FILE PHOTO: A staff member of a restaurant, wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), waits for customers at an almost empty alley at Ginza shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – More than 130 people were newly infected with the… Read More »
The UK must go “further, faster” to ramp up coronavirus testing capacity, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said. The government has set a target of carrying out 25,000 tests a day – but that will not be met until the end of April. Mr Gove said there was a global shortage of the chemicals… Read More »
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A nationwide shortage of two drugs touted as possible treatments for the coronavirus is being driven in part by doctors inappropriately prescribing the medicines for family, friends and themselves, according to pharmacists and… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device The health secretary has acknowledged there have been “challenges” with the supply of personal protective equipment to NHS staff in England – but added he is determined to rise to them. Last week, NHS staff said the lack of protective gear was putting them at risk during the… Read More »