Newspaper Article By Indya Clayton dated 2nd May 2020 reporting More than 28,000 people in the UK have now died after testing positive for coronavirus. Of the 182,262 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, 28,131 people have died in hospitals and in the community. This is an increase of 621 from yesterday. Giving an update on the latest testing figures in the daily coronavirus press conference, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said 1,129,907 coronavirus tests have been carried out in the UK, including 105,937 on Friday.
Newspaper report by Erin Lyons dated 5th May A further 366 people, who tested positive for the coronavirus, have died bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 21,750. Patients were aged between 29 and 99 years old, with 14 of the 366 patients (aged between 49 and 85 years old) having no known underlying health condition.
Newspaper report by Erin Lyons dated 17th May 2020 about a new manufacturing centre in Oxfordshire is getting a multi-million-pound funding boost from the government as part of the race to produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine. The government will invest up to £93 million to accelerate construction of the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. When completed it will have capacity to produce enough vaccine doses to serve the entire UK population in as little as six months. The funding will ensure the centre opens in summer 2021, a year ahead of schedule.
Newspaper report by Liam Rice about the return to school and that parents across Oxfordshire were waiting to see whether schools will ask them to send their children back in next week – and whether other parents would comply. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Sunday night that the government wants pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 to go back to school on Monday. He also said that he expected up to a quarter of students in Year 10 and Year 12 to get 'some contact' with schools from June 15, to help them prepare for exams. Schools will all be expected to ensure children are socially distancing, to stagger lunch and break times and put extra hygiene measures in place, but parents and teachers were still divided.
Report by David Lynch about Back to School dates. Parents were urged to send their children back to primary schools in Oxfordshire next week, as the county council dishes out masses of protective equipment. Across the county, 94 per cent of schools have remained open to vulnerable children and the children of key workers during the lockdown. But as of Monday, June 1, the government has said primary school-aged children in Years 1 and 6, as well as nursery and reception classes, should return to school. To prepare for this, Oxfordshire County Council has given out masses of masks, visors, gloves and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which teachers can use in case a child in their class is ill. Government advice says children returning to school should not be made to wear PPE automatically.
