Infectious Diseases Society of America endorses President Biden s federal building mask order
From CNN Health s Andrea Diaz
Infectious diseases specialists endorsed President Joe Biden’s first executive order requiring face masks on federal property and other areas of federal authority, saying masks are “crucial” to controlling the coronavirus pandemic. The president’s order comes at a critical point, when vaccines, as well as a plan to accelerate their rollout, offer new hope, but also when more easily transmitted variants of the virus present new challenges, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) said Wednesday. We urge governors, mayors, policymakers and residents of communities across the nation to unite behind this action and to require, support and practice mask wearing to control the spread of the virus.
Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter and a quarter of hospitals had NO space amid Covid crisis, NHS data reveals (so how much busier is YOUR trust?)
NHS figures showed 5,176 critical care beds occupied on January 17 compared to 3,066 same time last year
Analysis by MailOnline also reveals a quarter of all trusts had no spare space in their ICUs, double last year
MailOnline has designed an interactive tool to let you check how busy your local ICU was on January 17
Stock image of a doctor or nurse with a stethoscope. Source: Ingimage
A union representing medical students has issued an apology for describing as “menial” tasks that its members had been asked to carry out while working nursing shifts in intensive care during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Imperial College School of Medicine Students’ Union said its comments were “wrong”, did not represent the views of all of its members, and had served to perpetuate “longstanding issues of arrogance in medicine”.
“We in no way believe that medical students are in any way superior to nurses, nursing students, HCAs, or any other members of staff in the NHS,” the union said in a public apology published on Twitter.
NHS announces highest daily death toll in London since start of the pandemic
One London hospital trust announced a worrying 33 deaths
The death toll in London hospitals has been growing
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Another 239 deaths from coronavirus have been announced in London hospitals making it the single worst figure announced in a day since the pandemic began.