THE GOOD NEWS RECOVERY LANDMARK IN VIRUS FIGHT

♦ Over half a million people have recovered from coronavirus, according to Worldometer.

♦ A Chicago hospital that is giving severe Covid-19 patients the medicine remdesivir has seen rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms

– nearly all were discharged in less than a week. Early results of the trial suggest that the majority of the patients involved have seen positive results.

♦ Denmark will continue to ease its lockdown restrictions on Monday by allowing certain small businesses to reopen. Earlier this week the country started to reopen its schools and day care centres.

♦ Plans have been drawn up for testing kits to be delivered to homes by Amazon and picked up an hour later. The Times reported people would receive a text message with the result within 48 hours. This has not been confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care or Amazon.

♦ Iran paraded disinfection vehicles, mobile hospitals and medical equipment yesterday on its national

Army Day.

♦ In the UK 8,500 people have thanked workers at the nation’s supermarkets, corner shops, banks, pharmacies and petrol stations for their continued service, on a new platform called Your Customers Say Thank You.

♦ New and expectant parents can now access free Gp-led webinars on postnatal and newborn health advice on Doctor Care Anywhere.

♦ More than 100 hotels and B&BS in Britain have offered NHS staff the chance to win a free stay after the pandemic. Harriet Barber