Healthcare Roundup 16 April 2021

More experts concluded that Covid-19 is spread through the air and not surfaces, with significant implications for the ventilation of buildings as UK governments start to lift lockdown restrictions. Waiting lists in England rose again, as the impact of Covid-19 on the health service became ever more apparent.

Google and Apple blocked a planned update to the NHS Covid app on privacy grounds. And there was significant company news from Alcidion, which has acquired ExtraMed, and SilverCloud Health, which is offering free digital therapy for common Covid-related mental health problems.