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Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford joins campaign pleading with people to stay at home over holiday Via: Coronavirus: Police in Manchester issue Easter warning after 660 parties shut down, some with DJs, fireworks and bouncy castles

Provisional figures produced by the Office of National Statistics have indicated that the number of people taking their own lives has hit its highest level in 19 years during the final three months of 2019. Via: Suicides soar to record Read more

Boris Johnson still in intensive care but condition improves; virus fears halt Saudi military operations in Yemen; global trade could fall up to a third. Follow the latest updates. US sees highest one-day death tollCoronavirus latest: at a glanceUS coronavirus Read more

Three nurses from Northwick Park hospital in London who posed last month while wearing protective equipment made from bin bags have been diagnosed with Covid 19. Via: Three NHS nurses forced to use bin bags diagnosed with Covid 19

Tens of thousands of terrified dementia patients risk being ‘abandoned to coronavirus’ due to the crisis in care homes, with the Alzheimer’s Society now saying at least half of all homes have Covid-19. Via: More than 200,000 people with dementia living Read more