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People who have a viral infection, including those with no symptoms, can emit enough virus particles in saliva droplets during normal speech to infect others, according to researchers at the University of California in Davis (USA). In their view, this may also apply to SARS-CoV-2.more

Another 619 people died in Great Britain due to coronavirus, which means that the total number of fatalities in this country has increased to 4,932, the British Ministry of Health said this afternoon.more

The culture secretary is to order social media companies to be more aggressive in their response to conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic.more

Exercise outside the home could be banned if people ignore the lockdown rules on staying at home and social distancing, the health secretary said.more

Despite concerns about restricting privacy, Western governments are developing technologies to better identify and isolate infected citizens using cell phone data, according to the US Wall Street Journal. So far, such solutions have been used only in authoritarian systems, including in China.more

Another five people died of COVID-19. 207 new coronavirus infections were also confirmed, thus the number of people diagnosed increased to 3 834 - the Ministry of Health informed this morning.more

Conspiracy theories linking 5G masts with the spread of coronavirus have been branded 'dangerous nonsense' and 'the worst kind of fake news'.more

A five-year-old child with underlying health conditions is among those with coronavirus whose deaths were reported in the past day, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said.more

The Ministry of Health informed this afternoon about 124 new cases of coronavirus infection in Poland and another six deaths. To date, 3 627 people have been infected, 79 of whom have died.more

Over the past 24 hours, the number of people who died from coronavirus in Spain has increased by 809. The government of Pedro Sanchez will extend epidemic emergency in Spain until 26 April.more

Staying at home this weekend is an instruction and "not a request", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he updated the country on the coronavirus.more

100,000 people would have died in Ontario, Canada's largest province, without restrictions imposed on the coronavirus pandemic, according to government models presented yesterday. There are no release dates for all Canada forecasts yet.more

Another 708 people died in Great Britain due to coronavirus, which means that the total number of deaths increased to 4313, according to the British Ministry of Health today.more

What should I do when my clinic is closed, whether the doctor will come to a home visit or if the queue will be lost if the planned surgery has been canceled - these are some of the questions that patients ask. Answers to the most common doubts can be found on the Office of the Patient Ombudsman.more

A British serviceperson has become the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the Falkland Islands. The Falklands government said the patient was transferred from a UK military base on the territory to the only civilian hospital on Tuesday with "a range of COVID-19 symptoms".more

Polish Ambassador in London Arkady Rzegocki thanked Polish doctors, nurses and other NHS employees, the British public health service, who are fighting coronavirus.more

There may be occasions when widespread wearing of masks will slow down the development of the epidemic, but for now it should be intended primarily for medical personnel, said Director of Emergency Situations of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Mike Ryan.more

Another 22 people died in Ireland due to coronavirus, resulting in 120 deaths in the country, the country's health ministry said last night. This is the largest daily number of deaths since the outbreak of the epidemic.more

It's the first emergency field hospital to open in the UK - and it's been transformed into one from an exhibition space in nine days. The NHS Nightingale Hospital, in London's ExCel Centre, will have the capacity for up to 4,000 coronavirus patients.more

In Sweden, despite the health care crisis and reports of medical staff who put their lives at risk in the fight against coronavirus, more people want to become a doctor or nurse, "says Dagens Nyheter."more

The coronavirus will not pass in the summer, but "this is not an endless tunnel, we will leave it" - Italian virusologist Ilaria Capua said on Friday. In her opinion, the current pandemic is a phenomenon of "epoch-making".more

The fortress town of Zahara de la Sierra in southern Spain is used to fending off enemies. The Moors and Christians fought over it in medieval times, and it was sacked by the French in 1812. Now its formidable position high above the Andalusian countryside has suddenly become an invaluable asset once more.more

The Ministry of Health in Poland today announced 117 new confirmed cases of coronavirus. The total balance increased to 3266. The resort reported that another six people had died. In total, 65 deaths have been reported so far.more

German soccer club Borussia Dortmund is converting part of its stadium into a treatment centre amid the coronavirus pandemic.more

Boris Johnson will carry on self-isolating after continuing to display mild symptoms of the coronavirus including having a temperature.more