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Volunteers make more than 20,000 face shields at pop-up factory
The Shield Force project is producing more than 1,000 items a day to help health workers deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
Mystery donor gives ‘heroic’ hospital employees one million dollars to share
The anonymous note delivered to Dignity Health Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, California, said the gift was entirely for employees.
Piers Morgan misses GMB after displaying Covid-19 symptoms
Ben Shephard is covering for Morgan.
Harry Dunn’s twin brother tells PM ‘I’ve have had enough of the lies’
Niall Dunn has written a letter saying his family has been ‘going through hell’ since his brother died in a crash outside a US embassy.
Fall in number of daily tests being carried out in UK
Overall, a total of 1,206,405 coronavirus tests have been carried out in the UK since the beginning of April.
Most Britons oppose loosening lockdown this week – poll
Mr Johnson said last week he would not want to risk a second peak in the disease by relaxing restrictions too quickly.
Covid-19 tests in Afghanistan find third of people have virus
Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Mayar described the results as ‘concerning’.
Greater testing capacity earlier would have reduced deaths, minister admits
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps cautioned that life would not return to normal when the Prime Minister sets out an exit strategy this week.
Lifting lockdown on basis of age tells elderly ‘their lives don’t count’
Baroness Ros Altmann and Sir Michael Palin said age-based lockdown restrictions would discriminate rather than protect.