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.
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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.
Councils across England are to be given an extra £1.6bn in funding to deal with the coronavirus emergency after complaints from local authorities that services could suffer.
One in four care homes in London has been hit by COVID-19 since the pandemic began, Sky News has learned, raising fears about the rapid spread of coronavirus among those most vulnerable to the disease.
As many as 7,500 people may have died after contracting coronavirus in care homes, according to a leading industry body.
Two men were arrested and a teenage boy was injured in a motorbike accident after about 150 people broke coronavirus social distancing rules to attend a funeral in Kent.
Some NHS trusts are going to run out of fully protective gowns within the next 24 to 48 hours, with thousands of doctors and nurses voicing concerns about inadequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE).