Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 treatments could be fast-tracked through new national clinical trial initiative
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This will accelerate the development of new drugs for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, reducing the time taken to set up clinical studies for new therapies from months to weeks.
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9:12am, 29 April 2020
Personal protective equipment (PPE): export control process
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Information for economic operators who will temporarily need a licence to export PPE outside the EU, EFTA member states and certain other territories.
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The 3 attachments on this page have been updated to reflect the revised EU regulations. The attachments are: ‘Personal protective equipment (PPE): export control process’, ‘Application form’ and ‘Notification form’.
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12:00pm, 29 April 2020
PHE data series on deaths in people with COVID-19: technical summary
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Summary of the PHE data series on deaths in people with COVID-19, outlining what the changes mean and how the data compare to other COVID-19 death data series.
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2:00pm, 29 April 2020
Notification of contingent liability: Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System Project
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A departmental minute outlining indemnities granted to designers and manufacturers in the Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System Project
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3:27pm, 29 April 2020
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: step by step guide for employers
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This guide explains the information that employers need to provide to claim for their employees’ wages.
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Added a Welsh language translation of the page and the step-by-step document.
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3:45pm, 29 April 2020
Repatriation during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Minister Adams’ statement, 29 April 2020
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Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister Nigel Adams spoke in Parliament on FCO support for British people abroad and procuring personal protective equipment.
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4:05pm, 29 April 2020
Slides and datasets to accompany coronavirus press conference: 29 April 2020
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Press conference slides and datasets used by Professor Yvonne Doyle.
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5:13pm, 29 April 2020
Daily death reporting now includes all positive COVID-19 deaths
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A new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths has been developed by Public Health England (PHE).
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5:31pm, 29 April 2020
Foreign Secretary’s statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 29 April 2020
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave the 29 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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6:23pm, 29 April 2020
20,000 stranded Brits returning to the UK from South Asia on UK charter flights
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More than 20,000 British travellers, on 83 Government charter flights, will return to the UK from across South Asia by 7 May.
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7:54pm, 29 April 2020
Charter flight from Guyana for stranded British nationals
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A Government charter flight to bring home around 100 Britons stranded in Guyana has been announced – with booking open today.
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8:04pm, 29 April 2020
Major home testing programme for coronavirus will track levels of infection in the community
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100,000 people will be sent self-testing kits to determine if they are currently infected.
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8:09pm, 29 April 2020
Another 900 British travellers in New Zealand set to return to the UK
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Around 900 more British travellers in New Zealand are set to return home on three additional UK Government-chartered flights.
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2:25am, 30 April 2020