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Coronavirus UK – Deaths rise by 40 to 177 as it is revealed Hospital declared critical incident
The death toll increase as the NHS is struggling to cope.
Brits called upon to pick fruit this summer as overseas labour dries up
It could be a sign of things to come after Brexit.
Coronavirus UK : Social distancing could be needed ‘for at least most of a year’
Government scientists said measures could alternate in their severity in order to keep cases at a number the NHS can cope with.
Coronavirus UK – ‘Accurate’ £6 Covid-19 test has only attracted ‘tentative’ Government interest
SureScreen Diagnostics say the product has proved ‘hugely popular’ in Europe, the Middle East and Australia.
Coronavirus UK – Wetherspoons’ ex-smoker boss would take his chances with coronavirus
The pub chain’s chairman is trying to keep his sites open through the crisis.
Coronavirus UK – Clampdown for London with restaurants, gyms and pubs ‘to be told to shut’
The coronavirus is spreading at the highest rate in the capital
40 million Californians ordered to stay home to halt coronavirus
The move is the most sweeping by any US state so far.
Coronavirus UK – Open letter by over 700 academics & public figures demand basic income to save lives
"We need urgent action in the form of universal basic income in order to take care of people."
Coronavirus UK – Man is first person arrested in British Isles for failing to self-isolate
A 26-year-old man has become the first person to be arrested in the British Isles for failing to self-isolate after being detained on the Isle of Man