Former director of the World Health Organisation, Professor Anthony Costello says the UK needs a 'community mechanism to suppress this epidemic' after the coronavirus lockdown is lifted. Get the latest on COVID19 here:
The government daily news conference will be starting shortly, lead by UK senior minister Michael GoveThe US now has the third highest number of coronavirus-related deaths, behind Italy and Spain.
The Bonnie Blue Oak pub in Tiptree, Essex, was served a prohibition order after it"put lives at risk" by staying open in breach of government coronavirus restrictions. "In normal times there is real value in members physically coming together, but in a national crisis when 30 million households are being instructed to stay at home and save lives we must show that we too have 'got the message'."16:12A survey of 1,276 people conducted last week found that 64% of UK respondents are not comfortable making future plans until winter 2020/21 or beyond, compared with 48% feeling happy about making plans by autumn.
In a letter to Boris Johnson, the outgoing Labour leader said social care provision should be expanded and personal protective equipment should be issued to workers in care homes and domestic settings. NHS England has said a 19-year-old was among 28 patients included in its latest death count who did not have underlying health conditions.The latest figure in the UK for the number of people that have died after testing positive for COVID-19 is 1,808.Northern Ireland: 28 Sweden has taken a relaxed approach to fighting COVID-19 - but it remains an outlier on the continent over its approach...The UK wide statistics will be released later this afternoon, according to the Department of Health.
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