Scots 'should not feel unsafe at work' amid coronavirus says Michael Gove

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

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Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

This Morning'sPhillip Schofield appeared to take a dig at Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan after an interview with Michael Gove took a bizarre turn.

Coronavirus-stricken Boris Johnson is stable and breathing without a ventilator, the government has announced.

The government's coronavirus crisis deepened today after Michael Gove became the latest Cabinet minister to go into isolation.

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker was called out by viewers on Twitter today for his interview with Tory politician Michael Gove.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday fighting the coronavirus, while authorities in New York and elsewhere in Europe hoped that an apparent plateau of deaths and new hospitalizations signaled that key epicenters in the global pandemic had turned a corner.

The Prime Minister is not on a ventilator in intensive care, says Michael Gove.

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital with the new coronavirus, but is not on a ventilator, a senior government minister said Tuesday.

A key ally of Boris Johnson has refused to say who will take charge if Britain's nuclear weapons if there is a strike while the Prime Minister is in intensive care.

Boris Johnson has not been placed on an intensive care ventilator, Michael Gove has announced.

The Midlands has recorded a higher number of coronavirus deaths than London as 212 people died in the region in the 24 hours to 5pm on Friday.

Young people may not be taking social distancing measures seriously, a minister has warned.

The Midlands recorded a higher coronavirus death toll than London on Friday as Michael Gove labelled it a 'particular area of concern'.

Michael Gove has confirmed that seven front-line healthcare workers have died.

The conspiracy theory that 5G mobile telecommunications masts play a role in spreading coronavirus were quashed as 'disgusting fake news' and 'completely false'.

NHS England's national medical director, Stephen Powis, said the 'theory' was complete nonsense

One of the UK's top medics has launched a furious broadside against conspiracy theories linking the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic with the rise in use of 5G mobile technology.

Michael Gove warned the nation today that whatever the temptation and whatever the weather - 'do not go outside to lakes and the countryside'.

Just 30 of the new coronavirus ventilators trumped by ministers will be ready for the NHS next week, the government admitted today.

The coronavirus outbreak continues to devastate the world, having killed thousands in a matter of months - but it's not just the elderly and those with underlying health concerns who are at risk.

There are some signs that the UK may be able to slow the rate of coronavirus infection, Michael Gove has said.

Army helicopters stationed at an RAF base in Scotland are on standby to help the NHS amid the coronvirus outbreak.

British cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on that on March 30, the U.K. recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day with 381.

British cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday that although there are just over 8,000 ventilators deployed in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the United Kingdom currently, a number that has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, however the government says more are required.

British cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on that on March 30, the U.K. recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day with 381.

The Government has sought to blame misleading figures on coronavirus testing on Public Health England after it was revealed that the 10,000 figure announced at the weekend was out by almost 1,000.

Ministers have denied missing out on the chance to buy thousands of potentially life-saving ventilators after a business claimed they had missed out  by not responding to an email.

Boris Johnson's allies have begun criticising China over the coronavirus crisis, with one Cabinet minister appearing to apportion some blame to Beijing for the UK's lack of mass testing.

The UK will not be "back to normal' for six months or longer, one of the government's top medical advisors has warned.

Furious medics are facing waits of up to four days to find out if they have contracted coronavirus, as insiders warn of an "apocalyptic" crisis facing the health service.

The length of the coronavirus lockdown depends on how stringently the public stick to the rules, Cabinet minister Michael Gove said, as he declined to give a timeframe for the strict measures being lifted.

The UK could be on full coronavirus lockdown until 'late May or early June', a leading scientist has warned.

NHS heroes will begin being tested for coronavirus this weekend.

EastEnders star Max Bowden was not happy when he was woken up by builders continuing to work during the strict coronavirus lockdown.

The Coronavirus lock down will not keep children who have separated parents from being able to visit both.

In a poignant address to the nation, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced strict new measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

The government has sparked confusion about who can and CAN'T go to work today - after appearing to go back on messages last night that only listed 'key workers' could leave the house.

A government minister has told Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley to 'back off', insisting there is 'no reason' for a store such as his to remain open following the Prime Minister's orders to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Michael Gove has apologised for failing to provide clarity on whether separated parents can both see their children.

Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Charlotte Hawkins interviewed Conservative politician Michael Gove to get some answers on the latest action the Government are taking to tackle the spread of COVD-19, otherwise known as coronavirus.

Children with separated parents CAN visit both of them despite the coronavirus lockdown, the government has confirmed.

The government has told Sports Direct to close after Mike Ashley's empire tried to stay open during the coronavirus lockdown.