At least 350 people and their households will have to self-isolate after 75 staff tested positive for coronavirus at a poultry plant in Norfolk. Boris Johnson was urged to do more to get a grip on factory outbreaks. The Banham Poultry site, about 15 miles south-west of Norwich, had been
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Activists are calling on the pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences to study a drug for the treatment of Covid-19 that showed promise in curing cats of a coronavirus. The drug, called GS-441524, is chemically related to remdesivir, an antiviral also made by Gilead, and one of the only treatments to successfully
Read moreBritish households have suffered the biggest hit to their finances since the oil crisis of the mid-1970s as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to inflict severe financial hardship across the country. Against a backdrop of rising job losses four months into the crisis, the Resolution Foundation thinktank said the average household
Read moreSince the coronavirus outbreak reached the UK, health officials have recommended people stay at least 2 metres apart to reduce their risk of picking up the infection or spreading it to others. But in recent weeks, as the impact of the lockdown on the economy has become clearer, the government
Read morePubs and restaurants in England could be given permission to sell food and drink from street stalls outside their premises in the coming weeks, as the government tries to reopen some sectors of the economy. The communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, is preparing to grant a “blanket permission”, allowing food and
Read morePeople going back to work after the relaxation of lockdown restrictions may be unwittingly using personal protective equipment with false safety certificates, experts have warned. Health and safety organisations including the British Standards Institute (BSI) have seen an increase in PPE being sold with documentation that is either inaccurate or
Read moreAs the government extends the coronavirus wage subsidy furloughing scheme until the end of October, the manufacturing and construction workers who have stayed home throughout the lockdown are under increasing pressure to return. Physical distancing is impossible to observe in many of these places, and the government stands accused of
Read moreA pensioner missed the chance to say goodbye to her partner who was dying from the coronavirus when blunders by her telecoms provider resulted in her phone line being cut off. The 79-year-old woman was left without a landline for three weeks after switching to Now TV, part of the
Read moreThe past few weeks have revealed the worst and the best in human responses to the coronavirus crisis – from the supermarket hoarders clearing the shelves to the neighbourhood groups organising help for elderly and vulnerable people. When it comes to the pharmaceutical companies, how should we judge their response?
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