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More than 1.5bn asked to stay home worldwide to fight coronavirus
More than 350,000 people have been infected and 15,000 have died from Covid-19.
Shoppers fill empty toilet roll shelves with copies of the Mail and the Sun
Finally a use for them.
Coronavirus pandemic is accelerating – WHO
Global health leaders said ‘targeted tactics’ are needed to stem the tide of disease.
Coronavirus – Grand Brighton Hotel to be offered up to NHS workers
Instead the luxury seafront rooms at the Victorian hotel will be offered to “heroic” NHS staff, the establishment’s General Manager said.
Waste collection workers secure sick pay guarantee from Serco
The workers took strike action
‘Significant confusion’ in role of police in enforcing coronavirus restrictions
‘Considerable’ numbers of officers are in self-isolation, the Police Federation warned.
‘We needed a lockdown yesterday’ – MP slams Govt’s response
"More delays will only have even deadlier consequences."
Burglars steal food filled freezers from school for children of key workers
Gosfield School says it is working with police
Government strategy could lead to up to 70,000 excess deaths
A team of clinicians, statisticians and epidemiologists say the UK measures do not go far enough in stopping the spread of the disease.