The COVID Diaries 27 20th April
For the first time ever, the price of oil in the United States slipped into negative territory in the United States today. This means producers are paying for it to be taken away. It is a poignant example of the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Meanwhile in the UK, the row blazes on over the government’s failure to ensure adequate supplies of personal protection equipment (PPE). Media interest focussed on a government claim that a plane full of PPE would be arriving from Turkey yesterday (Sunday). So far today it still hasn’t arrived and many Hospital trusts are becoming desperately short of protection equipment. Nobody can understand why the government cannot sort this vital issue.