Category Misc

NHS England will move to highest level of emergency alert from midnight tonight

The NHS will move to its highest level of emergency alert from midnight tonight in England. Sir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, announced it would move to “level 4” alert as hospitals see an increase in “desperately” sick…

Floods, landslides affect 3.6M people in E. Africa

At least 3.6 million people were affected by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains across East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report Saturday. “Water levels of several lakes in Kenya and Uganda are rising,…

Coronavirus: Three UK NHS Nightingale hospitals mobilised again – with staff to get regular tests

Temporary Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate are being told to get ready to take patients – as Covid-19 cases spike.. NHS England’s Professor Stephen Powis told a Downing Street briefing there would also be increased testing of health…