The UK has suffered its first coronavirus-related death after a patient died in the Royal Berkshire Hospital on Thursday. https://t.co/rlccNCiwgA
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 5, 2020
How can the government possibly justify moving from daily to weekly updates on the location of new UK coronavirus cases?
An information vacuum helps no-one. Transparency, candour & public involvement are key. What on earth is Number 10 thinking? https://t.co/UxLIRxmsV9
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) March 4, 2020
Since Brexit there's been a dramatic fall in number of EU nurses registered in the UK. Figures were down 87% from 6,400 in 2016/17 to 800 in 2017/18.
Now the government is talking about bringing nurses out of retirement to help tackle Coronavirus. These things aren't unrelated.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) March 5, 2020
Meanwhile…
LATEST: HHS sends investigators to nursing home in Kirkland, WA, where nearly a dozen people have died from novel coronavirus, and has initiated a "call to action" to all nursing facilities to double down on infection-control policies and procedures. https://t.co/bTZhACfaTU
— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2020
“If nurses aren’t safe, then really our community isn’t safe.”
Nurses are among the most at risk of contracting the coronavirus, but many in Washington and California say they lack protective gear and protocols to keep themselves and their patients safe.https://t.co/ljTntdkgd1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 5, 2020
Some emergency stockpiles of respirator masks at the Department of Veterans Affairs have deteriorated in storage and can’t be used https://t.co/xSd4q1gmuq
— Bloomberg (@business) March 5, 2020
PSA: Do NOT go to work with coronavirus https://t.co/RJxEPYiIlx
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 5, 2020
Imagine being this person. pic.twitter.com/9F3ozCSAhc
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 6, 2020
Trump Scrambles to Address the Coronavirus While Suing Two Newspapers. Please read and share. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/SiMEadJHd8
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) March 5, 2020
N.Y. attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: Stop peddling unproven coronavirus cures https://t.co/WHppnulHbt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 5, 2020
Dow plunges 900+ points in another wild Wall Street swing @AlisonKosik reports https://t.co/gBPIg3o98a pic.twitter.com/xOez9gYEqc
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 5, 2020
Elsewhere…
Italian coronavirus death toll jumps, government doubles financial help https://t.co/NFyMoB74Jw pic.twitter.com/xZJLUXY4Hq
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020
Mecca—the home of the world's largest religious pilgrimage—is seen emptied out as Saudi Arabia has banned citizens and residents from performing the pilgrimage amid coronavirus concerns. https://t.co/eEBJq7BPSx pic.twitter.com/I7MFiHC04i
— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2020
Here's what 4 medical experts have to say about coronavirus as the outbreak sweeps the globe. https://t.co/teKk8ma2Wa pic.twitter.com/31d7pgBdRF
— CNBC (@CNBC) March 5, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
Opinion I Kera Bolonik: Once upon a time, it seemed possible that the Democratic Party would nominate a candidate who wasn't another older white man. https://t.co/rOiJJ1OmmO
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 5, 2020
Elizabeth Warren and her supporters now have tremendous power to shape the rest of the primary https://t.co/80rGJk9yNu
— TIME (@TIME) March 5, 2020
WATCH: Elizabeth Warren's dog Bailey swipes burrito in viral video https://t.co/3hm4ZKq4Ls pic.twitter.com/A9DfLTAVGf
— The Hill (@thehill) March 5, 2020
Judge demands unredacted Mueller report, questioning Barr's 'credibility' https://t.co/pSMzVN5fzV
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 5, 2020
When you turn the Justice Department into a private law firm for a crooked president and allow the attorney general to lie to the public, at some point the courts stop trusting you. https://t.co/NTlfVvQERG
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 5, 2020
Trump’s favorite network, Fox News, is hosting the live event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a rare instance where the president will take questions from the regular public. https://t.co/4B5dr4pWbs
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) March 5, 2020
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Brexit: Barnier says UK is refusing to commit to remaining signed up to ECHR as part of trade deal – live news https://t.co/8qACJMezNs
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 5, 2020
The petition has been signed by more than 100,000 people https://t.co/TuhMivPaNU
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 5, 2020
THIS is PATHETIC
Millions of people in the UK could interview Johnson better than this
This kind of softy-softy nonsense is what one would expect in a country without a meaningful democracy
Are we now such a country? https://t.co/DjL0O0vGhY— Tom London (@TomLondon6) March 5, 2020
Fears for future of Belfast City Airport as scramble is on to fill Flybe's routeshttps://t.co/SpNGpKQjrF pic.twitter.com/MbH8y7E5T8
— BelTel Business (@BelTel_Business) March 5, 2020