By Paul Sandle and Estelle Shirbon | Reuters LONDON – Britain is scaling up coronavirus testing for frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff, with hundreds of tests due to be carried out in coming days and many more next week. The United Kingdom has so far reported 14,579 cases of …
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PUBLISHED: 07:30 27 March 2020 Oliver Sullivan The World Health Organisation said the chances of contracting coronavirus from packages delivered in the post is low Picture: STEVE PARSONS/PA PA Archive/PA Images Households across the country are improving their cleaning regimes in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus – …
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PUBLISHED: 15:33 24 March 2020 | UPDATED: 16:08 24 March 2020 Sarah Burgess Royal Mail say that for them, it is “business as usual”. PHOTO: Dave Thompson/PA Wire Archant Delivery workers are being hailed the “unsung heroes” of the pandemic as courier services continue amid national lockdown. Email this article …
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Video PUBLISHED: 19:00 19 March 2020 | UPDATED: 21:14 19 March 2020 Mariam Ghaemi Bury postman Daniel Goodwin, known as Ken Picture: MARIAM GHAEMI MARIAM GHAEMI As thousands of us are stuck at home due to coronavirus, members of our community are providing a valuable lifeline. Email this article to …
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Video PUBLISHED: 17:20 18 March 2020 | UPDATED: 17:20 18 March 2020 Thomas Chapman Jo Howard and Victoria Pamment have formed Hingham Helpers to support the elderly and those self-isolating due to coronavirus. Picture: Archant/Jo Howard/Victoria Pamment Archant/Jo Howard/Victoria Pamment Two strangers have joined forces in a bid to ease …
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A NEW birthing technique helping mothers to deliver their babies calmly and safely is receiving global traction for its powerful abilities. Hypnobirthing teaches relaxation and breathing techniques to facilitate a calm, gentle and controlled natural birth. Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge recently revealed she chose hypnobirthing for all of her …
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Coronavirus cases in the UK are rapidly climbing, and the spiralling outbreak yesterday prompted Boris Johnson to take the drastic step of advising against all social contact in a dramatic measure to delay the spread of infection. But despite these distancing measures, the government estimates many more people will catch …
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Stephen Skinner is worried potholes could reduce vital ambulance access needed for his daughter. Picture: James MacKenzie CRUMBLING Ross-shire roads are putting people’s lives at risk and jeopardising livelihoods. A Black Isle dad fears his vulnerable daughter, who at her worst has suffered up to 60 epileptic fits a day, could …
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Two more cases of the killer coronavirus have today been confirmed in the UK, both of them travellers who caught the virus in Europe – including one who is believed to have returned from a hotel in Tenerife where 160 Britons are quarantined. It comes amid an escalating crisis on …
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The deadly coronavirus is sweeping across Europe with the outbreak in Italy showing no signs of slowing down and Switzerland, Austria, Croatia and mainland Spain today recording their first cases of the killer infection that has spread to 40 countries or territories. All of the new European cases – two …
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