Johnson ordered a public relations campaign to ensure schools open on time

Health authorities say they may eventually deploy the toughest stage 3 social-distancing rules

Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from Covid-19 on average

Australia allows about 4,000 citizens to return home every week

There is a long history of Kremlin foes being poisoned or falling ill after suspected poisonings

China has reported no new locally transmitted cases on the mainland for five days

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews says new case numbers in his state had fallen faster than he expected

Alexander Lukashenko is struggling to contain a wave of mass protests and strikes

More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials

An order imposing stay at home restrictions was not passed until April 3