A government medical adviser says he cannot easily tell who is more at risk of dying with COVID-19 – a 50-year-old slender black man who runs half-marathons, or a 32-year-old white man who is extremely overweight, has diabetes, asthma and does not exercise.
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As the government begins to ease the lockdown it will keep an anxious eye on the R number.
As the prime minister prepares to outline a roadmap to ease the lockdown on Sunday, Sky News analysis has revealed the COVID-19 hotspots that could bring pressure to delay any changes.
Coronavirus has “largely gone out” of the UK population outside hospitals and care homes, a professor of epidemiology has told Sky News.
The Queen has defiantly insisted that the United Kingdom remains “a nation those brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognise and admire”.
A six-week-old baby has died with coronavirus as the number of deaths linked to the disease in the UK passed 31,000.
Gogglebox star June Bernicoff has died at the age of 82 after a short illness.
Nine British veterans have died with coronavirus, the Royal Hospital Chelsea has announced.
Boris Johnson has declared that the UK’s response to the coronavirus demands the same effort and courage as the armed forces showed in the Second World War.
On 8 May 1945, the country erupted into unconfined celebration.