NRIC: National Resource for Infection Control

19/06/2020

Update from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK alert level

An update from the CMOs for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the alert level in the UK.

17/06/2020

World-first scheme underway to tackle AMR and protect UK patients

A pioneering scheme to provide new antibiotics to NHS patients by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week.

17/06/2020

The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death
Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug, has been immediately approved to treat all UK hospitalised COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, including those on ventilators, from today

The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death.

10/06/2020

African innovators join the fight against COVID-19
https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-innovators-join-fight-against-covid-19

10/06/2020

Study launched to monitor prevalence of COVID-19 in schools
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-launched-to-monitor-prevalence-of-covid-19-in-schools

27/05/2020

Selected NHS patients to access coronavirus treatment remdesivir

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/selected-nhs-patients-to-access-coronavirus-treatment-remdesivir

27/05/2020

Government significantly boosts UK PPE supply with more than 100 new deals
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-significantly-boosts-uk-ppe-supply-with-more-than-100-new-deals

22/05/2020

£22 million awarded to life-saving health charities during virus outbreak

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak

22/05/2020

Government to offer antibody tests to health and social care staff and patients in England

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-offer-antibody-tests-to-health-and-social-care-staff-and-patients-in-england

18/05/2020

Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms: 18 March 2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-an-update-to-coronavirus-symptoms-18-march-2020

13/05/2020

The public is advised to consider wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces such as shops, trains and buses to help reduce the spread of coronavirus

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-advised-to-cover-faces-in-enclosed-spaces