The Queen has allowed the couple to continue to be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Megxit – but they will not use their HRH styles. However, nine in 10 people who voted in the Express.co.uk survey called on the Queen to go one step further and strip the pair of their titles. This […]
People up and down the country have once again paused to show their appreciation for NHS workers on the frontline of the battle against the coronavirus. For the second Thursday in a row, people took part in Clap for our Carers from the nation’s doorsteps, windows, gardens and balconies. There were rounds of applause, cheering […]
Brits have come out in full force to clap for carers and key workers on the frontline of the coronavirus battle. A national round of applause rung out across the UK at 8pm tonight, in what appears to be becoming a weekly tradition. Last Thursday thousands of people across the UK showed their appreciation as […]
PARIS (AFP) – More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world’s population, are now being called on to remain in their homes to combat Covid-19, according to an AFP tally on Thursday (April 2). The measures – which include compulsory or recommended confinement, curfews and quarantines – are in place in more than […]
PARIS (AFP) – The Paris police department said on Thursday (April 2) that it had requisitioned a hall at a vast fresh food market to store the bodies of coronavirus victims already overwhelming funeral homes. Police chief Didier Lallement said officials needed a site large enough to handle “current and anticipated needs” as strains on […]
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (April 2) prolonged until April 30 a non-working period across Russia to try and stem the coronavirus outbreak. Russia, which has reported 3,548 cases and 30 deaths, has already imposed a partial lockdown in many regions, including Moscow, its capital of more than 12.5 million people. Mr […]
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced a new goal of reaching 100,000 tests for coronavirus per day by the end of April. Speaking at a Downing Street press briefing, he said the new national effort for testing will ensure that we can get ‘tests for everyone who needs them’. ‘I’m delighted that the pharmaceutical industry […]
New testing devices that can diagnose coronavirus within 90 minutes are being used for the first time at a hospital in Cambridge. The portable machines, called Samba II, have been developed by a University of Cambridge spin-off company called Diagnostics for the Real World, and 10 are being used at Addenbrooke’s Hospital this week. The […]
The question of who should be wearing face masks is due to be assessed by a panel of advisers to the World Health Organization (WHO). The group will weigh up research on whether the virus can be projected further than previously thought after a study in the US suggested coughs can reach six metres and […]
Another 569 people have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus – bringing the total number of deaths to 2,921. The number of deaths, tallied in the 24 hours up to 5pm on Wednesday, is again the UK’s largest daily increase so far. A total of 563 people were reported as dying with COVID-19 the […]