Coronavirus: Spanish PM promises to ease confinement of children
From 27 April children will be able to get some fresh air for the first time since the lockdown began.
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Coronavirus: Orthodox Easter weekend marked under lockdown
The Holy Fire ceremony goes ahead in Jerusalem as most worshippers worldwide are told to stay at home.
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Hong Kong: High-profile democracy activists arrested
A media tycoon and a number of lawmakers are among those arrested over last year's mass protests.
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Coronavirus: Stars take part in One World: Together At Home concert
A worldwide show in support of frontline workers culminates in a two-hour main concert.
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Thomas Thabane: Lesotho's PM sends army into streets
Thomas Thabane, accused of killing his wife in 2017, says he is deploying soldiers to restore order.
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The British government has accepted there’s a shortage of protective clothing for frontline health workers. Unions and professional bodies have warned that NHS staff may refuse to work if there is not enough protective equipment to ensure their safety. A large consignment of protective equipment including 400,000 gowns is due to arrive from Turkey on Sunday.
Meanwhile there’s more evidence of the problems care homes are facing — with care organisations warning that far more residents may be dying than previously thought.
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PPE including gowns and masks running out, admits UK government
400,000 gowns arriving in UK on Sunday, as unions warn frontline staff may walk out over shortagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has accepted that some personal protective equipment (PPE) is in short supply and promised that a large consignment, including 400,000 gowns – , is due to arrive in the UK from Turkey on Sunday.On Saturday, unions and professional bodies said that NHS staff may refuse to work if there was not enough PPE to ensure their safety, in response to new guidance from Public Health England (PHE), revealed by the Guardian on Friday, which instructs healthcare workers to reuse disposable PPE. Continue reading...
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The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead
There will be no quick return to our previous lives, according to nearly two dozen experts. But there is hope for managing the scourge now and in the long term.
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UK coronavirus live: NHS frontline staff may walk out over lack of PPE, says union
Surveys reveal medics’ concerns about pressures to work without protection. Follow this and all the day’s developments in the UK’s Covid-19 crisisFrontline staff may refuse to work over lack of PPE, says unionNHS staff told: treat Covid-19 patients without gownsCoronavirus latest: at a glanceCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.26pm BST 12.22pm BSTHundreds of Britons stuck in Bangladesh will be repatriated after the government chartered four flights as part of a new push to to bring more than 7,000 UK citizens home from South Asia.Those deemed most at risk from coronavirus, such as the sick and elderly, will be given priority, the Foreign and Commo...
Coronavirus live news: US accused of 'dereliction of duty' as deaths in Spain top 20,000
China pushes ‘comprehensive’ economic reopening; first virus case in Syria’s northeast; Germany says pandemic ‘under control’. Follow latest updatesUK medics told ‘wear aprons’ as protective gowns run outCoronavirus ‘under control’ in Germany Coronavirus latest: at a glanceUS coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.55pm BSTHere are a few of the most poignant pieces of coronavirus photojournalism from around the world today. 12.50pm BSTIn Switzerland, 27,404 people have now tested positive for coronavirus, up from 27,078 a day earlier. The death toll has also risen to 1,111 fro...
Caught in a superpower struggle: the inside story of the WHO's response to coronavirus
Caught between the US and China, the world health body has been unable to enforce compliance or information sharing Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen a pandemic strikes, the world’s leading experts convene – physically or virtually – in a hi-tech chamber in the basement of the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization.It is called the “strategic health operations centre”, or SHOC, an appropriately urgent acronym for a place where life and death decisions are taken, and it is where critical choices were made in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading...
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Thousands of Americans backed by rightwing donors gear up for protests
Conservative activists to demand governors lift stay-home orders – and movement has been driven by wealthy conservative groupsThousands of people are preparing to attend protests across the US in the coming days, as a rightwing movement against stay-at-home orders, backed by wealthy conservative groups and promoted by Donald Trump, continues to take hold. Related: Your life has changed for the worse, and admitting it can help you cope | Nyadol Nyuon Continue reading...
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Texas Protesters to Demand Reopening
Supporters of President Trump plan to participate in the “You Can’t Close America” rally even as Texas’ governor said he was starting a “phased-in” approach to reopen the state economy.
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Trump Encourages Protest Against Governors Who Have Imposed Virus Restrictions
The president’s stark departure from his message on Thursday night, when he announced guidelines for governors to reopen their states and said they would “call your own shots,” suggested he was ceding any semblance of national leadership on the pandemic.
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Coronavirus World Live Tracker: Italy, Africa Ventilators, Japan
Iran lifted the lockdown in Tehran. Africa is desperate for ventilators. Pockets of people reluctant to take a coronavirus vaccine are emerging.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Foments Anti-Restriction Protests, Alarming Governors
Several states announced plans to ease restrictions despite inadequate testing. At least 7,000 of the virus deaths in the U.S. are connected to nursing homes.
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Flaws in America’s Plan to Save Midsize Business Portend More Trouble
Congress has left it to the Federal Reserve to come to companies’ rescue, but the program may not be enough.
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New evidence has emerged that the coronavirus ravaging the globe may have escaped from a poorly equipped lab in Wuhan, China, where researchers were conducting risky viral disease experiments in the years leading up to the pandemic.
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New evidence has emerged that the coronavirus ravaging the globe may have escaped from a poorly equipped lab in Wuhan, China, where researchers were conducting risky viral disease experiments in the years leading up to the pandemic.
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NHS staff asked to treat coronavirus patients without gowns
Exclusive: Hospitals across England to run out of supplies of the protective garments within hoursCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNHS bosses have asked doctors and nurses to work without protective full-length gowns when treating Covid-19 patients, as hospitals came within hours of running out of supplies.The guidance is a reversal of Public Health England (PHE) guidelines stipulating that full-length waterproof surgical gowns, designed to stop coronavirus droplets getting into someone’s mouth or nose, should be worn for all high-risk hospital procedures. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus live news: nearly 100,000 EU citizens remain stranded overseas due to pandemic
China denies cover-up as Wuhan death toll revised up by 50%; Brazil’s president fires health ministerVirus ‘under control’ in Germany, as some countries plan to relax lockdownCoronavirus latest: at a glanceUK coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates – liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 6.37pm BSTThe total death toll from the coronavirus in France rises to 18,681 on Friday from 17,920, Reuters reports.The death toll in hospitals rises to 11,478 from 11,060, while the death toll in nursing homes rises to 7,203 from 6,860 on Thursday. 6.29pm BSTHere’s a video of lions and other wild animals relaxing in South Africa golf club during lockdown as visitors...
New UK taskforce to help develop and roll out coronavirus vaccine
Government bodies, industry and charities to collaborate in research effortsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus vaccine – when will we have one?The government has announced a new vaccines taskforce to help the development of a vaccine for Covid-19 and ensure its rapid production and rollout if one arrives.The business secretary, Alok Sharma, also gave details of cash grants for work into both vaccines and potential treatments. Among the projects receiving cash is one led by Public Health England (PHE), which hopes to develop an antibody drug, something that has the potential to work as both a prophylactic and a treatment for those infected. Continue reading...
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Boris Johnson and coronavirus: the inside story of his illness
Saga of rumours, denials and admissions took the nation on an emotional rollercoasterCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe rumours began a week after Boris Johnson began self-isolating in the flat above No 11 Downing Street. The story, spread by the prime minister and his aides, had thus far been reassuring.Yes, he had Covid-19. But the symptoms were nothing to worry about. Mild even. And at a time when deaths from the pandemic were continuing to climb, Johnson had a firm grip on the crisis and the machinery of power. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus: ‘Liberate’ states protesting against lockdown, says Trump
Demonstrators say severe restrictions hurt them but health experts warn lifting them will increase infections.
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Coronavirus: Germany says its outbreak is 'under control'
The number of new infections has fallen significantly in Germany, where testing is at a high level.
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Chernobyl wildfire blankets Kyiv in thick smog
Ukraine's capital is now among the world's most polluted cities, an international ranking shows.
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Coronavirus: Ecuador sees massive surge in deaths in April
Guayas province, home to the city of Guayaquil, sees nearly 6,000 extra deaths in a two-week period.
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Rohingya crisis: UN reports surge of deadly fighting in Myanmar
At least 32 civilians are said to have died in fighting between the military and ethnic militants.
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