President’s own public health advisers have warned against taking hydroxychloroquine Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump has directly urged Americans worried about Covid-19 to take a little-studied anti-malaria drug for the disease, despite potentially serious side effects and a lack of data on safety Read more
Dozens of companies have pooled resources in an attempt to produce tens of thousands of machines as Covid-19 strikesBritish manufacturing this month faces perhaps the greatest test in its history. Specialist firms have joined forces with industrial powerhouses such as Airbus and Rolls-Royce in an unprecedented collaborative effort to make Read more
‘Those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any’ Via: Coronavirus: Queen to tell nation to show typical British resolve in rare address
New Labour leader says his party will ‘do our bit to offer solutions’ Via: Coronavirus: Keir Starmer accuses government of making 'serious mistakes', but pledges to work constructively with ministers
‘People’s frustration at not being able to do what they want to will grow,’ says Derbyshire police and crime commissioner Via: Coronavirus: 'Isolation fatigue' could see lockdown ignored if extended beyond Easter, police warn
‘Humanitarian grounds went out of the window,’ says one angry passenger Via: Coronavirus: 214 British nationals back in UK after being stranded on Zaandam cruise ship for weeks
Police officers urge public to follow government measures to slow Covid-19 spread Via: Coronavirus: People seen flouting lockdown by sunbathing and going for picnics, prompting police warning
People aged over 80 account for 53 per cent of deaths, data from NHS England shows, while those aged 60 to 79 account for 39 per cent. There have been 3,939 UK deaths from the virus. Via: FIVE of England's 3,939 coronavirus deaths so far are aged under 20
David Blanchflower, who was part of the Bank during the 2008 financial crisis, said unemployment is rising at the fastest rate in living memory as job losses mount around the world and in the UK. Via: Coronavirus crisis could push unemployment levels in UK and US beyond 1930s Great Depression
Michael Gove will confirm the grim figures at this afternoon’s Downing Street press briefing, as the government appeals to opposition parties for input into Whitehall’s coronavirus battle plan. Via: Britain suffers its worst day yet in coronavirus crisis as 708 die in one day taking total to 4,313