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People can go to work if they cannot do their work at home, the health secretary has said, amid confusion over the new coronavirus restrictions. It comes after calls for clarity, including from construction workers, about Monday's wider shutdown measures.more

An MP has returned to her pre-Parliament job as a care worker to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome said she would donate the salary from her part-time role at a retirement village to a local Covid-19 support fund.more

The Pentagon is assuming the coronavirus epidemic in the United States will last at least several months, and that some countries are at risk of "political chaos," its top officials said Tuesday.more

The UK death toll from coronavirus has reached 422, a rise of 87 since yesterday. A British Army convoy pulled up outside St Thomas Hospital in London this morning after Boris Johnson announced an unprecedented set of measures to keep people indoors.more

Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speed testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16,000 people worldwide.more

PM's lockdown announcement seen live by more than 27m viewers with figure set to rise through catch-up servicesmore

The Portuguese government sent soldiers to the streets in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. They will help homeless people first.more

The coronavirus death toll in Spain has jumped by 514 in a single day, as the situation in the country quickly worsens.more

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Monday evening stricter confinement rules that will go into effect on Tuesday to curb the spread of coronavirus.more

A factory is being built in 10 days in order to produce one million bottles of hand sanitiser a month, a British chemical company has announced.more

Boris Johnson has ordered all non-essential shops to close in his latest move to tackle the UK's coronavirus pandemic.more

The contactless card payment limit will be lifted from £30 to £45 next week in an emergency move to help tackle coronavirus.more

Fr Berardelli, from Casnigo, in the Bergamo province in northern Italy, had reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. It is said that he gave a respirator which was purchased for him by his parishioners to a younger patient suffering from the virus.more

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded on Twitter about flights to Poland planned for today as part of the "LOT do Domu" campaign.more

Boris Johnson may have ordered a lockdown of the UK for three weeks but Tube carriages were still packed this morning.more

Doctors in the United States on Sunday called for the loss of sense of smell and taste to be added to the "list of screening tools" for Covid-19.more

The death of two men in the east of the country who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan. This brings to six the number of fatalities in Ireland since the coronavirus emerged.more

A decision will be made "very soon" on the future of this summer's Tokyo Games, according to Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's health emergencies program.more

From the current course of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus five main conclusions can be drawn, how to deal with it - informs a special BBC report. Important are: general social isolation, frequent testing for the presence of a virus, detection of as many infected as possible, quarantine and reliable information to the public.more

Future mothers in Poland bounce off the closed doors of gynecological offices. They lack tips on where to apply - we learn from the latest issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more

The prime minister is announcing strict new curbs on life in the UK to tackle the spread of coronavirus.more

"Patient number 1", a 38-year-old man from Codogno in Lombardy, left the Pavia Hospital in northern Italy today.more

MPs are calling on employers to be named and shamed for forcing their non-essential staff to continue commuting for work.more

Nationally, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has jumped to 6,650 and the UK death toll has risen to 335.more

Coronavirus is contagious before COVID-19 symptoms, and up to 44 percent. infection can come from asymptomatic people - said Chinese scientists in a study that has not yet been scientifically verified.more