Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed during the daily conference that he had donated blood plasma with coronavirus antibodies on Friday, and pleaded with others to do the same.for the use of plasma from survivors to treat hospital patients who are ill with the disease.
NHS Blood and Transplant is asking some people who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate so they can potentially assess the therapy in trials. Hancock, who has recovered from the virus, said there are currently 40,000 antibody tests being carried out per day, and added:"If you have had the virus then you can help make a difference. By donating your plasma from blood that has your antibodies in it you can help someone suffering in hospital with coronavirus.
"I did this earlier today. I gave my antibodies. The process is simple and straightforward. Go to theDonating takes about 45 minutes, as the blood is filtered through a machine to remove the plasma Image caption: Donating takes about 45 minutes, as the blood is filtered through a machine to remove the plasma
bbc5live Maybe, just maybe 3 months too late. Why are Care sorry 'Death' homes not included?
Why doesn't this apply to doctors surgeries and pharmacies too? The places where sick people go!
The update came through on my email feed at 5am yesterday..less than a week to turnaround these demented decisions. All hospital staff? Does matthancock know the makeup of staff in hospitals or does he think its just doctors and nurses?
Shouldn't this apply to all medical & care environments if we care about managing the spread effectively? Policy is constantly driven by resource constraints which limits the UK's ability to succeed economically & to minimse fatality levels.
You would have thought anyone attending Hospital would be paying heed to the guidelines to wear a mask in enclosed spaces, anyway. 🤷🏼♂️
Magic Shield face mask yes or no
If you have been visiting a hospital without a face covering you must have a death wish. This generation is the best educated ever but they must have exchanged their brains for their exam results.
Are Balaclavas ok
BBCPolitics WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance. Over-60s should use medical-grade masks and all others three-layer fabric ones, health body says. coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) COVID19
Oh gosh I give up these politicians are truly unbelievable
This is a shamefully late response. Masks in hospitals should have been mandatory three months ago, when the government already expected a COVID pandemic. The UK is literally a sick joke.
bbc5live I am losing confidence in Matt Hancock. He is clearly cherry picking when explaining the stats. Deaths were higher today, but he said nothing about that. Not even by way of an explanation.
Does that mean people can now visit their loved ones from June 15th? I'm confused...hospitals don't allow visitors at the moment. Can someone also explain how they know the second wave starts on June 15th (they must do as that's when all the rules change, right?) 🤷♀️
Is R number an exact science or estimates/computer modelling If latter,this is a tool this tyrannical government can manipulate at will and use to push any agenda they may wish to push Just like using the discredited prof ferguson model to put uk in lockdown to begin with
Over 40,000 deaths. Boris & Hancock have blood on their hands!!
You have children since going back to school contracting COVID-19, it’s currently over 1 again in the northwest, more kids returning to school from Monday, and the impact of protests all over will be in next Fridays R number.
BBCHughPym Wankers
BBCPolitics BBCHughPym Where are the scientists? Tired of being Mancock’s merkin?
bbc5live Hope he's prepared to lockdown London then.
bbc5live Perhaps if MattHancock could share all the other evidence that convinces him it's all going fine we might believe him
Poor Tory government. Thing is most of them have never had to work or organise anything in their lives. They're confused because all they normally have to do is grease palms, sit on their arses and sponge off the rest of us.
BBCHughPym Ah diddums, is Wancock ‘Billy no mates’ tonight?
BBCPolitics BBCHughPym Above 60k on the ONS excess deaths figures. Why downplay this?
BBCHughPym He managed the whole interview without laughing!
BBCPolitics My goodness how long can we keep putting up with these clowns...
Well that's because you let all the muppets from around the country come to the southwest beaches , what did you expect
piersmorgan
bbc5live They couldn’t even crack down on Dominic Cummings
bbc5live Well that’s alright then HatMancock
none of y’all were concerned about corona virus whilst you were partying in the streets all weekend long for VE day with zero social distancing and encouragement from the news crews, were you? funny that
Maths Hancock - the eyes are open, the mouth moves But Mr Brain has long since departed.
Oh stick your made up figures up your R's.
bbc5live SagenotOnion Where were the experts to ask about this matter? 'When they come'. It's already here. How about a bit of proactive actions instead of reactive for a change?
Hope that goes better than the ‘ramping up’ 🙄
bbc5live How do you crack down on a virus? It's not a virus, it's a very naughty boy...
357 people died
Stop people coming into our areas, and the police should be very firm with these so called protests that are meant to be going on in the south west.
Socially distances protests make the protest look a lot bigger. Its a good idea for impact.
Makes me smile specially when he says the protesters is a police matter when all the time he’s been preaching wash your hands stay safe distance 2 metres it’s just a joke now 🤨🤨🤨🤬
BBCHughPym What has Brexit got to do with this pandemic? Once again bbcseems to have another agenda!
BBCHughPym For those out there not listening & those that have eased things too quickly; it's sad to say but more deaths are the result of this happening. I want to see my family as do we all so Lockdown needs to be tightened until deaths are down. 😑😑😡😡😭😭
BBCHughPym What's happened to the chief of nursing who was suppose to attend the briefing did she refuse because Hancock is 'cherry picking' the statistics again?
BBCScotlandNews Please… do not attend large gatherings, including demonstrations, of more than six people' Large gatherings of more than 6 people? Demonstrations of more than 6 people?
BBCHughPym Isn’t it strange that there are no scientists there and that no questions were asked that would require their expertise?
BBCHughPym Madness! Where are the scientists? Who put him up to this awful solo standing?
BBCHughPym So the strategy is to tackle regional flare ups after they happen. Shouldn’t they be trying their hardest to prevent them in the first place? With better track & trace and enforcing social distancing rules (eg London protests)
BBCPolitics BBCHughPym '20,000 deaths is a good outcome. 40,000 is great. But we really want to get rid of as many poor people we possibly can, hence the easing of the lockdown.'
BBCHughPym No scientists today. Why?
BBCHughPym Today is not the time for sorrow, today is the time to be doing the things that will stop it getting above 60,000. The things that should have been done months ago. Like face masks with immediate effect, not ten days from now. Have you literally learned nothing?
BBCHughPym When other countries were taking strict measures, Boris came in TV to talk non sense and instead of taking measures, he said we are acting upon scientific advice! Look where we are now!
Anybody know what type 1 and 2 surgical masks are? Never mind I'm sure someone will get around to telling me about 6 months down the line...
You can get facecoverings facemasks masks4all here at CityMask
Why wait till the 14th...start tomorrow morning
BBCPolitics Surely Handcock should be condemning his own tory MP's and senior people in the brexit party company.
It's hard to demonstrate with under 7 people. In Wales we can only demonstrate within 5 miles of our home whilst exercising and with a maximum of two households.
Not really a realistic expectation. A bit late considering the massive protests that have already taken place.
BBCScotlandNews Just ban them we have a pandemic going on?..
BBCScotlandNews BBCHughPym He's waffling! This is embarrassing 🤯😬
BBCHughPym It is down to their incompetence of dealing with covid from day 1. Shocking sad and ridiculous
BBCPolitics BBCHughPym Good question from Hugh Pym. Appalling waffle from Matt Hancock.
bbc5live BBCHughPym How do the numbers 'died with Coronavirus' compare to 'died because of Coronavirus'? Surely the number quoted should be the second one!.
BBCHughPym Why is there no expert witness supporting MattHancock in the Daily Briefing tonight? Are they finally refusing to contribute to this charade?
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Just tell the hospital you are there for a riot and the rules don't apply to you
BBCHughPym Assess it by so little known about the virus at the time? What did you know then BBCHughPym
BBCHughPym Love how every politician can't answer questions. Waiter: 'What can I get for your maincourse?' Politician: 'It is in my humble opinion that my stomach and of course the stomachs of the entire country will endeavour to enjoy foods in which are suited to each individual palate'
BBCHughPym Oh. Good. Well as long as they're sorrowful about their myriad of ineptitudes in handling this crisis, that's okay. Let's not get started on their continued defunding of the NHS during austerity cuts and the impact that's had on the crisis.
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