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950,000 apply for universal credit in two weeks of UK lockdown | Society
Around 950,000 people in the UK have applied for universal credit in the two weeks since Boris Johnson asked people to stay home to limit the spread of coronavirus. There are normally around 100,000 applicants for the benefit per two-week period. The government has moved 10,000 staff to process the claims and is recruiting more. … Read more
NHS rules hampering coronavirus testing drive, say scientists | World news
The introduction of mass testing for coronavirus is being hampered by health officials enforcing strict rules around what chemical brands and suppliers can be used to produce the tests, scientists warn. Procedures drawn up by the NHS describe the precise chemicals and equipment that must be used to test patients, but with specific reagents in … Read more
‘Absolutely wrong’: how UK’s coronavirus test strategy unravelled | World news
On 11 March, the day before Boris Johnson told the nation that the coronavirus sweeping the UK could no longer be contained and that testing for Covid-19 would stop except for the seriously ill in hospital, the head of No 10’s “nudge unit” gave a brief interview to the BBC. At the time it was … Read more
A public inquiry into the UK’s coronavirus response would find a litany of failures | Anthony Costello | Opinion
Will the inevitable public inquiry into the UK’s Covid-19 response pin the blame on a few scapegoats? I hope not. Britain’s failure to move quickly and effectively is the symptom of a more comprehensive system failure. More than three months after the virus first appeared in Wuhan, England and Wales still lack the necessary testing … Read more