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Prime Minister Boris Johnson instructs all UK citizens to stay at home, to protect the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. From this evening, people can only leave home for one of the four following reasons: Shopping for groceries or essentials Any medical need One form of exercise per day Travelling to and from work, if […]

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Monday again blocked action on a nearly $2 trillion economic rescue measure to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, insisting on stronger protections for workers and restrictions for bailed-out businesses as they rushed to reach a deal with the Trump administration. The normally staid Senate dissolved into shouting and partisan bickering

WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr., confronting questions over his lack of visibility during a crisis that has upended the presidential primary, on Monday criticized President Trump’s response to the coronavirus as too slow and insufficient, and pressed him to act like the “wartime president” he says he is. “Let me be clear: Donald Trump

Jonathan Ashworth has said that public health messages on coronavirus are “not being heard loud and clear”, with too many people taking risks. The shadow health secretary said too many people are not following advice to stay at home. He said more people must work from home, and young people need to know “they are

Democrats are also pressing to extend jobless benefits in the legislation for an additional month. Republicans have already agreed to a large expansion of the unemployment insurance program, broadening it to include self-employed and part-time workers who traditionally have not been eligible, and to cover 100 percent of wages for three months. “This bill is

U.S. lawmakers try again on a $1.8 trillion stimulus plan. Senators and senior Trump administration officials were scrambling on Monday to strike a deal on a $1.8 trillion measure to bolster the economy, after Democrats blocked action on the package on Sunday, demanding stronger protections for workers and restrictions for bailed-out businesses. The vote on

India extends its lockdown to cover almost the entire nation of 1.3 billion. The Indian authorities are grounding all domestic flights and putting most of the country, the world’s second most populous, in full lockdown. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India remains relatively low — about 400 — but the government wants to

President Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for keeping businesses shut and millions of workers at home after this week, amid millions of job losses caused by the efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,”

“There will be a group that is in excess of six or seven people that I look at, because those background checks matter,” said Mr. Biden, who has gone through the process himself. He expressed hope that “once I pick someone, God willing if I’m the nominee, that there’s not going to be any snafu.”

Yet as that debate has played out in the White House Situation Room, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has thrown out the established government plan for dealing with pandemics, after concluding it was insufficient because it never envisioned a pandemic of this breadth. Mr. Kushner and other aides concluded that only FEMA had what they