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Coronavirus: French care home fights to keep Covid-19 at bay
Image copyright Thai-Binh Phan-Van Image caption The grounds of Résidence Saint-Julien remain open to residents, as long as they keep away from each other Care homes have become a vulnerable…
Coronavirus: Intensive care video chat for relatives
Image copyright Life Lines Image caption Dr Joel Meyer and Prof Louise Rose wanted to help people in intensive care with no contact with relatives and it will be launched…
Coronavirus: Hospitals and care homes to allow goodbyes to dying
Image copyright Andrew Parsons / 10 Downing Street Image caption Mr Hancock said he wept at reports about Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, who died without a parent at his bedside…
Coronavirus: How big is the problem in care homes?
Image copyright Getty Images The government has promised to step up testing for coronavirus in care homes where symptoms of the virus have been found. But is it possible to…
Quarter of Scottish coronavirus deaths in care homes
Image copyright Getty Images A quarter of Scottish deaths linked to coronavirus have occurred in care homes, new figures have suggested. The National Records of Scotland said 962 deaths had…
Coronavirus: More tests promised for care homes
Image copyright Getty Images All care home residents and staff with Covid-19 symptoms will be tested for coronavirus as laboratory capacity increases, the government has promised. Health Secretary Matt Hancock…
Coronavirus: Rising commercial PPE costs ‘frustrating’, says care home CEO
The rising cost of privately-acquired personal protective equipment (PPE) is putting added pressure on care homes, the CEO of one care home group has told the BBC. Sam Monaghan, CEO…
Coronavirus: Care homes cause concern for families
Image caption Edna Summerfield’s family do not know whether they can hold a funeral for her “I feel people in care homes are being neglected. People are coming to the…
Coronavirus: Baroness Altmann says health system is ‘stacked against’ care homes
Conservative peer Baroness Altmann has said that the health system is “stacked against” people in care homes, after new figures were released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The…
Coronavirus: Nine die at Nottinghamshire care home
Image copyright Google Image caption The residents who died at the care home in Selston all displayed coronavirus symptoms A care home manager has said she is “heartbroken” after nine…
Newspaper headlines: Coronavirus ‘care homes catastrophe’ and ‘stick with lockdown’
Newspaper headlines: Coronavirus ‘care homes catastrophe’ and ‘stick with lockdown’ By BBC News Staff Image caption A coronavirus “care home catastrophe” has been “dramatically laid bare” by the UK government’s…
Canadian care homes become coronavirus hotspots
Image copyright Reuters Nearly half of the known coronavirus deaths in Canada are linked to outbreaks in elderly care facilities, public health officials say. The disclosure comes as care homes…
Coronavirus: ‘Difficult’ cancer care decisions taken
Image caption Roisin’s cancer treatment has been stopped for 12 weeks Cancer doctors say difficult decisions are having to be made to postpone some patients’ care during the coronavirus crisis.…
Coronavirus: Care home loses ‘significant number’ to disease
Image copyright Google A care home has lost “a significant number” of its residents to Covid-19 following an outbreak of the infection. Dr Stephen Illingworth from Edgemont View Care Home,…
Coronavirus: ‘Local shortages’ of intensive care drugs
Image copyright Science Photo Library Some key medicines used in intensive care are “in relatively short supply”, the BBC has learned. Supply of anaesthetic medicines in some areas is “a…
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson makes ‘very good progress’ out of intensive care
Image copyright PIPPA FOWLES / DOWNING STREET HANDOUT Image caption The PM clapping for the NHS outside Downing Street before he was admitted to hospital Boris Johnson is continuing to…
Harper Beckham sends Brooklyn an adorable care package to the US as he misses family in lockdown
Brooklyn Beckham, 21, is currently spending lockdown with his girlfriend actress Nicola Peltz in New York. However, judging from his Instagram he is clearly missing home after receiving a care…
Clap for Carers: The nation celebrates the work of the NHS and care workers
Image copyright Getty Images At 20:00 BST on Thursday, households across the UK stood on their doorsteps and balconies and applauded the efforts of the NHS and care workers in…
Blac Chyna behauptet, Dream habe 2 Verbrennungen unter Rob Kardashians Nanny's Care erlitten
Blac Chyna behauptet, Traum habe 2 Verbrennungen unter Rob Kardashians Nanny's Care erlitten | PEOPLE.com Top Navigation Schließen Bild ansehen Blac Chyna behauptet, Tochter-Traum habe 2 Verbrennungen unter der Obhut…
Coronavirus: Inside a Covid-19 intensive care unit
Auf einer südkoreanischen Intensivstation arbeiten Krankenschwestern mit schweren, in sich geschlossenen Atemwegen in zweistündigen Schichten.