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Five-year-old becomes youngest UK coronavirus victim as death toll soars by 708
An hour or two outside or the lives of those we love, and those on the NHS frontline – that’s the stark choice set out by the Government today, urging the British public not to break the social distancing rules.
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Keir Starmer storms Labour leadership contest
Keir Starmer is set to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.
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Trump rejects CDC advice to wear masks as US virus death toll reaches 7,100
As the number of cases across the world continue rising fast – President Trump has rejected advice from his own health experts.
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Inmates to be let out early as Coronavirus threatens prisons
To relieve the pressure on jails and the NHS, thousands of inmates in England and Wales will be temporarily released on licence, with electronic tagging.
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FactCheck: How long can the coronavirus survive on surfaces and in the air?
The virus did not survive in any condition tested for longer than three days.
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FactCheck Q&A: the new coronavirus “blood tests”
Scientists and manufacturers are clear that antibody tests alone cannot provide a complete alternative to the viral tests we are using now.
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Where does Coronavirus leave the fight against climate change? COP26 delayed until 2021
COP 26, the global climate summit in Glasgow, has been postponed. The two-week summit had been intended to build on the historic accord brokered in Paris in 2015.
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Welsh health minister pledges to double the number of hospital beds
In Wales the number of hospital beds will effectively be doubled, the health minister said today. Six thousand of them will be in field hospitals in converted leisure centres and stadiums.
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We thank you: UK erupts to clap our carers once again
All over the country people have been getting ready to clap their appreciation for carers.
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The race to trace: Has the UK abandoned coronavirus contact tracing?
“Contact tracing is the most important thing you could be doing right now,” says an expert helping to lead Ireland’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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PPE shortage: Frontline GP say charities and schools are supplying protective equipment
Those front line staff being applauded are continuing to put themselves at risk across the country.
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EU response restricted because some countries won’t ‘let the EU do what she could be doing’ – former EU Commission president
Jose Manuel Barroso, former president of the EU Commission.
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Graves for coronavirus victims dug in Northern Ireland as country braces itself for epidemic
The total number of virus-related deaths in Northern Ireland jumped by six today to a total of 36.
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“It could last for a year, or one and a half, until we have a vaccine”: Former WHO Director-General Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Director of the World Health Organisation and former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland.
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One million coronavirus cases confirmed: How are global leaders responding?
Before the coronavirus outbreak the Europe Union looked like a place where the leaders were united.
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New York hospitals under intense pressure as coronavirus epidemic grows in USA
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the United States has doubled in a week.
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Business reeling as extent of job losses become clear
There were more signs today of the very large numbers of workers who will be temporarily laid off with their pay subsidised by the Government.
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WHO official says UK government ‘uncertainty’ about virus has ‘slightly hampered’ response
The World Health Organization’s special envoy for the response to Covid 2019, Dr David Nabarro.
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How NHS staff across the country are coping with the coronavirus
Channel 4 News has been speaking to NHS workers on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19.
