More than 150 now dead as Northamptonshire's Covid-19 death tolls keeps rising

More than 150 now dead as Northamptonshire's Covid-19 death tolls keeps rising The number of Covid-19 victims in Northamptonshire passed another grim milestone with more than 150 now dead in the county.

Seven more victims between Easter Sunday and Wednesday (April 15) means frontline staff Northampton General Hospital have now seen 93 patients die since the outbreak began last month. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Psychiatric hospitals in Northampton report six deaths between them since outbreak of coronavirus Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northants GPs face challenge of switching to phone and video appointments
• Number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths at Northampton General Hospital rises to 106 Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Meet the seven-year-old Northampton girl who is doing everything she can to raise money for the NHS Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Kettering furniture store staff create hundreds of wash bags for the NHS Northamptonshire Telegraph
• No additional Covid-19 deaths registered at Kettering General Hospital in last 24 hours Northamptonshire Telegraph

Capitalising on the offer of help – volunteering in the Covid-19 crisis

Capitalising on the offer of help – volunteering in the Covid-19 crisis As we enter the fourth week of ‘lockdown’, it’s hard to comprehend the unprecedented changes happening in health and care. The weekly ‘clap for care’ is now a feature in most of our communities, reflecting the public’s appreciation of the huge sacrifice that staff are making. But equally notable is the number of people in those communities who have volunteered support to those around them and to organisations providing that care. The King's Fund

Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for stepdown of infection control precautions within hospitals and discharging COVID-19 patients from hospital to home settings

Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for stepdown of infection control precautions within hospitals and discharging COVID-19 patients from hospital to home settings This guidance provides advice on appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) precautions for patients recovering or recovered from COVID-19 and remaining in hospital, or being discharged to their own home or residential care. Public Health England

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• Guidance: Mental Health Act: exercise of approval instructions 2015 Department of Health and Social Care
• Press release: National testing coordinator warns against unapproved antibody tests Department of Health and Social Care
• Press release: Government launches Vaccine Taskforce to combat coronavirus
• Press release: Olympics chief brought in to boost PPE production Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for managing a funeral during the coronavirus pandemic Public Health England
• Guidance: COVID-19: how to work safely in care homes Public Health England
• Guidance: COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC) Public Health England
• Promises that cannot be delivered just make difficult situation worse NHS Confederation
• Extra funding for councils as important as the money for the health service NHS Confederation
• NHS Nightingale London discharges first patients NHS England
• Extra support for occupational health services NHS Employers

Coronavirus: 'Possible to be infected with Covid-19 more than once'

Coronavirus: 'Possible to be infected with Covid-19 more than once' Scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine in Britain hope to start clinical trials towards the end of next week.

The leader of a team working on a vaccine, Professor Sarah Gilbert, from Oxford University said scientists believed it was possible to become infected with Covid-19 more than once.

She added that a vaccine-induced immunity could last longer than the infected-induced immunity. BBC News

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• Coronavirus cases to be tracked by ethnicity BBC News
• Coronavirus: 'Critical' to get protective kit to front line - NHS medical director BBC News
• Coronavirus: Plasma treatment to be trialled BBC News
• Coronavirus: Care home deaths in a week 'double previous month' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Hay-fever symptoms could mimic Covid-19, GPs warn BBC News
• Coronavirus: Personal protective equipment delivery to UK from Turkey delayed BBC News
• Whistleblower nurse says 80 per cent of NHS staff on one hospital ward have caught coronavirus due to lack of PPE protective gear The Daily Mail
• Being overweight puts people at greater risk of being hospitalised with coronavirus The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Lockdown extended for three more weeks The Daily Mail
• Exclusive: NHS rationing oxygen with doctors instructed to downgrade blood saturation targets The Daily Telegraph
• The care home front line, where a band of workers risk their own health to comfort dying patients The Daily Telegraph
• No evidence that people who have survived coronavirus have immunity, says World Health Organisation The Daily Telegraph
• Hospital leaders hit out at government as PPE shortage row escalates The Guardian
• Only one in four GP appointments now conducted in person The Guardian
• Scientists raise concerns about quality of UK Covid-19 tests The Guardian
• Michael Gove confirms PM missed five coronavirus Cobra meetings The Guardian
• Government under fire for failing to act on pandemic recommendations The Guardian
• NHS frontline staff may refuse to work over lack of PPE, says union The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson criticised after ‘missing five Cobra meetings’ at start of pandemic The Independent
• Coronavirus: Thousands more care home deaths than official figures show, data suggests The Independent
• Women struggling to access usual contraception as coronavirus plunges sexual health services into chaos The Independent
• Coronavirus: NHS appeals for blood plasma from survivors for trial to help new COVID-19 patients Sky News