How technology use has changed over the years (72% of adults now consider smartphones their most essential device) The impact of COVID-19 on screen time use and digital behaviours (smartphone usage in the UK surged by 30% during lockdown) Understanding screen addictions and how our devices affect our brains and change our behaviours (e.g. dopamine-driven […]
COVID-19 vaccines for unpaid and family carers Do you know someone who is an unpaid or family carer? Unpaid and family carers aged 16+ are on one of the priority lists for an early COVID-19 vaccination and vaccines for this group have already begun. Many unpaid or family carers do not recognise their caring role. […]
More than four million people in the UK have had at least one dose of a vaccine to protect against Covid-19. When will I get the vaccine? Vaccines are being given to the most vulnerable first. A list of nine high-priority groups – which covers about 32 million people including 90-99% of those most at risk of […]
Southampton Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), which offers an alternative to A&E for non-life threatening conditions, is welcoming people with minor illnesses, and not COVID-19, back to the centre for treatment. It comes after the centre, based in Royal South Hants Hospital, closed during the second national lockdown. During the early stages of the pandemic, the […]
Since coronavirus stopped us all in our tracks, people have been forced to travel less and in different ways. There have been fewer cars on the road and we are asked not to travel by public transport unless our trips are absolutely essential. People are walking more, and sometimes cycling, in their local areas, […]
A SOUTHAMPTON hospital will be completely restrict access to the site from today in order to protect staff and patients during the coronavirus outbreak. From today, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust will completely close to visitors and anyone who is not staff or a patient – including limiting one parent to accompany a child […]
More than 6,650 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK, but the actual number of cases is estimated to be much higher. The number of deaths is now 335, according to the latest figures available. More than 77,295 people in the UK have been tested for the respiratory infection but were found not […]
The UK can “turn the tide” on the coronavirus crisis within 12 weeks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. But pressed on what he meant by the three-month timescale, he said he did not know how long it would go on for. He said trials on a vaccine were expected to begin within a month […]
More than 110 countries have now reported coronavirus cases and the World Health Organization has declared the spread of the virus a pandemic. 1. What is the incubation period for the coronavirus? – Gillian Gibs It takes five days on average to start showing the symptoms, scientists have said, but some people will get symptoms […]
The decision to delay closing schools and introduce other strict measures to combat coronavirus has been defended by England’s deputy chief medical officer. Dr Jenny Harries said experts are assessing new cases on an hourly basis to achieve a “balanced response”. She told BBC Breakfast new measures could follow as UK cases begin to rise […]
