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Quarter of cases globally are in US; Spain infections overtake Italy; US deploys military personnel. Follow the latest updates. Latest developments: at a glanceComing back to life after lockdown in Wuhan‘Mask wars’: US faces more accusations of outbiddingFocus turns to Read more

A team from University College London working with Mercedes Benz has produced a new non-invasive respirator that has been clinically approved, Mr Gove said today. Via: UK receives 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus

Ms Symonds said: ‘I’ve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus. I haven’t needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I’m on the mend.’ Via: Carrie Symonds has Read more

Single mother Lauren McCabe, 26, received a latter from her downstairs neighbour asking her to keep Leo, her two-year-old son quiet while she self-isolates with asthma and weakened immune system Via: Mother self-isolating due to asthma gets angry note from Read more

EXCLUSIVE: A report monitoring 50 UK hospitals showed that there were 43 per cent fewer A&E visits in the last week of March than the first, meaning hundreds of thousands may have stayed away. Via: NHS A&E visits plummet by Read more

A study by the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre found that of 690 coronavirus patients in intensive care with known outcomes, 346 died. Via: UK death rate of coronavirus patients in intensive care tops 50 per cent, study Read more

The bloody battle broke out in the border state of Chihuahua, where the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels have been at warA major shootout between rival drug gangs has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico border state of Chihuahua, officials Read more