Coronavirus outbreak

[Rocky]

UPDATE
that this lady was on maternity leave !!!

Which changes nothing....it’s still a tragedy and the NHS still needs to support staff with proper PPE even though it looks as though this poor woman caught Covid in the community. Too many front line staff have died from infections caught at work.

 

[numbnuts]

Which changes nothing....it’s still a tragedy and the NHS still needs to support staff with proper PPE even though it looks as though this poor woman caught Covid in the community. Too many front line staff have died from infections caught at work.

FFS I didn't say it wasn't a tragedy

 

[numbnuts]

Maybe if we were not so generous at the start of this out break by sending China 650000 sets of protective clothing without thinking can we replace this if we need them in the future

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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[tom73]

Hancock now has yet another grand plan this time for social care.
His other 2 plans have not really worked out so lord knows what this will turn out like.
He has promised every care can quickly get all the PPE they need.
His plan still can't get PPE to the 200 hospitals so how's this going to work with round 15,000 care homes ?

 

[Mo1959]

So we have to stay indoors and stop movement, don’t attend work, etc and it’s just announced that there are going to be several incoming flights of migrant workers to pick fruit. Hope it’s well controlled.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Hancock now has yet another grand plan this time for social care.
His other 2 plans have not really worked out so lord knows what this will turn out like.
He has promised every care can quickly get all the PPE they need.
His plan still can't get PPE to the 200 hospitals so how's this going to work with round 15,000 care homes ?

His last claim was that he never undertook to get tests up to 25,000 a day within 4 weeks. But he did. What he now claims is that it was a target for the end of April, which it wasn't.

Guardian live feed:
The copy of the press release on the government’s website is worded slightly differently. It says:

Officials are working to increase the number of tests that can be conducted by Public Health England and the NHS to 25,000 a day.
The increased capacity is expected to be ready within 4 weeks, with highest-priority cases being tested first.

At the press conference Matt Hancock, the health secretary, wrongly claimed that the government had not committed to reaching the 25,000 a day target by today. (See 5.45pm.)

 

[lane]

So we have to stay indoors and stop movement, don’t attend work, etc and it’s just announced that there are going to be several incoming flights of migrant workers to pick fruit. Hope it’s well controlled.

Not the case don't attend work. Only if you can't do your work at home. Can't do the veg and fruit picking at home. Apparently a 6000% increase in UK workers searching for farm jobs (probably from a low base).

We do and will need fruit and vegetables especially with international supply chains potentially disrupted.

 

[Tanis8472]

Ffs


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1250438639751847941

 

[PK99]

Which changes nothing....it’s still a tragedy and the NHS still needs to support staff with proper PPE even though it looks as though this poor woman caught Covid in the community. Too many front line staff have died from infections caught at work.

Oh for fecks sake, yes it does.

The OP said: Why are we allowing pregnant health workers on the frontline ?

The whole point or the OP falls if she was not working.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ffs


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1250438639751847941

🤔

 

[kingrollo]

Hancock now has yet another grand plan this time for social care.
His other 2 plans have not really worked out so lord knows what this will turn out like.
He has promised every care can quickly get all the PPE they need.
His plan still can't get PPE to the 200 hospitals so how's this going to work with round 15,000 care homes ?

You forgot that Hancock has promised social care their own badge - at least he might deliver on that one......or not !

A feckin badge - seriously ?

 

[All uphill]

Oh for fecks sake, yes it does.

The OP said: Why are we allowing pregnant health workers on the frontline ?

The whole point or the OP falls if she was not working.

Channel 4 news just now said she was working on wards until March 13th.

 

[kingrollo]

So are we at the peak ? - lets hope so ! - although the figures have usually got worse towards the end of the week ...

 

[Andy in Germany]

So we have to stay indoors and stop movement, don’t attend work, etc and it’s just announced that there are going to be several incoming flights of migrant workers to pick fruit. Hope it’s well controlled.

I suspect they're thinking that as well. Will they be allowed back by their home countries afterwards?