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DAILY EMERGENCY COVID-19
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Coronavirus Emergency affecting our country (UK)...
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This page last updated on 18 April 2020
- Easter
North West
Ambulance Service announced the death of a paramedic after
contracting Covid-19
A statement was issued
by the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust's Chief Executive,
Daren Mochrie, following the death of a Paramedic. The statement
reads:- "It is with great sadness that we share the news
that North West Ambulance Service has lost a very dear colleague
who contracted COVID-19. The Paramedic, whose family has asked
not to be named, sadly passed away on Friday, 17 April 2020, in
Hospital. Our colleague was married with children and had worked
for the trust for a considerable number of years. On behalf of
everyone here at NWAS, including our patients and the
communities we serve, I would like to offer our sincere
condolences to the family. We would also like to thank our NHS
colleagues for their professionalism and the compassionate care
they have shown for our friend. This will deeply affect many
people within the trust and we are supporting our staff during
this very sad time. We will not be making any further
announcements. This statement is the only information that we
will be sharing."
Sigala's
performance at Aintree Racecourse has been cancelled
UNFORTUNATELY, Sigala's
headline show on 15 May 2020, at Aintree Racecourse can no longer be
staged due to the ongoing public health situation. For those who
have bought tickets, The Jockey Club Live have said:- "We
would like to offer you the chance to transfer your booking to
an eVoucher to come to another Jockey Club Live event at a later
date. The Jockey Club Live will add 20% extra value to the
original booking value, plus round it up to the nearest ₤5
for you to use on any Jockey Club Live event of your choice. If
you do not transfer the value and take the extra 20%, we will
automatically refund your tickets within 21 days. Thank you for
your patience, your support and your love for racing days out.
We look forward to seeing you again soon; keep in touch and take
care. We are already planning our 2021 season and will be back
bigger than ever. With our best wishes: all of the team at The
Jockey Club Live. We also would like to stress that should you
have already booked hospitality for this event our team will be
in touch shortly to explain the options available to you. This
option will expire on Tuesday, 21 April 2020, so click quickly
if you are keen to join us at a later date." To claim
the eVoucher, please use the following link:-
TheJockeyClub.Co.UK/Live/Transfer-eVoucher
and for more information please visit the Jockey Club Live
website.
Crowdfunder
- supporting businesses through the Coronavirus crisis
THE Website Crowdfunder
is offering 100% free fundraising for business during the
Coronavirus crisis, together with their partners at Enterprise
Nation. Enterprise Nation will be providing access to free
training and support for business with online sales, marketing
and finance. To find out more please visit:-
Crowdfunder.Co.UK/Funds/Businesses.
Job
Retention Scheme - Launch Day
ON
Monday, 20 April 2020, it will be an incredibly important day
for all employers who have furloughed their workers. The Job
Retention Scheme (JRS) goes live at 8am, with full digital
support. The UK's Chancellor announced the JRS on 20 March 2020,
in order to enable employees to remain on the payroll through
being:- 'furloughed.' Employers simply need to
claim the cash grant from HMRC and to support this we've put in
place an online application service which can handle up to
450,000 applications an hour. Employers should then receive the
money to pay their employees within 6 days, enabling them to
meet the April payroll. HMRC emailed 2 million employers on
Friday, 17 April 2020, providing a
link to a 5 step
guide to claiming and advising
that they don't need to call us unless they have a problem. This
is to keep the phone lines free for those who really need us. We
would be very interested in hearing the views from any
businesses within the Liverpool City Region, who have used the
JRS. If you have, please email us to:-
News24@MerseyReporter.Com
with your thoughts and views on this scheme.
Total UK cases
COVID-19 Cases Update for Liverpool City Region and
surroundings
THE UK's COVID-19
fatality rate continues to rise with a reported 888
laboratory confirmed COVID-19 deaths, pushing up the total
of Hospital recorded COVID-19 deaths to 15,464. As of
yet the number of care home residents who have died, and
non-Hospital deaths, from Coronavirus could be even more.
We have been told that within the care home sector, the
fatality rate than 5 times the Government's estimate,
according to Care England, Britain's largest representative
body for care homes. If this is the case, in the next few
days, should the figure be true, we will see the UK's
fatality rate numbers rocket skywards! Martin Green, who is
the Chief Executive of Care England, told the UK's media
that:- "If we look at some of the death rates since 1
April 2020, and then compare them with previous years'
rates, we estimate a figure of about 7,500 people may have
died as a result of Covid-19 infections. But, without
testing, it is very difficult to give an absolute figure and
another reason why we must test outside of Hospitals."
The number of laboratory confirmed COVID-19
infections has also been reported to have risen by 5,526 to
114,217, according to the Department of Health. Within
England, there are a total of 87,022 confirmed cases of
COVID-19 infections. North West's COVID-19 infections now
stands at 13,237 confirmed cases. These are the current
confirmed cases within the following local authorities, in
and around the Liverpool City Region:-
► Liverpool, 1,069 confirmed cases.
► Sefton, 600 confirmed cases.
► Wirral, 727 confirmed cases.
► St. Helens, 431 confirmed cases.
► Halton, 235 confirmed cases.
► Lancashire, 1,918 confirmed cases.
► Cheshire West and Chester, 525 confirmed cases.
► Cheshire East, 571 confirmed cases.
► Manchester, 812 confirmed cases.
► Stockport, 596 confirmed cases.
► Trafford, 431 confirmed cases.
► Wigan, 397 confirmed cases.
► Bolton, 512 confirmed cases.
► Rochdale, 310 confirmed cases.
► Bury, 295 confirmed cases.
► Tameside, 349 confirmed cases.
► Oldham, 424 confirmed cases.
► Blackburn with Darwen, 213 confirmed cases.
These stats are according to Public Health England as of
18/04/2020. Last updated 2:57 pm GMT. Last updated 2:44 pm GMT.. UK total includes cases detected through:-
"Pillar 2" testing (tests carried out by
commercial partners) and therefore does not equate to the
sum of the 4 countries' counts, which only include:-
"Pillar 1" (tests carried out by NHS / PHE /
Devolved Administration Labs).
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