More than 600 coronavirus deaths recorded in Lancashire hospitals this month
East Lancashire Hospitals accounted for 243 of these deaths, with 141 at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, 109 at University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay, 77 at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and 60 at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
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An international team of researchers led by the Universities of Liverpool and Keele, working with Public Health England, has found that the common anticoagulant drug heparin inhibits the SARS-Cov2 virus spike protein, by reducing the virus ability to attach to human cells and infect them.
The research, published in the journals
British Journal of Pharmacology, and
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, found that heparin interacts with the spike protein on the surface of coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), destabilising its structure and preventing it from docking with the ACE2 receptor on human cells.
At least 222 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
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