Aspiring writers and directors now have a rare chance to impress producers and publishers with time on their handsCameras have stopped rolling, book launches are postponed and actors are all “resting”. It looks as if nothing is moving in the world of entertainment and storytelling, yet from Hollywood to the Read more
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World Health Organisation continues to caution it will be 18 months – but Oxford University team appear increasingly confident they may have silver bullet Via: Coronavirus vaccine: A million doses could be available by September – if trials starting this week are successful
The low-risk offenders are back in jail, authorities say Via: Coronavirus: Early release scheme paused after six prisoners released by mistake
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A man, 74, died from coronavirus at the Mersey Community Hospital in Tasmania, while an 83-year-old Queensland man, died in a Sydney hospital. Via: Man dies of coronavirus in a Tasmanian hospital taking Australia's death toll to 66
Guidance says ‘non-fluid repellant’ coveralls should be worn with aprons over the top. It also advises doctors and nurses to reuse PPE equipment. At least 50 NHS staff have died from coronavirus. Via: Coronavirus UK: NHS frontline staff asked to wear APRONS
Care England, the country’s largest representative body for care homes, said the number of residents dying from the illness far surpassed government estimates. Via: More than 7,500 care home residents feared to have died
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Culture secretary Oliver Dowden called on big companies including Amazon and Tesco to ‘play your part’ in supporting what he described as ‘Britain’s fourth emergency service’. Via: Culture minister Oliver Dowden describes news as 'the fourth emergency service'