Strict quarantining and widespread testing have helped the country avoid disaster, but with tourism on hold the nation’s future is uncertainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVietnam didn’t just flatten its coronavirus curve, it crushed it. No deaths have been reported, official case numbers have plateaued at just 271, Read more
The lifecycle of head lice is long – which is why Cat Rodie felt disbelief when, five weeks into isolation, she realised why her family’s scalps were itchyWe were in our fifth week of lockdown when my eight-year-old daughter, Cerys, started complaining that her head was itchy. I didn’t think Read more
Space agency tests design that is billed to replace current Shenzhou module, a copy of Russia’s Soyuz China has successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, according to state media, in a major test of its ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the Moon.A Read more
Exclusive: Children’s Commissioner warns school closures will have devastating long-term impact on children unless urgent action Via: Coronavirus: Social workers brace for a surge in child protection referrals when schools re-open
Treasury insist ‘no decisions have yet been taken’ amid reports of impending end to business support Via: Coronavirus: Chancellor to announce plans 'to wind down furlough scheme from July'
Individuals could send out false alerts causing people to self-isolate unnecessarily and hackers could generate ‘proximity events’ Via: Coronavirus: New NHS contact-tracing app vulnerable to 'malicious false alerts', warn experts
Key scientist stands down from role after admitting ‘error of judgement’ over social distancing Via: Neil Ferguson: Government coronavirus adviser quits after breaking lockdown rules
‘The water buffalo has been destroyed’, police say Via: Man dies and two injured after attack by water buffalo in Wales
Legal firms across the UK have reporter a spike in the number of people looking to overturn safeguards which prevent them removing elderly residents from care facilities. Via: Families battling to get elderly relatives out of care homes over Covid fears
Death certificate data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics suggest that more than 40,000 people have already died of COVID-19, more victims than there were in the Blitz in World War Two. Via: Coronavirus: UK now has Europe's HIGHEST death toll