Coronavirus

A new study suggests the virus responsible for Covid-19 could live on our phone screens for up to a month – so, how can you keep them clean?
Culture secretary offers an olive branch.
Princess Cruises said a passenger on an earlier voyage died and at least one other became infected in the coronavirus outbreak.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Trust confirms patient with underlying health conditions has died.
Britain is ramping up its response to the coronavirus outbreak, with the Vote Leave government suddenly listening to “the experts”. But pandemic fears have failed to distract from the alleged bullying scandal engulfing home secretary Priti Patel. Can she hang on in the cabinet?Labour MP David Lammy joins Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss all of this, and his new book Tribes, an exploration of how to heal the divides of a country increasingly riven by tribalism.
“Do not go to work, school or public areas. Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing or taxis,” CDC advises.
The research department at the bank’s Canary Wharf offices is being deep-cleaned.
As the illness spreads across the UK, charities want to make sure homeless people are safe.
Experts offers parents advice for talking to their children about the COVID-19 outbreak.
Eight of 30 new positive tests saw patients contract the virus in the UK amid attempts to push the peak away from the winter period.