It also makes it easier for potentially highly skilled health and care staff who have retired to return to the frontline of the NHS. Is it safe to take ibuprofen for coronavirus symptoms? The NHS has stopped advising coronavirus patients to take ibuprofen amid concerns the anti-inflammatory painkiller could only make things worse. The government say that the measures in the Coronavirus Bill are temporary, and "proportionate to the threat we face" and will only be used when strictly necessary. Those experiencing coronavirus symptoms, such as a cough or fever, should self-isolate for 14 days.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2020 18:40 UTC