World leaders send Boris Johnson messages of support, after his symptoms worsened on Monday afternoon.
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Balmoral, one of the centres repurposed for drive-through Covid-19 testing, will open later.
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Spikes or dips may in part reflect bottlenecks in the reporting system, rather than real changes in the trend.
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Countries should now question whether keeping schools shut is justified, says one team of scientists.
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One council warns it would be impossible to keep services going if relief was applied “across the board”.
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The PM has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise “where necessary”, No 10 says.
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The foreign secretary says measures are “beginning to work”, as the number of deaths reaches 5,373.
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The prime minister is undergoing “routine tests”, 10 days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
Read More »Sturgeon believed medical chief should resign
Nicola Sturgeon says she had a long conversation with Scotland’s chief medical officer in which she agreed to quit.
Read More »Coronavirus: Closing parks and open spaces in lockdown should be ‘last resort’
The communities secretary warns councils to be “judicious” over locking up green spaces.
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