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BBC News - Health
BBC News - Health
last updated: Sep 20 2020 8:12 AM
- Covid: PM considering new restrictions amid second coronavirus wave
Options include a ban on households mixing in England, as a further 4,422 UK cases are confirmed.
- Cancer taskforce aims to reduce patient backlog
Patients say they have missed out on face-to-face examinations and appointments.
- Coronavirus: 'Widespread virus growth across the country'
The R number has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4 as officials warn of "far worse things to come".
- Coronavirus: Care home visitors to be supervised at all times
The government's winter plan says staff should watch to ensure visitors maintain social distancing.
- Coronavirus testing: Simple test gives results in 90 minutes
The device is already being used in some hospitals to identify Covid patients.
- Coronavirus: Teacher writes about 'horrendous' Covid-19 battle
After six weeks in hospital, recalling every Covid-19 memory has helped one patient.
- Coronavirus: Test demand 'significantly outstripping' capacity
The number of under-17s seeking Covid-19 tests has doubled, the head of NHS Test and Trace tells MPs.
- Amanda Bowles: Doctor error contributed to anorexic woman's death
An eating disorder psychiatrist apologises to Amanda Bowles' family for not intervening sooner.
- Coronavirus testing: What's going wrong?
Empty testing centres, overstretched labs and rising demand - what is behind the UK's problems?
- Coronavirus: Trial urges people to call 111 before going to A&E
The pilots aim to help hospitals cope with winter pressures, including coronavirus and flu.
- Covid symptoms: Is it a cold, flu or coronavirus?
With similar symptoms, deciding whether or not you need to get tested for coronavirus can be tricky.
- Eye hospital in 'cataract drive' to cut Covid backlog
Moorfields Eye Hospital quadruples operations in week-long "cataract drive".
- Coronavirus: PM blames 'colossal spike' in demand for test problems
Boris Johnson also pledges to release a new "action plan" for care homes this week.
- 'Not enough tests for five months due to winter coughs'
Normal coughs and fevers alone will lead to high demand for coronavirus tests over winter, it says.
- India's coronavirus infections top five million mark
The country has been adding more than 90,000 cases every day as it continues to reopen.