App to be trialled on Isle of Wight and in Newham; 1.85 million people waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment amid coronavirus delays
1.20pm BST
An incident management team is investigating whether a new coronavirus cluster in Orkney is linked to the ongoing outbreak in Aberdeen, which resulted in a local lockdown just over a week ago.
Nicola Sturgeon referenced three different clusters at her daily briefing as she warned that this week’s R number is likely to be above 1, in part due to the inclusion of the ongoing Aberdeen outbreak in some of the modelling.
We should become more used to hearing about several different clusters because the virus hasn’t gone away … Covid is still present and it will spread really rapidly if it gets the opportunity.
This order, that will support 200 new jobs in Dumfries, is expected to meet the needs of our health and social care sector in relation to surgical masks and visors between now and next summer. It will also meet most of the sectors requirements for respirator masks. This contract is a really important step in ensuring that Scotland has secure supplies of PPE for the foreseeable future.
1.15pm BST
The UK is not at the beginning of a second coronavirus wave, and is still trying to end the first, new data suggests.
There were 1,434 daily new cases in the UK on average over the two weeks up to 8 August, excluding care homes, according to the latest Covid Symptom Study app figures.
It’s encouraging to see that the numbers are coming down slightly across the UK and that the isolated outbreaks in the north of England appear to be well contained so far.
This is further confirmation that we aren’t at the beginning of a second wave and rather, still trying to end the first. The figures also suggest that the outbreaks we are seeing in other countries such as Belgium, France and Spain aren’t having an effect here in the UK yet.
Continue reading…App to be trialled on Isle of Wight and in Newham; 1.85 million people waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment amid coronavirus delaysGlobal coronavirus live: latest updates 1.20pm BSTAn incident management team is investigating whether a new coronavirus cluster in Orkney is linked to the ongoing outbreak in Aberdeen, which resulted in a local lockdown just over a week ago.Nicola Sturgeon referenced three different clusters at her daily briefing as she warned that this week’s R number is likely to be above 1, in part due to the inclusion of the ongoing Aberdeen outbreak in some of the modelling.We should become more used to hearing about several different clusters because the virus hasn’t gone away … Covid is still present and it will spread really rapidly if it gets the opportunity.This order, that will support 200 new jobs in Dumfries, is expected to meet the needs of our health and social care sector in relation to surgical masks and visors between now and next summer. It will also meet most of the sectors requirements for respirator masks. This contract is a really important step in ensuring that Scotland has secure supplies of PPE for the foreseeable future. 1.15pm BSTThe UK is not at the beginning of a second coronavirus wave, and is still trying to end the first, new data suggests.There were 1,434 daily new cases in the UK on average over the two weeks up to 8 August, excluding care homes, according to the latest Covid Symptom Study app figures.It’s encouraging to see that the numbers are coming down slightly across the UK and that the isolated outbreaks in the north of England appear to be well contained so far.This is further confirmation that we aren’t at the beginning of a second wave and rather, still trying to end the first. The figures also suggest that the outbreaks we are seeing in other countries such as Belgium, France and Spain aren’t having an effect here in the UK yet. Continue reading…