: We have a large stockpile of PPE - with Burberry now making gownsHe said the challenge is distribution not the amount of PPE
He said large amounts of mask wearing is seen, particularly in east Asia - but he says that has been seen for decades.Ruth May: NHS staff are working very hard to connect families who cannot be with loves ones as they die Mr Van Tam said people with coronavirus will be asked by their doctor to take part in trials, it will not be a case of answering an advert in a newspaper.Van Tam: Losing your taste does not mean you have coronavirus
He said the only way to make sure it is right is through clinical trials - of which there are three he said. Martin Houghton-Brown, chief executive of St John's Ambulance, told Sky News the volunteer service is helping across the country, working alongside NHS drivers and medics.Lots of people who are first aid trained, such as airline staff and lifeguards, have been volunteering and can go straight into the frontline.
He said:"We're spending £1.5m a week to fight this virus so I'm asking the public to donate £6m to help get us through the next few weeks."The department store is expected to slide into administration in the coming days due to the pandemic.Canada signs agreement with Amazon to manage distribution of medical equipmentHe said he has been talking to Jack Ma, the founder of Ali Baba, to buy masks from China.
With planes grounded around the world and lockdowns meaning fewer car journeys the demand for oil has plummeted. Bill de Blasio said the programme is needed to handle an expected surge in coronavirus cases in New York and other places around the country where coronavirus cases are placing huge pressures on healthcare systems.
Oh well better take my knickers off my face tomorrow. They never did protect me.
So why is BorisJohnson making people wear them?
He can read this: NHSuk DominicRaab
South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan governments all *recommend* the use of face masks out in public. Van Tam has no policy, outside of parroting WHO - an organisation which has already royally fucked due to their primacy of bureaucracy and politics over public welfare.
Masks do reduce spread in asymptomatic people. Clearly this is not a replacement for physical distancing StayHome. But CDCgov SurgeonGeneral updating guidelines in light of new evidence should wake us up in the UK
Attempted to do SOMETHING is smarter than doing NOTHING.
Good as the waiting time to get a face mask from Amazon is not till the end of May. Which at that point it might be all over 💁🏻♂️
I started wearing a mask 1st week in Feb. The virus ENTRY points are Mouth, Nose and Eyes. So just use your OWN COMMON SENSE and Logic!
Wearing a face mask is very much like believing in God. It may make you feel better at the time but is ultimately useless.
A lot of sheep people here with a little too much brain.
This is absolutely criminal! Stop lying! Even a home made mask is better than nothing.
What Deputy CMO is saying to the British public in his message: If somebody is or apears to be healthy and well there is no reason to use precautionary preventative measures like use of condoms, face masks or PPE in general....
naval why medical officers burying their heads in a sand?
You are doomed!
YourAnonRiots Aye mate what matters right right now is why ya sat on ya arse in the first place
they definitely work , better than no barrier between virus particles and the nose
Check it out.
There’s a reason why countries across Asia have been able to contain this virus way better than Weatern and European countries and that’s because across Asia, everyone wears masks in addition to washing hands more regularly and practicing social distancing.
Like this guy, very authoritative as are most of the advisers. I admired is honesty in the his answers. Honesty that we haven't seen from the politicians. He made no promises and spoke his mind. Very refreshing.
What bullshit. It’s common sense that masks protect you from getting infected. If someone near you coughs or sneezes and already have the virus, you can easily catch it unless you protect yourself by wearing a mask.
They haven’t got a clue .
Surely if an infected person is wearing a mask that has to be better than allowing breath droplets and virus a clear path ffs?
So if it's airborne, social distancing will work?
What if you haven't been tested +, but in fact you are virus carrier, does it make sense? So many cases have not been tested yet, they may shopping by you.
I think this advice will age badly.
Unless you are an asymptomatic carrier who could pass it on by exhalation/breathing/talking
And social distancing ? In case somebody coughs into your face and it goes into your mouth or nose ?
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