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In posts shared across Facebook, dad John W. McDaniel reportedly criticised Ohio governor Mike DeWine for closing businesses and denied coronavirus was real. He is apparently the first person in Marion County to die of Covid-19

The Prince of Wales has praised the “heart warming and remarkable kindness” of people across the country as they pull together to tackle covid-19

Printers Prime Group, of Nottingham, transformed its operation and took on 30 extra staff ready to make up to one million visors a month, which is 35,000 a day – but the firm is frustrated that despite contacting officials a month ago, no orders have been placed

The Love Island star is currently battling the coronavirus pandemic as he works on the NHS frontline in Lewisham hospital’s A&E

Julie Penfold, a grandmother of 11, has died at the Arrowe Park hospital in Merseyside, where she spent her long career first as a healthcare assistant and then as a nurse

Tina Peyton, who tested positive for the coronavirus just days after she was born via C-Section at University Hospital Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, is now free from the disease

The 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore appeared by video link in front of a crowd of around 100 people and officially opened the new facility in Harrogate following his £27 million fundraising effort

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England, has warned that the country was by no means out of the danger zone yet at the Downing Street press conference today

Healthcare assistant Kirsty Jones, 41, from Scotland, was described as a “wonderful mother” and leaves behind her husband and two sons, aged 4 and 14.

Mr Hancock now claims that the UK did join the scheme but that it hasn’t produced PPE anyway

Nasro Ade died in St Georges hospital, Tooting of a suspected case of Covid-19, having battled health problems for years after moving from Somalia to the UK when she was 11

It was announced that hospital death toll rose to 17,408 after 873 more fatalities were reported in 24 hours – but scientists say the figure has been trending downwards for days

The family of NHS administration worker Liz Shale, 61, have shared their devastation at her death from coronavirus after she was rushed to St James’s University Hospital in Leeds

In an emotional open letter about the PPE crisis, the worker said the situation at Wythenshawe Hospital has reached “critical” over the past few days – with staff left anxious and feeling like ‘second-class citizens’

Fred Sirieix’s new show The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories has sparked Ofcom complaints as viewers brand it “triggering” for eating disorders

A woman who has been experiencing Covid-19 symptoms has shared the two things she found that help make her feel better while she is unwell

The Covid-19 outbreak is widely thought to have originated in a wildlife ‘wet market’ in the Chinese city of Wuhan

GPs have written to dozens of care homes warning that frail coronavirus patients are “unlikely to benefit” from ventilators, and therefore may not be offered a machine in hospital

In this heartfelt message to the Prime Minister, Dr Minesh Khashu explains how the Government’s mishandling of the coronavirus has let down NHS staff and failed patients

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest more than 15% of coronavirus deaths in England and Wales are taking place outside of hospital

Haley Reed’s partner Stephen Wallis was rushed to James Cook University Hospital, in  Middlesbrough days before her gran was taken in too, both with coronavirus

David O’Connor, a viral diseases researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, claims that we should think about coronavirus face masks like we do condoms for STIs

A new study found that a nine-year-old boy who contracted COVID-19 at a ski resort in France did not pass coronavirus on, despite being in contact with more than 170 people

Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said the plane to collect the equipment had set off, but couldn’t say when it would return