Denmark becomes the first country to completely stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine, over concerns about blood clot cases
But the head of Denmark's health authority says he is not ruling out using the vaccine again in the future if another wave hits
More than eight million people in the UK have now had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine
In England, an estimated 54.9% of the population had Covid antibodies in the week to 28 March, the Office for National Statistics says
That number was 49.1% in Wales, 54.5% in Northern Ireland and 46% in Scotland
The US, South Africa and European Union pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout after reports of rare blood clotting
Johnson & Johnson says that "no clear causal relationship" has been established between its vaccine and the clots
Surge testing after an outbreak of the South Africa variant of coronavirus is extended to a third London borough - Southwark
A consultation is launched on whether care home staff in England should be required to have a vaccine
A leading statistician says data supports PM Boris Johnson's claim lockdown, not vaccines, was the major cause of the UK's fall in cases
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Image source, GoogleCarl Robert Coulson admitted theft and fraud when he appeared at Durham Crown Court
A man who fraudulently got a £10,000 Covid business support grant has been jailed for 10 months.
Carl Robert Coulson claimed the money from Durham County Council in the name of a motor exchange business based in Langley Moor in April.
But the 35-year-old from Bishop Auckland almost immediately gave it to another man who has not been traced, Durham Police say.
He has been jailed at Durham Crown Court after admitting theft and fraud.
Read the full story here.
A teenager has become one of the youngest people in the UK to become fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Ellie, from Bourne in Lincolnshire, works at weekends at Yew Tree Residential Care Home, making drinks and playing games with residents.
Despite only being 16, her part-time job at the home means she was eligible.
When offered the jab, she said it was important to take it to help protect the care home residents from the virus.
The teenager, who is studying for her GCSEs, also helps look after her grandma, who lives with the family and is vulnerable due to a health condition.
"Being protected just helps me feel a lot safer around everyone," Ellie says.
"I don't have to worry about going into school, picking it up, and bringing it back home."
On the subject of work, Ellie said: "I tidy rooms, make tea and play dominos with the residents, and they love it.
"It doesn't really feel like a job and I get to drink tea whenever I want."
Since the start of the pandemic in Brazil, hundreds of babies have died from Covid-19
More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in Brazil are now at their peak. But a shocking aspect of Covid-19 in Brazil is the number of babies dying. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,300 babies under the age of one have died from the virus.
With exclusive access to one children’s ICU in the northeast of the country, BBC Brazil’s Nathalia Passarinho speaks to staff about caring for these critically ill children.
Image source, PA MediaVaccinations are "successful" at reducing hospital admissions, the head of the NHS in England says.
Sir Simon Stevens has been speaking as a new study shows a 75% reduced risk of emergency hospital admission among people who have received the Pfizer vaccine.
The study by the NHS and the University of Manchester has found older people who have received the jab are less likely to be admitted to hospital, and less likely to have a positive test, compared with those who have not been vaccinated.
Researchers examined data on more than 170,000 people aged 80 to 83 who received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine between 15 and 20 December last year.
They compared this information with "matched controls" aged 76 to 79 who had not yet received the jab.
Sir Simon says: "Vaccines are successfully reducing hospitalisations and deaths amongst the cohorts that have had the vaccine.
"Data that we have analysed shows a 75% reduction in emergency Covid hospitalisations for the vaccination cohorts and, as more and more people are vaccinated, that effect will widen."
Image source, ReutersResidents in some areas of Smethwick in the West Midlands are being urged to get tested for coronavirus after a case of the South Africa variant was detected.
It comes as the "largest surge testing operation to date" is being carried out in London after cases were identified there.
Sandwell Council has published a list of postcodes , externalin Smethwick and Cape Hill where people should get tested.
The authority is urging all residents in those areas to get tested, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.
Image source, Getty ImagesRolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger says he's coped with lockdown by staying "pretty creative" and focusing on music.
"I've written a lot of songs and finished records," he tells BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt.
"Obviously, it's not as good as being together in the same room with a group of musicians. I mean, there's really no substitute for that.
"But one of the things that kept me going through the lockdown [has been] being able to play music and set up little studios, wherever."
He says he feels lucky to have "a couple of places" and a "nice garden".
"I'm very lucky. I don't have the problems of living, say in a small flat in London or New York, which some of my friends have had," Sir Mick tells the radio host.
"Two kids in a two room flat in Manhattan? I honestly don't know how I would have done that."
A couple have been reunited in a care home after medical treatment meant they had to spend months apart.
Gordon and Mary Davis, both 89, had been separated after he fell ill, but when a room became available at Baily House Care Home in Mansfield they were finally brought back together.
Due to Covid rules, they are now isolating together in a room at the home.
Mansfield elderly couple reunite at care home after months apart
Image source, MoD / Crown CopyrightAmid ongoing Covid restrictions, military rehearsals have taken place for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral.
Prince Philip, who died on Friday aged 99, will be remembered in a service at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday.
Members of the public have been asked to stay away from the castle due to the virus, with the ceremony to take place behind its walls, and an online book of condolence, external has been opened.
Image source, MoD / Crown CopyrightCoronavirus restrictions in England mean only 30 people, socially distanced, are allowed to attend funerals, although pallbearers and clergy are not included in the number of attendees.
Prince Philip is reported to have requested minimal fuss but his ceremonial royal funeral will have personal touches.
Read more here.
'It’s a massive honour to be competing at Tokyo 2020’
It is 100 days before the 2021 Olympic Games begins in Tokyo - having been postponed because of the pandemic - and athletes all over the world are back in training.
They include British marathon runner Stephanie Davis, who's competing at the Games for the first time. She's been speaking to BBC World News, telling them she's grateful the Olympics are going ahead this year.
Downing Street has defended the production of a film about the UK's "extraordinary" vaccine rollout, which is yet to be released more than a month after a clip was posted online.
The trailer for A Beacon Of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story was posted on 10 March, with officials indicating it would have been released later that week.
The prime minister's official spokesman says the documentary "will be published" and insists "this was produced entirely in-house by No 10 staff as part of their work".
No 10 has refused to set out how much the documentary has cost but says it is within its existing digital communications budget.
"It's important that the public are able to understand this important public health issue about the vaccine rollout," the spokesman adds.
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A paramedic in Connecticut who has written a book on the opiod crisis in the US, speaks to the BBC
Deaths from opioid use in the US have skyrocketed over the past year.
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows 88,000 people died from drug overdoses in the 12 month period ending in August 2020 - an increase of 27% on the previous year.
The US authorities say the increase has been driven by illegally manufactured synthetic opioids.
Peter Canning, a paramedic in Connecticut, has just released a book, Killing Season, about the crisis.
He tells BBC World News the problem is being made worse by the isolation many people have had to endure during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Immediately after Covid struck us here, we started to see an increase in the deaths. The problem is that Covid, by increasing isolation... you have more people who are now using alone."
Image source, Getty ImagesA pigeon has caused a Covid-19 testing site to be temporarily closed for more than four hours.
The Centre AT7 site in Coventry closed at about 11:30 BST after the bird flew into the building.
Coventry City Council said the bird would be removed and time would be allowed for a deep clean before it was able to reopen to the public.
The test centre eventually reopened just after 16:00.
The site is one of seven asymptomatic Covid testing sites in the city and provides lateral flow tests, which give results in 30 minutes - wildlife allowing...
Image source, EPAThe European Union will get 50 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine months earlier than expected.
It’s good news for the bloc’s slow and struggling inoculation programme, after further setbacks with the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines due to rare side effects.
The Pfizer jabs were initially expected at the end of the year, but they will now arrive by the end of June.
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says "there are still many factors that can disrupt the planned delivery schedules of vaccines", referring to the J&J delay.
"It is therefore important to act swiftly, anticipate and adjust whenever it is possible."
Denmark has announced it will stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine following a small number of blood clotting cases. Meanwhile J&J has paused its shipments to Europe because of similar reports. Further safety investigations are being done on both vaccines.
There will be a long Covid clinic in each area in England, head of the NHS Sir Simon Stevens says.
He says people suffering from long-term after-effects after a Covid-19 infection need a "clear front door" to getting help.
There are already 63 long Covid clinics in England, with a further 83 opening by the end of the month.
Sir Simon pledges there will be one for each local health area, with figures showing hundreds of thousands are continuing to suffer, several months after their first infection.
There are a wide range of common long Covid symptoms including fatigue, shortness of breath, insomnia, chest pain, and problems with memory and concentration.
Alison Holt
Social affairs correspondent
'I saw them more than my own family'
A year on from the peak in coronavirus deaths among care home residents in England and Wales, there are increasing calls for a public inquiry.
Many in the sector believe the government ignored their plight until the death toll made that impossible to do.
Twelve months ago, nursing associate Damian Mann was desperately trying to save the lives of people he spends more time with than his relatives, every day.
He works at Wren Hall Nursing home in Nottinghamshire, where 13 residents died with Covid-19 between the end of March and mid-April 2020.
"Some of the people have lived here for five, six years. I see them more than my own family," he says.
"And then they're not here any more."
Damian was working on a hastily set-up isolation unit. He was one of just a few staff who didn't contract the virus, so saw resident after resident pass away.
"We would always make sure someone was with them," he says.
Image source, Getty ImagesScottish businesses say they are "close to exhaustion" after 12 months of "some of the most challenging trading conditions in modern history".
Scottish Chambers of Commerce say Covid restrictions and new rules for trading with the European Union have taken their toll.
Its quarterly survey of 370 firms confirms retail has been worst affected.
Tourism businesses are more positive as lockdown controls begin to be lifted.
Non-essential shops are likely to be allowed to reopen on 26 April following a four month closure, while pubs, restaurants and cafes will also be able to reopen on a limited basis.
Soutik Biswas
India Correspondent
Image source, ATUL LOKE"Will a lockdown happen again?"
Over a grainy video call last week from a grotty little room in the western Indian city of Mumbai, the Sethi brothers repeatedly asked me this question, their voices trembling in nervousness.
More than a decade ago, Santosh and Tunna Sethi left their families and homes in the eastern state of Orissa, also called Odisha, in search of work. They arrived in Mumbai, more than 1,600km (994 miles) away.
Here, the brothers toiled in the shadows of the city's imposing skyscrapers that migrant workers build for the affluent. Ferrying cement, sand, bricks and stones, they earned 450 rupees ($6; £4.35) every day for eight hours of work. They lived, ate and slept in unfinished buildings, and sent most of their savings home to support their families.
With more than three million reported Covid-19 infections, the state of Maharashtra, which has Mumbai as its capital, is the stubborn epicentre of India's second wave of infections. The government has been warning of a full lockdown unless cases begin to fall.
Fear has gripped the Sethi brothers again.
"Will we have to return home? Do you have any information?" they ask.
Read more here.