Category: Coronavirus

Feb 2021. Vaccine Chaos in Fife

An apology has been issued to Fife politicians after thousands of Covid-19 vaccine appointments were incorrectly booked – leading to elderly and vulnerable patients waiting for hours in the cold. Health secretary Jeane Freeman has written to all of the regions MSPs and MPs after around 7,000 vaccine appointments were wrongly scheduled due to an IT… Continue reading Feb 2021. Vaccine Chaos in Fife

Feb 2021. Glasgow Parties during Lockdown

Scotland’s justice secretary has said people are “risking lives” by having house parties during lockdown. Humza Yousaf said there have been “far too many” gatherings at homes, which have become a “challenge” for police. Officers have issued 537 on-the-spot fines since emergency powers to deal with the coronavirus epidemic came into effect last month. Police… Continue reading Feb 2021. Glasgow Parties during Lockdown

Feb 2021. Covid in Glasgow

The South Glasgow University Hospital

Glasgow will be the Scottish city hardest hit by the economic fallout of Covid, a new report suggests.The Demos-PwC ‘Good Growth for Cities’ report says Scotland’s biggest city will have seen its economy shrink by 10.4% in 2020.In contrast, Edinburgh is expected to see its economy contract by 9.1%, a less severe impact than in… Continue reading Feb 2021. Covid in Glasgow

Jan 2021. Covid in the Royal Free Hospital London

IMAGE PIXELATED BY PA PICTURE DESK Paramedics transport a patient outside the Royal London Hospital in London. A "major incident" was declared by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan last week warning that the spread of coronavirus threatens to "overwhelm" the capital's hospitals.

Heartbreaking footage has revealed Covid patient Tony Brown’s dying wish to see his wife again just a day before he succumbed to Covid-19. Mr Brown was a patient at the Barnet Hospital in North London where Sky News revealed the harrowing scenes on Covid wards where seriously ill patients are cared for by exhausted and… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid in the Royal Free Hospital London

Jan 2021. Covid Protests in Tunisia

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 file photo, protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis. Since winning a parliamentary seat in 2019, Tunisian lawmaker Abir Moussi has become one of the country’s most popular, and most controversial, politicians, riding a wave of nostalgia for a more stable and prosperous time, just as Tunisia marks 10 years since protesters overthrew autocratic former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Since 2011, Tunisia has been plagued by sinking wages, growing joblessness and worsening public services. Unemployment has risen amid the coronavirus pandemic from 15% to 18%. Attempts to migrate to Europe by sea have soared. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Protesters who broke a coronavirus curfew to continue riots for a fifth night have been warned by Tunisia’s prime minister to stop their violence. More than 600 people, mainly between the ages of 14 and 15, have already been arrested after police clashes. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi acknowledged their anger about a range of economic… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid Protests in Tunisia

Jan 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil

MANAUS, BRAZIL - MAY 25: Nurses and doctors rescue a woman in critical conditions after being infected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from the airplane that took her from Parintins city to Manaus on May 25 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Intensive Care Unit flights have been made daily to remote areas in Amazonas to rescue for patients seriously infected by coronavirus and bring them to Manaus, where the medical structure is bigger and more efficient. (Photo by Andre Coelho/Getty Images)

Health workers in Brazil’s largest state are begging for help and oxygen supplies after an explosion of Covid deaths and infections that one official compared to a tsunami and said could be linked to a new variant. Amazonas, and particularly its riverside capital Manaus, were pummeled by the epidemic’s first wave last April, when authorities… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid 19 in Brazil

Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK

As of 21 January, a further 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid 19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 94,580, the government have confirmed. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK

Jan 2021. The EU Covid Vaccination Program

FILE PHOTO: Syringes to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at a nursing home in Burgbernheim, Germany December 28, 2020. Picture taken December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

EU leaders have arranged an urgent meeting with AstraZeneca executives after the company unexpectedly slashed its supply of vaccines to the bloc.The vaccine makers have blamed the EU’s supply chain for their failure to deliver the promised 80million vaccines by the end of March as part of a £300million deal. AstraZeneca, which developed its shot… Continue reading Jan 2021. The EU Covid Vaccination Program

Dec 2020. Nicola Sturgeon Apology

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised after she breached Covid rules by taking off her face mask at a funeral wake. A photograph published in the Scottish Sun showed the First Minister chatting to three women in a bar while standing at a distance but without wearing a mask. Under Scottish Government coronavirus rules,… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nicola Sturgeon Apology