COVID-19: Daily UK Media Update, 16 April 2020

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News from the College 

• COVID-19: College backs call to allow families equal access to visit dying relatives – News Blog
  

COVID-19: UK Government Information

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do – GOV.UK
  

COVID-19: Scottish Government Information

• Coronavirus in Scotland – gov.scot
  

Workforce

• Coronavirus: ‘I’ve moved out to protect my family from the virus’ – BBC News
• Pregnant nurse’s death adds to concern among health workers – The Guardian
  

Health & NHS

• Another 761 coronavirus deaths recorded in the UK as NHS boss says it can cope with peak – inews
• Quarter of Scottish coronavirus deaths in care homes – BBC News
• Coronavirus: Close family to be allowed to say goodbye to the dying – BBC News
• ‘Lockdown may mean we never have children’: Heartbreak for thousands as coronavirus halts IVF – inews
• Coronavirus: Dad’s virus death in care home was ‘traumatic’ – BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK-made short-term ventilators ‘no use whatsoever’ says ICU expert – inews
  

Wellbeing

• Coronavirus: ‘Profound’ mental health impact prompts calls for urgent research – BBC News
• Coronavirus lockdown: UK faces mental health crisis ‘perfect storm’ – inews

Health & Politics

• Jeane Freeman: ‘Don’t ignore serious illness’ as Scots continue to avoid A&E – BBC News
• Health Secretary Jeane Freeman accuses Matt Hancock of ‘apparent contradiction’ over PPE – The Scotsman
• Hancock vows to give families ‘right to say goodbye’ to loved ones – The Guardian
• Matt Hancock’s record on NHS coronavirus provision – The Guardian
• Coronavirus: How the UK has failed so badly on testing people for the virus – inews

Health and Science/Technology

• Should I wear a mask to stop coronavirus? – BBC News
• Can dogs carry coronavirus? The evidence explained after study claims strays eating bats may have caused Covid-19 pandemic – inews
  

Other Health Stories

• Hope that sight could be restored by reprogramming skin cells – inews
• Effective treatment for sepsis could be available within five years – inews

Opinion & Letters

• The Guardian view on the WHO and coronavirus: Trump’s blame game – The Guardian
• It shouldn’t be pensioners who have to pay for this crisis – The Guardian