Boris Johnson has said the UK “can turn the tide” against coronavirus in the next 12 weeks – but subsequently admitted the government “don’t know how long” the crisis will last for.
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Tens of thousands of retired healthcare professionals are being urged to return to work to help the NHS through the coronavirus crisis.
The government plans to purchase hundreds of thousands of antibody tests to detect if someone has already had coronavirus – in what could be a “gamechanger” in the UK’s response to the outbreak, Boris Johnson said.
The Queen has issued a message of solidarity following the coronavirus outbreak, saying families around the UK were entering “a period of great concern and uncertainty”.
Up to 20,000 service personnel will be put on standby to help combat the coronavirus, with troops gearing up to drive oxygen tankers, support the police and boost hospital capacity.
Families across the UK are scrambling to figure out how they can keep their children’s education going at home. Sky News asked the experts.
Schools across the UK will close from Friday until further notice, the education secretary has announced.
There will be a partial shutdown of London’s underground system from today as the capital makes preparations to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The collapse of Thomas Cook will cost taxpayers at least £156m, an investigation by a government watchdog as found.
The coronavirus outbreak is “very likely” to lead to a rise in divorce rates because couples are being kept in self-isolation together, a leading divorce lawyer has said.