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Pedestrials commuting to work across London Bridge (left) and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak (right)

Furloughed workers 'will need government payments for months after lockdown'

UK May 4, 2020 By James Hockaday

NHS procurement official privately selling PPE amid Covid-19 outbreak (Picture: Getty)

NHS boss investigated after 'setting up company to profit from PPE sales'

UK May 3, 2020 By Chris Caulfield

Massive queues outside B&Q and Homebase as they reopen (Picture: AFP, PA)

Hundreds queue for DIY supplies as B&Q and Homebase reopen

UK May 3, 2020 By Chris Caulfield

Gay and bisexual men excluded from coronavirus blood plasma trial

UK May 3, 2020 By Elisa Menendez

Composite of closed pubs

Don’t go to pub with friends after lockdown, top doctor warns

UK May 3, 2020 By Chris Caulfield

Recovered coronavirus patients ARE showing signs of immunity (Picture: Reuters)

Recovered coronavirus patients starting to show signs of immunity

UK May 3, 2020 By Elisa Menendez

My husband has cancer but the government still hasn't classified him as vulnerable

UK May 2, 2020 By Emma Amoscato

What is the meaning of the R rate?

UK January 25, 2021 By Rachael Martin

A woman wearing a protective face mask passes through the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International

Eurostar says all passengers must wear face masks from next week

News January 24, 2022 By Sian Elvin

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province and A military-appointed member of parliament wearing a face mask amid fears about the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus looks at a bottle of disinfectant while attending a session in Naypyidaw on March 4, 2020

Spy dossier claims China lied about coronavirus and silenced whistleblowers

World May 2, 2020 By James Hockaday

Government defends accuracy of coronavirus home testing kits

Health May 2, 2020 By Sian Elvin

Pictured: The play park in Basingstoke with mums breaking the lockdown rules Groups of people defied government rules by gathering for an anti-lockdown 'protest', sparking fury from NHS workers. The protesters held a demonstration in a children's park and have vowed to meet every week to take a stand against lockdown measures, claiming coronavirus deaths have been exaggerated. One idiot protester, at the demo in Basingstoke, Hants, claimed: "We want to save our rights. We believe the number of people dead from Covid is exemplified (sic). "Extra numbers are being added into Covid. We don?t want to be unlawfully rejected or kept inside." SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS Please byline: Stuart Chivers/Solent News ? Stuart Chivers/Solent News & Photo Agency UK +44 (0) 2380 458800 *** Local Caption *** SPLIT WITH BASGAZ See Riley Krause from Basingstoke Gazette email and screen shots of his convos with Stuart about permission for us to send to the national press "Riley Krause" https://www.facebook.com/groups/407935739336283/permalink/2640276146102220/

Mums occupy children's playground in protest against lockdown

UK May 2, 2020 By James Hockaday

Interactive UK map shows if coronavirus is near you

Health May 1, 2020 By Sian Elvin

A worker inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province (left) and US President Donald Trump (right)

Donald Trump 'is pushing conspiracy theory that coronavirus came from a lab'

World May 2, 2020 By James Hockaday

Emotional tribute to paramedic, 57, 'taken down in a week' by virus

News May 1, 2020 By Sian Elvin

IVF clinics could reopen within two weeks

Health January 24, 2022 By Sian Elvin

Boris Johnson (left) and Piers Morgan (right)

Piers Morgan calls Boris Johnson a 'breathless bulls**tter' over coronavirus

UK May 2, 2020 By James Hockaday

ERLANGEN, GERMANY - APRIL 27: A recovered Covid-19 patient donates blood plasma for research into Covid-19 antibodies at the medical researcher of the German Center for Immunity Therapy (das Deutsche Zentrum Immuntherapie, or DZI) at the University Hospital Erlangen during the novel coronavirus crisis on April 27, 2020 in Erlangen, Germany. The DZI is among several research facilities across Germany conducting research and tests over whether blood plasma that contains the antibodies from recovered Covid-19 patients might provide a therapy for other Covid-19 patients still battling with the disease. Germany currently has over 150,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection, 103,000 people have recovered and approximately 6,000 people have died. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Coronavirus: Does Covid-19 cause blood clots?

UK April 30, 2020 By Lizzie Thomson

Child, 12, forced into foster care after care nurse mum dies of coronavirus

News April 30, 2020 By Sian Elvin

Five skin conditions linked to coronavirus by dermatologists

World April 30, 2020 By Zoe Drewett

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