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The World Health Organisation has reiterated pleas for people to stay at home to help tackle the spread of coronavirus, as the number of cases has surpassed 380,000 worldwide. This comes as the UK enforces strict limits on leaving homes, South Africa goes into a 21-day lockdown, and stocks continue to fall on Wall Street.
The World Health Organisation advised countries to test all suspected Covid-19 cases. This is why the UK hasn't.
The global death toll reaches 6,500 as US president Donald Trump extended the country’s travel ban to the UK and Ireland. Top perfume manufacturer LVMH repurposes its factories to make hand sanitiser free of charge and the World Health Organization declares Europe the new epicentre of the pandemic, as Italy saw 368 deaths in one day.
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The UK has entered the second phase of its response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Actor Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have revealed that they have tested positive for coronavirus while in Australia. Hanks shared the news on his Instagram page, shortly after the virus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Following the announcement, President Donald Trump imposed a 30-day travel ban between the US and all 26 EU countries, excluding the UK. The NBA have also cancelled their upcoming season.
European country worst-hit by disease makes further crackdown.
Head of UN agency expresses concern about “the alarming levels of inaction”.
Donald Trump’s doing it his way. The rest of the world is reacting in another.
Public Health England has not recommend the use of face masks as a means of protection from coronavirus.