Ten million British children are about to get a taste of home schooling. Increased inequality will be the resultCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhat was, just a few days ago, the object of excited speculation among British children has become a reality. Schools are shut. For an unspecified period, learning will take place at home, except for a minority of pupils who...

Video of Tara Jane Langston, 39, in hospital struggling to breathe was originally posted on WhatsAppCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Tara Jane Langston was hospitalised with coronavirus, she and her family were confronted with a terrible ordeal. And then the trauma was compounded by online trolls who flooded the family’s inbox with messages accusing them of a...

Doctors not currently practising respond to government ‘your NHS needs you’ pleaCoronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Doctors not currently practising have told the Guardian how they plan to return to the NHS frontline, in response to the government plea reminiscent of wartime Britain in which they were told: “Your NHS needs you.”They described the crisis as a...

While the world outside panicked over coronavirus, I was to be the calm, efficient teacher to my child. It didn’t last long Coronavirus latest updates See all our coronavirus coverageWe are doing a writing exercise at the kitchen table, about 90 minutes into home-schooling. So far, it’s gone quite well. I’ve drawn a grid with alphabetised headers and I’m dictating words for my...

There’s something unsettling in seeing the prime minister repurpose his Brexit media strategy for a deadly contagion Coronavirus latest updates See all our coronavirus coverageBritain. A nation of shopfighters, presided over at a time of mortal peril by a newspaper columnist, who has for three decades moonlighted as his generation’s leading liar. Still, as the words clawed into the side of the...

Report on Li Wenliang’s death says he did not disrupt public order, but fought bravelyCoronavirus – latest updatesAll our coronavirus coverageThe Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for “spreading rumours” after he sought to warn colleagues about the emergence of Covid-19 has been officially exonerated by an investigation into his death.However the report has also been criticised for not...

Human trials will begin imminently – but even if they go well and a cure is found, there are many barriers before global immunisation is feasibleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEven at their most effective – and draconian – containment strategies have only slowed the spread of the respiratory disease Covid-19. With the World Health Organization finally declaring...

Most people don’t understand exponential growth. If they did, they’d be far more frightenedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI’m an emergency room doctor in Boston. I can’t help but feel like Cassandra these days. A Trojan royal, Cassandra was cursed by Apollo after she rebuffed his advances – she could see into the future, but no one would ever believe what...

Health secretary says government looking ‘very closely’ at hotspot where 28 deaths recordedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government is investigating a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus deaths in the West Midlands, with one of the region’s NHS trusts reporting nine deaths from the illness, the highest number for any trust in the country.The UK health...

Latest figures from public health authorities on the spread of Covid-19 across the United Kingdom. Find out how many cases have been reported near youCoronavirus - live news updatesFind all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionPlease note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases - some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are not...

What are the symptoms caused by the new coronavirus, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereCoronavirus – latest updatesHow to protect yourself and others from infectionIt is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. The World Health Organisation has...

The country acted fast when the virus began to spread. Strict quarantine measures and testing have helped to curb itSouth Koreans are famously nonchalant about North Korean nuclear weapons. Bewilderingly to the rest of us, they “keep calm and carry on” whenever Pyongyang threatens to turn Seoul into a “sea of fire”. The South Korean approach to Covid-19 could not have been more...

Fears that lack of coronavirus testing and supplies could mean refugees and those caught in crises are left behindCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world’s most vulnerable people could be last in line for support to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, experts have warned. Countries already dealing with humanitarian and refugee crises face a struggle to find the...

By identifying and isolating clusters of infected people, we wiped out Covid-19 in VòSee all our coronavirus coverageIt’s now about one month since Covid-19 began to sweep across Italy. With more than total cases topping 40,000 as of 19 March, it is now the worst-affected country outside of China.But in the last two weeks, a promising pilot study here has produced results that may be...

A stark warning from America’s most populous state – but UK researchers signal hope of vaccine this year. Follow the latest newsFollow our US coronavirus live blogFollow our Australia coronavirus live blogItaly becomes country with most deathsTrump sows confusion with treatment claimSee all our coronavirus coverage 1.47am GMT The stock markets have taken a terrible battering in recent weeks...