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Losing your sense of taste and smell may be the most reliable symptom of coronavirus, research suggests. A study which involved more than 500 Britons who tested positive for the…
Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive, Public Health England “You can fit my public health credentials on a postage stamp, but this is what I want to do for the next number…
A 13-year old boy from London is understood to be the youngest person to have died from coronavirus in the UK. It came as the latest NHS data from UK…
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has tested positive for coronavirus, but striking a defiant tone he said: “If I can live with cancer, I can certainly live with Covid-19.” The broadcaster,…
April Fools Day is cancelled this year, businesses have said, as they say light-hearted pranks should not be broadcast during the coronavirus pandemic. Major companies, including Heinz and Lego, have…
One in 100 deaths in England and Wales were linked to coronavirus as the outbreak took hold, official figures show. The new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
Police chiefs have hit back over claims they are creating a “police state”but said they were “finding their way” and seeking a nationally consistent approach to enforcing the coronavirus lockdown.…
The frequency of bin collections could be reduced due to the coronavirus crisis, councils have said, with the vital services under review. Councils desperately trying to keep household waste collections…
There is no reason why the UK cannot reach German levels of testing, a former director of the World Health Organisation has said, as he suggested that Public Health England…
The UK death toll from coronavirus is likely to be far larger than that shown by official figures, experts have said. Until now, daily figures – which reveal 1,415 UK…
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