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    Mother-of-three Areema Nasreen is in a critical condition in a Walsall hospital where she has worked for the past 16 years. A 36-year-old NHS nurse, with no underlying health issues, is fighting for her life in hospital after contracting coronavirus. Areema Nasreen is on a ventilator in intensive care in Walsall Manor Hospital in the West Midlands where she has worked for the past 16 years. On Friday, she tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory disease COVID-19, which has infected more than 300,000 people worldwide. A doctor at the hospital confirmed to Sky News that his colleague was very sick and in a critical condition. He added: I can't confirm much but I can say she deteriorated within the space of 24 hours and is in ITU [intensive treatment uni...

    Brits who leave their homes without a valid reason could be fined, Boris Johnson announced tonight as drastic new measures were introduced to fight the spread of coronavirus. The Prime Minister, addressing the public from Downing Street, said police will have the power to enforce the rules as unprecedented measures were introduced. He announced that people can now only leave their homes to shop for necessities, exercise once a day, medical needs, or travelling to and from work - but only if it's essential. Those who do not obey face being fined, he said. He said: That’s all these are the only reasons you should leave your home. You should not be meeting friends. If your friends ask you to meet, you should say No. You should not be meeting family members who do not...

    Selfish shoppers pretended to be NHS workers during an early shopping hour for medical staff, in a bid to beat the queues during the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors, nurses and 111 callers, working around the clock and unable to get basic supplies, faced 600 metre queues at a Tesco on Sunday morning, with no social distancing measures. Customers who were not entitled to the extra hour tried to sneak past security staff and jump the queue in a bid to get in early at a Tesco Extra in Gallions Reach, east London. One family argued with security staff and rammed their trollies into the barriers when their attempts to join the NHS shopping hour failed. The large supermarket is one of many Tesco stores offering a dedicated shopping hour for NHS workers who were asked to s...

    Ten more more people have died after after testing positive for coronavirus in Wales and Scotland taking the UK total to 243. There have been seven fatalities in Wales over the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 12 and a further three in Scotland, where the number of deaths overall now stands at 10. An update on confirmed coronavirus cases and casualties for England is expected later. The number of confirmed cases on Saturday stood at 5,018, a rise of 1,035 in 24 hours. The chief medical officer for Wales Dr Frank Atherton, said: It is with deep sadness I can confirm a further seven deaths of patients in Wales who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). This takes the number of deaths in Wales to 12. He added: My thoughts are with their families and fri...

    Seven more UK deaths of coronavirus patients were announced today, as Brits are being urged not to visit their parents this Mother's Day amid the outbreak. Wales announced the new fatalities this morning, taking the country's toll to 12. Boris Johnson said last night that the NHS could be overwhelmed , similarly to how Italy's health service has, if people do not heed advice on social distancing. It comes after the number of confirmed cases of the virus in the UK since the outbreak began topped 5,000.

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to address the nation again as confirmed coronavirus cases have passed 5,000. The number of people to test positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 9am on Saturday is 5,018 up 1035 in 24 hours. Deaths also rose by 53 to 220. It comes as thousands of pubs, cafes and restaurants usually bustling with weekend customers are empty today after the coronavirus prompted sweeping closures. Meanwhile the private sector allocated almost its entire hospital capacity to the NHS following a historic deal.

    Nearly 20,000 fully qualified staff will join the NHS response to coronavirus after a deal with the private sector which will include 8,000 more hospital beds being made available. National Health Service will also gain access to nearly 1,200 more ventilators and other critical care facilities that have come under intense pressure as the coronavirus crisis intensifies. The deal will give the NHS access to 10,000 nurses, over 700 doctors and more than 8,000 other clinical staff. In London, which has been hit the worst by the coronavirus outbreak, the NHS will now have access to 2000 hospital beds, and over 250 operating theatres and critical beds. NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said they were dealing with an unprecedented global health threat. He said: The ...

    One hundred days have passed since Boris Johnson re-entered Number 10 after winning the general election. Here’s a look at the key players who have supported the PM in office. Dominic Cummings The PM’s de facto chief of staff was credited with creating the take back control slogan in the 2016 referendum, and is thought to have been central to the Brexit messaging in the election campaign. Mr Cummings rose to notoriety in politics first as an adviser to Michael Gove and then as campaign director at the official Brexit group. He has come under public criticism in recent months over the treatment of Government special advisers and suggested a trio of cartoon crime fighters would do a better job than the Cabinet before February’s reshuffle. The PM’s director of commu...

    The government has unveiled what will happen to exams this year after announcing school will be closed from today. In a statement on the government website they revealed that GCSEs, AS and A Levels will be awarded in July based on mock data, individual assessment and prior attainment. Students can also sit exams early in next academic year or summer 2021. The Department for Education said that this year's A-level and GCSE grades will be indistinguishable from those provided in other years. It said it would also aim to ensure that the distribution of grades follows a similar pattern to that in other years, so that this year's students do not face a systematic disadvantage as a consequence of these extraordinary circumstances. Teachers will be asked to take into acc...

    Boris Johnson has called on the UK public to be considerate when they shop amid more scenes of stockpiling and panic buying in supermarkets around the country. The plea came as Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged the UK to stay home to save lives, warning that Covid-19 will keep spreading as long as people continue to socialise. Meanwhile, schools across the UK are set to shut their doors today. The wide-sweeping closures will affect the majority of schools, although staff are being asked to provide care for vulnerable children and those whose parents are key workers. Later today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to unveil an emergency package aimed at protecting workers’ jobs and wages as they face hardship in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.