‘If we can see evidence of a strong immune response by the middle or the end of May, then I think the game is on’, government task force member says Via: Coronavirus: Vaccine testing underway in Oxford trial that could see results by 'mid-August'
The total UK coronavirus death toll is now 15,464 but it is feared there are thousands more due to a delay in recording hospital fatalities and the failure to include those in care homes. Via: Britain's coronavirus toll climbs as the country suffers mroe deaths
The British Medical Association has labelled the situation a ‘sorry state of affairs’ with doctors feeling unprotected at work despite the UK being two months into the crisis. Via: Coronavirus UK: Hospitals could run out of personal protective equipment in 24 hours
As much as four percent of California’s population may have already been infected with coronavirus, according to Stanford University antibody testing of more than 3,000 people in one county suggest. Via: Antibody research reveals coronavirus could be more widespread than anticipated
Police were monitoring speed on the A4500 near Ecton in Northamptonshire when a man stopped to shout abuse and swear at them. He then took out a sign that said ‘speed camera!’ in spray paint. Via: Driver hurls abuse at speed camera van
Peter Forster of the University of Cambridge has led a team of researchers who are trying to trace the source of the virus by mapping its genetic history. Via: Coronavirus may have started spreading as early as September and it may not have originated in Wuhan
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Another 888 people killed by Covid-19 in last 24 hours Via: UK coronavirus hospital death toll reaches 15,464