Kate Garraway takes control of critically-ill husband Derek Draper’s business affairs

MARCH  2020 Kate revealed she and Prince Charles had got ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Trust Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March.   She said: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came home came in and said [to Derek] ‘god you look ill.’ ‘He said he had a headache, numbness in his right hand, … Read more

Nearly 4,500 critically-ill patients are being treated in hospital beds every day in England

The number of critically-ill patients taking up intensive care beds in NHS hospitals in England has dropped by a quarter over the last month, official figures revealed today. But there are still nearly 4,500 people being treated in critical care units each day, according to figures that lay bare the huge amount of pressure Covid … Read more

Covid UK: Critically-ill patients from overwhelmed wards in London will be sent to West Country

Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer patients to hospitals in the … Read more

Arthritis drug tocilizumab can help critically-ill Covid patients recover, trial finds

The arthritis drug tocilizumab can help critically-ill Covid-19 patients recover, a large British trial has found. Patients given the drug in a clinical trial led by Imperial College London were found to be 87 per cent more likely to see their symptoms improve than patients not given the drug. But because the study is ongoing, … Read more