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Coronavirus UK – Council expands mortuary capacity with temporary building as ‘precautionary step’
The council said it hoped the extra capacity would not be needed.
Coronavirus – Race to create Covid-19 treatment as clinical trial given go-ahead
Current NHS advice is to take paracetamol to treat symptoms.
Coronavirus UK – Elderly couple who can’t leave house left shocked – £50 food delivery gave them five items
Finn and Tina Teigen splashed out online after their children warned them to heed the advice of authorities and 'self-isolate' due to coronavirus fears
Coronavirus UK – All UK schools will shut but kids of NHS workers will still get taught
But the children of key workers, and children who are vulnerable, will be able to stay.
Coronavirus UK – Fears London is braced for coronavirus ‘lockdown’
The capital is facing a lockdown, with severe restrictions to travel and transport, in a bid to halt the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus UK – NHS doctor who fought Ebola says Govt ‘ignoring’ lessons on testing
The anonymous doctor is currently in self-isolation and unable to work after showing symptoms.
Banks have big responsibility helping with coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon says
The First Minister said the country is looking to banks to help lessen the economic impact of Covid-19 after they were bailed out.
Coronavirus UK: New income protection insurance policies ‘halted or amended’
Anna McEntee, at comparethemarket.com, said the site would stop offering quotes until it is ‘confident that customers are getting the right cover’.
Coronavirus UK: Schools in Scotland & Wales to close
Boris Johnson told MPs during PMQs that further decisions on schools are ‘to be taken imminently’.