The weekly number of Covid-19 deaths has fallen by more than 60 per cent from its peak and excess deaths have reduced by more than three quarters. Deaths in care homes are also falling.”
Month: May 2020
BANS AND CENSORSHIP SLAMMED BY EDITORS
Support for journalism keeps journalists safe – ‘How any administration handles such matters is a true mark of a mature government’ The link between a
VIRUS: HAIR LIKE STRAW HINGIN’ OOT A MIDDEN
It sounded as if this was one area that MSPs might be tempted to do a Dominic Cummings and break the lockdown rules, although Boris’s adviser appears to be folically challenged, unlike his boss whose long golden locks often look like “straw hingin’ oot a midden’
HARRY POTTER AUTHOR’S BRAND NEW BOOK
The first two chapters, which went online on Tuesday, introduced King Fred the Fearless, ruler of Cornucopia, and five-year-old Bert Beamish.
VIRUS: LOCAL CARE HOME DEATHS FIGURE UP AGAIN
Ms Baillie’s call for immediate local testing follows confirmation from West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership that there was not a single testing hub accessible within the local authority
THE NHS WAS ALREADY IN CRISIS PRE-PANDEMIC
Figures released recently show that, by 18 May, only 7.65% of social care workers had been tested, casting doubt over the Scottish Government’s ability to test all care home staff by 25 May. Final testing figures have not yet been released.