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COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
- Coronavirus in Scotland – gov.scot
- Protecting our frontline staff – gov.scot
- Construction underway at NHS Louisa Jordan – gov.scot
Workforce
- Coronavirus: Almost half of NHS Scotland staff absences Covid-19 related – BBC News
- Coronavirus in Scotland: What is it like on the medical frontline? – BBC News
- Are UK doctors getting sufficient protective equipment against covid-19? – The BMJ
- Coronavirus: Fewer than 1.5% NHS Wales staff tested – BBC News
Health & NHS
- Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million – BBC News
- Coronavirus doctor’s diary: Making rapid life-and-death decisions – BBC News
- Coronavirus took hold in UK earlier than thought, data reveals – The Guardian
- Coronavirus in Scotland: death toll rises sharply to 126 – inews
- Coronavirus: Woman issues warning from NHS hospital bed after contracting infection – The Independent
- Coronavirus: Why the UK has not been testing as much as other countries despite offers of help – inews
- Glasgow University to host new Covid-19 testing facility – BBC News
- Clap For Our Carers: How Britons thanked NHS with a second round of applause – The Telegraph
- Coronavirus: How NHS Nightingale was built in just nine days – BBC News
Health & Politics
- Coronavirus: Boris Johnson vows more virus tests as UK deaths exceed 2,000 – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Matt Hancock pledges to increase Covid-19 tests to 100,000 a day by the end of April – inews
International
- The staff battling coronavirus in a Barcelona ICU – BBC News
- Georgia’s rural hospitals were already strained. Then coronavirus came – The Guardian
Public Health
Opinion & Letters