Firms rush to 3D print face masks to meet NHS PPE demand April 13, 2020 Amid a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep frontline NHS staff safe in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, hospitals have turned to the 3D printer community for vital safety gear. The UK’s 3D printing firms and the wider 3D printing community have had orders for hundreds of thousands of PPE gear, such as face [...]
England coronavirus deaths rise by 765 as global cases pass 1.5m April 9, 2020 Coronavirus deaths in England have jumped by another 765 to hit a total of 7,248, new NHS figures released today show, as global cases topped 1.5m. Global coronavirus cases passed 1.5m this afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The NHS England figures confirmed 140 English deaths actually happened yesterday. And it represents a drop [...]
Coronavirus: US Federal Reserve pledges another $2.3 trillion in loans April 9, 2020 The US Federal Reserve has promised an extra $2.3 trillion (£1.84 trillion) of loans to shore up the US economy as American unemployment surged for the third week in a row amid the coronavirus crisis. Fed chairman Jay Powell said the money would be made available for employers and households to help them through the [...]
Coronavirus: FTSE 100 and European stocks trim gains April 9, 2020 The FTSE 100 trimmed gains along with the major European stocks after jumping on today’s open, but traders still hope the coronavirus pandemic is peaking. Traders pushed London’s blue-chip index back into the green as it opened 1.9 per cent higher to 5,781 points. The FTSE 100’s 100-point jump came after a 0.5 per cent [...]
Asian stocks climb as hopes grow coronavirus is peaking April 9, 2020 Asian stocks rose today as hopes grew the global coronavirus outbreak is reaching its peak and oil prices grew on expectations of a production cut. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.65 per cent despite Japan’s Nikkei dropping 0.33 per cent overnight. The Nikkei sank as coronavirus infections rose in Japan, after the government declared [...]
Coronavirus: FTSE 100 ends two-day rally as EU recovery stalls April 8, 2020 The FTSE 100 could not recover from a 1.2 per cent slump today after EU finance ministers failed to agree steps towards a coronavirus recovery. London’s blue-chip index fell 65 points to 5,638 within its first half hour of trading today. It followed two consecutive days of sharp gains for the FTSE 100. France’s Cac [...]
Robert Walters blames ‘savage’ coronavirus for UK profit hit April 8, 2020 Recruiter Robert Walters has bemoaned the “savage” economic impact of coronavirus as UK fee income slumped 29 per cent over the first quarter of 2020. The recruitment agency is seen as an economic bellwether and took a hit from Brexit uncertainty and the lead-up to December’s General Election in 2019. “It’s largely a hangover from [...]
Top EU scientist blasts coronavirus response as he quits April 8, 2020 The EU’s most senior scientist resigned in a rage last night, saying he has “lost faith in the system” over the bloc’s coronavirus response. Mauro Ferrari, an Italian-American scientist who took charge of the European Research Council (ERC) at the start of 2020, left overnight with a 1,000-word take down of the EU’s coronavirus strategy. [...]
FTSE 100 gains cool despite coronavirus cases starting to fall April 7, 2020 The FTSE 100 finished the day up two per cent after cooling gains in US stocks forced the London index down from a three per cent high. However, it still posted its second day of gains as traders became optimistic that Europe could soon relax its coronavirus lockdowns as the rate of new cases slowed. [...]
China reports no new coronavirus deaths for the first time April 7, 2020 China reported no new coronavirus deaths overnight for the first time since the outbreak began in Wuhan at the start of 2020, as hopes grow that the global pandemic is easing. European countries hit badly by Covid-19, Italy, Spain, Germany and France, also reported lower new case numbers yesterday. And New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, [...]