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News from the College
COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Workforce
- Coronavirus doctor’s diary: The oxygen supply problem – BBC News
- Hundreds of Scots student nurses join fight against deadly coronavirus – Daily Record
Health & NHS
- Fears that Britons self-isolating with Covid-19 may seek help too late – The Guardian
- Dr Gregor Smith: ‘Don’t off’ if you get ill for other reasons – BBC News
- Coronavirus in Scotland: Who is Dr Gregor Smith? – BBC News
- Crisis hospital in event centre will be rent-free – The Times
- Coronavirus in the UK: Face masks ‘can help to protect the vulnerable’ – inews
- Coronavirus: Why healthcare workers are at risk of moral injury – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Warning over daily death figures – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Scottish distillers produce 50 million litres of hand sanitiser for NHS – HeraldScotland
- Coronavirus: ‘I’m a frontline carer but feel undervalued’ – BBC News
Health & Politics
- Coronavirus: Boris Johnson spends night in intensive care after symptoms worsen – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Too early to consider lockdown exit strategy, says Raab – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Thousands missed off government’s ‘high risk’ list – BBC News
International
- Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths for first time – BBC News
- Life ‘hanging by a thread’ for Italian cancer patients in coronavirus crisis – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: More than 800 Cuban medics have travelled to virus-hit countries to support health services – inews
- Politicians and public figures return to medical careers to help coronavirus effort – The Guardian
Opinion & Letters