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19/06/2020
Update from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK alert level
Update from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK alert level An update from the CMOs for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the alert level in the UK.
17/06/2020
World-first scheme underway to tackle AMR and protect UK patients
World-first scheme underway to tackle AMR and protect UK patients A pioneering scheme to provide new antibiotics to NHS patients by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week.
17/06/2020
The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death
Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug, has been immediately approved to treat all UK hospitalised COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, including those on ventilators, from today
World first coronavirus treatment approved for NHS use by government The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death.
10/06/2020
African innovators join the fight against COVID-19
https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-innovators-join-fight-against-covid-19
10/06/2020
Study launched to monitor prevalence of COVID-19 in schools
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-launched-to-monitor-prevalence-of-covid-19-in-schools
27/05/2020
Selected NHS patients to access coronavirus treatment remdesivir
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/selected-nhs-patients-to-access-coronavirus-treatment-remdesivir
Selected NHS patients to access coronavirus treatment remdesivir
27/05/2020
Government significantly boosts UK PPE supply with more than 100 new deals
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-significantly-boosts-uk-ppe-supply-with-more-than-100-new-deals
Government significantly boosts UK PPE supply with more than 100 new deals
22/05/2020
£22 million awarded to life-saving health charities during virus outbreak
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak
£22 million awarded to life-saving health charities during virus outbreak
22/05/2020
Government to offer antibody tests to health and social care staff and patients in England
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-offer-antibody-tests-to-health-and-social-care-staff-and-patients-in-england
Government to offer antibody tests to health and social care staff and patients in England
18/05/2020
Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms: 18 March 2020
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-an-update-to-coronavirus-symptoms-18-march-2020
Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms: 18 March 2020
13/05/2020
The public is advised to consider wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces such as shops, trains and buses to help reduce the spread of coronavirus
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-advised-to-cover-faces-in-enclosed-spaces