Another 449 patients have died in hospitals in the UK after contracting coronavirus.
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Thousands of vulnerable children who should be returning to school have not turned up for the first day of summer term.
The government’s furlough scheme has opened for applications, with business groups warning that delays in payments could be catastrophic for British companies.
No date has been set for when schools in England will reopen, the education secretary has confirmed.
Another 596 people have died with coronavirus in UK hospitals – the smallest increase in nearly two weeks.
The government has published a lengthy rebuttal to a damning newspaper article that claimed the UK “lost a crucial five weeks” to tackle the threat posed by the coronavirus.
Doctors and nurses clapped as two men became the first patients to be discharged from London’s Nightingale Hospital after being treated for coronavirus.
A delivery of desperately needed personal protection equipment for frontline NHS staff is arriving in the UK, as the government faces growing criticism over shortages and its handling of the coronavirus crisis.
The government missed a series of opportunities to lessen the impact of the coronavirus in February and March, it is being claimed.
Three more emergency service workers have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus, it has emerged.