As Britain eyes an end to lockdown, one area is creating a particular headache for public health officials, scientists and politicians: Wales, and especially the old mining communities. The country has proportionally almost twice the number of cases as the rest of the UK while mortality rates in and around the Rhondda Valley have also […]
Trevor phoned that same afternoon from hospital, struggling to speak through a mask, to say he was being admitted to intensive care, and was “terrified”. “I told him not to talk and to save his breath to get as much oxygen as possible,” Kelly says. The following day a...
More than 15,000 care home residents have died of coronavirus, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates, as providers warn of a “stark disconnect” between Government rhetoric and reality. The ONS has published figures revealing that 9,980...
Commenting on the findings, Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia, said: “The thing that has surprised me is the high rate in children, 18 per cent. “I am not sure I totally believe this but, if true, this is really important and suggests...
Security guards, taxi drivers and chefs are the workers most likely to die from coronavirus, facing a higher risk even than care home or NHS staff, according to new data from the ONS. The risk levels were revealed in figures published by the ONS the morning after...
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