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Coronavirus: Spanish army finds care home residents 'dead and abandoned'
Spanish soldiers helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and, in some cases, dead in their beds, the defence ministry has said...
Coronavirus: Harvey Weinstein tests positive
Coronavirus: Harvey Weinstein tests positive
Former Hollywood producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus while in prison...
Tokyo 2020: IOC sets deadline for decision on Games amid coronavirus
The International Olympic Committee is considering a postponement of Tokyo 2020, and has given itself a deadline of four weeks to make a decision...
Coronavirus: California issues state-wide 'stay at home' order
California has issued a "stay at home" order to residents as it tries to stem the march of the coronavirus across the most populous US state...
Coronavirus: Tens of thousands of retired medics asked to return to NHS
Letters are being sent to more than 65,000 retired doctors and nurses in England and Wales asking them to return to the NHS to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak...
Airlines warn they may not survive without bailout
Airlines warn they may not survive without bailout
The bosses of EasyJet and Lufthansa have said some airlines may not survive without government support if the coronavirus pandemic drags on...
Coronavirus: Asian nations face second wave of imported cases
South Korea, China and Singapore are among the Asian countries facing a second coronavirus wave, fuelled by people importing it from outside...
Coronavirus hits all 50 US states as death toll rises
The deadly coronavirus has now hit all 50 states in the US as West Virginia reported its first case of the infection on Tuesday...
Coronavirus: Europe plans full border closure in virus battle
The European Commission is planning to ban all non-essential travel throughout Europe's Schengen free-travel zone as more countries close their borders to try to limit the spread of coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to quarantine all arrivals from abroad
Hong Kong will quarantine all people arriving from abroad for 14 days, its leader Carrie Lam has said...