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Coronavirus UK – Death total at 7,862 including 43 with no health issues
The rise is not as high as yesterday.
Nurses who wore bin bags due to lack of PPE test positive for Covid-19
More than 50 per cent of staff working on one ward have now tested positive for coronavirus.
Doctor who warned prime minister about PPE dies with COVID-19
Abdul Mabud Chowdhury pleaded with the PM to provide more personal protective equipment for NHS workers
Greater Manchester Police had to break up 660 parties last weekend
There were 1,132 coronavirus-related breaches reported between Saturday and Tuesday, the force said.
Spain becomes first country to provide a universal basic income
The measures will be introduced as soon as possible to help with the crisis, but could stay forever as a permanent instrument.
Contact with national domestic abuse helpline ‘rises 120% overnight’
Refuge fears abusers will use isolation as a tool of abuse during the coronavirus lockdown.
Man jailed for stealing face masks from hospital amid coronavirus crisis
Lerun Hussain, 34, was caught pinching the protective items at King’s College Hospital, south London.
Runner stabbed in leg in ‘unprovoked’ attack in London park
A man was stabbed in the leg yesterday morning in a North London park in what police have described as an unprovoked attack.
UK coronavirus – Death toll rises by nearly 1,000 to over 7,000
The number of deaths has risen again.