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Another 569 people have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus - bringing the total number of deaths to 2,921.

Coronavirus patients may have life-saving treatment withdrawn if others with the virus are more likely to survive, according to new guidance issued to UK doctors.

The government has unveiled a five-point coronavirus action plan in a bid to achieve 100,000 COVID-19 tests per day by the end of April.

Comedian Eddie Large, best known for his comedy double act Little and Large, has died after contracting COVID-19 in hospital, his agent has confirmed.

NHS staff in cars have been pictured queuing up to be tested for coronavirus at drive-through facilities at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey and a branch of furniture store Ikea in Wembley, north London.

An NHS doctor has told Sky News his GP surgery has been forced to appeal to its own patients for personal protective equipment (PPE).

COVID-19 testing machines that can make a diagnosis in less than 90 minutes are to be rolled out across the UK.

A 23-year-old man who spat at police in Lancashire while claiming he had coronavirus has been jailed for a year.

Jeremy Corbyn has described the lack of testing of frontline NHS staff as "ludicrous", as the outgoing Labour leader took aim at the government for being too slow to scale up COVID-19 testing in the UK.

British Airways has agreed to furlough its staff due to the coronavirus crisis and there will not be any redundancies, the Unite union has said.