Coronavirus: £3bn for NHS to prepare for possible second wave
Craig TaylorThe funding for England will also help ease winter pressures on the health service, No 10 says. BBC News – UK
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Up To 1 Million Smokers Quit During Lockdown
jordonc ✅A poll taken by Action on Smoking and Health has shown that up to 1 million people have quit smoking since the start of lockdown. These figures are just in the UK too, so it’s a significant number of people. They revealed that 7.6% of the 10,000 people surveyed admitted they’d stopped smoking between april…
Coronavirus: PM promises future independent inquiry
Boris Johnson tells MPs an investigation into the coronavirus outbreak will be held “in the future”. BBC News – UK
Face Coverings NOT Mandatory In Offices
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that face coverings will not be mandatory in offices, despite them being so in shops. This arguably strange announcement came when he was trying to clear up any misunderstandings surrounding the new rules. When asked by sky news about some of the new measures coming into place, he confirmed:…
McDonalds Slashes Food Prices
McDonalds food prices are set to be reduced by around 10% on select items, after MP Rishi Sunak announced there will be a cut in VAT for all food and beverage businesses. Reductions are applied on certain meal bundles and classic McDonald’s menu items like the Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese and six Chicken…
UK Coronavirus Infections Increasing?
Scotty ✅Coronavirus is hard to predict, whether it is going and or whether it is staying, it is one of the hardest things to predict ever. Not one thing has indicated whether the virus is leaving or if the virus is staying with us forever, however the past few weeks, the UK has seen some strange…