James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News

More than 1.7 million people around the world are known to have recovered from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. But the road back to full health is not the same for everyone.

Recovery time will depend on how sick you became in the first place. Some people will shrug off the illness quickly, but for others it could leave lasting problems.

Age, gender and other health issues all increase the risk of becoming more seriously ill from Covid-19.

See here for more on how long Covid-19 recovery can take.

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It was a bad day for one driver in Wrexham as not only did they get stuck in the mud, they got reported for breaking Covid-19 lockdown guidelines.

Public Health Wales is advising people to look after their mental health during the continuing lockdown.

"We are living through a difficult time and the changes to our normal routine may mean we see a difference in our thoughts, our mood or in the way we act," it says.

The organisation has been running a campaign called How are you doing?, external with advice and tips.

This week marks Mental Health Awareness Week, external.

Sarah Dickins
BBC Wales Economics Correspondent

The number of people in Wales claiming unemployment benefits has almost doubled from 59,000 in March to 104,000 in April.

The official Office for National Statistics figures show the rise of jobless in Wales during the first full month of the UK's coronavirus lockdown.

The near doubling of the total takes the claimant rate for Wales from 3.9% of the workforce to 6.8%. The rate for the UK is 5.8%.

Across the UK, job vacancies saw arecord fall between February and April, down 170,000 to 637,000

The numbers of hours worked per week also fell from an average of 32 hours for each worker to 25 hours.

Washing your hands is still a key part of preventing the spread of Covid-19.

Dr Adele McCormick from the University of Westminster demonstrates how to do this properly - which should take about 20 seconds.

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It is too difficult to test children under the age of five years old, Wales' chief medical officer has said.

Anyone over the age of five in Wales will be able to order tests if they have symptoms after the Welsh Government joined a UK-wide home testing scheme.

Asked why children under the age of five were unable to be tested, Dr Frank Atherton told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast it was because of how difficult it was to gather a sample using a swab.

Testing involves taking two swabs - one from the nose and one from the throat - and Dr Atherton said the indication of an effective test is to provoke a "gag reflex".

He also said transmission was quite low among that age group.

Rhondda Cynon Taf council is appealing for former care staff to return to the profession to help it "respond to coronavirus".

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People have been warned not to take hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus after US President Donald Trump revealed he had been taking the drug despite public health officials warning it may be unsafe.

Speaking at the White House, President Trump told reporters he started taking the malaria and lupus medication.

But Wales' chief medical officer as warned said there was "very little evidence it does any good", particularly at preventing disease.

"I wouldn't advise anyone to take it [for the purpose of preventing coronavirus], and of course it does have side-effects in terms of cardiac problems," Dr Frank Atherton told Radio Wales Breakfast.

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School leavers and university graduates will find it harder to secure jobs this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the Institute for Student Employers (ISE), almost a quarter (23%) of entry-level jobs have been cut across Britain as a result of covid-19.

Alaw Davies, who is in her final year of studying the history and philosophy of science at University College London, applied for a number of graduate schemes which have now been cancelled.

“I was hoping to enter the working sector as soon as possible after finishing my studies in May, so I’ve applied for many roles, all without luck," she told BBC Cymru Fyw.

“But a few of the graduate schemes that I applied for actually got in contact to say that they were cancelling the intake for this year so this means that things are a bit more tricky than usual."

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The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the UK soared to 2.1 million last month - and Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey says further rises in joblessness are likely.

"We should be prepared for the unemployment rate to increase significantly," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

But she denied that there was a "complete collapse in vacancies" as the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned, saying there were "substantial vacancies" in sectors such as retail and agriculture.

She also rejected claims that young people, who are particularly at risk of losing their jobs, would experience long-term "scarring" to their economic prospects.

"We need to focus exactly on how we can help people as we come out of this emergency," she said.

The BBC’s Laura Foster explains how you can recognise the symptoms of coronavirus.

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A 15-year-old from Cardiff has made it through to the finals of the Ideas World Cup.

Shivam Singhal's idea is virtual city runs, which he hopes could be used to "boost tourism".

"The idea was at certain distances there would be checkpoints and you can have interactive virtual reality experiences, and interact with landmarks," he told Radio Wales Breakfast.

"The thing I found really exciting was the idea of including the spectators because that's such a big community of people that just watch races so that's the reason I created the idea of having virtual tours of the cities.

"I hope it can be used to boost tourism and create economic revenue for the cities themselves."

The government's ability to test people for coronavirus has been "inadequate" throughout the pandemic, a committee of MPs has said.

The Science and Technology Committee said capacity had not been increased "early or boldly enough".

It said a lack of capacity had driven initial decisions in mid-March to scale back contact tracing and largely restrict tests to hospital patients.

No 10 said testing had since been expanded on "an unprecedented scale".

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Sarah Dickins
BBC Wales Economics Correspondent

Unemployment in Wales stands at 3.2% of over-16 year olds compared with 3.9% for the UK as a whole.

That’s 4,000 more than October to December, but 22,000 fewer than the same period in 2019.

Only Northern Ireland, and the south east and south west of England have lower rates of unemployment.

These new figures have just been published by the Office for National Statistics and mainly cover the period before lockdown.

They also show there were 44,000 fewer people working in Wales in the first three months of this year compared with the same period in 2019.

Apart from Northern Ireland, Wales has the highest proportion of 16-64 year olds who are not working and not able to work, because of ill health, being a student or a carer. That stands at 23% - 44,000 more than a year ago.

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Field hospitals in Wales could remain open for the winter months to anticipate a “resurgence” of coronavirus, Wales’ Chief Medical Officer Frank Atherton has said.

Dr Atherton said there were still some patients being looked after at the Dragon’s Heart Hospital, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, but it was “nowhere near full”.

“We worry about a resurgence in the winter months so that capacity needs to remain for now,” he told BBC Radio Wales’ Breakfast with Claire Summers programme.

But, he added it would be “kept under constant review”.

Dr Atherton was also asked about Wales joining the UK government’s testing regime.

He said anyone over the age of five who had shown symptoms could request home testing kits, and that people would be notified of results by text message.

But Dr Atherton anticipated some “glitches”, at least in the early stages, and said the next couple of days would be “quite telling” in how the system would respond to larger demand.

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The annual Elvis Presley festival in south Wales is in doubt due to the coronavirus outbreak.

More than 40,000 people were expected to attend the September event in Porthcawl, external, which was lauched in 2004 to raise money for the resort's Grand Pavilion theatre.

About 100 Elvis impersonators were set to play more than 1,000 shows at 20 venues across Porthcawl during the weekend event.

But organisers have confirmed the Grand Pavilion - essentially the festival's main stage - is unavailable due to "uncertainty surrounding theatres in general post-lockdown".

Festival bosses say they are "in the process of consulting with the other main venues" and will release a further statement later on Wednesday.

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Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this morning.

Rubbish tips are starting to reopen as part of the easing of lockdown measures that allowed garden centres to reopen and unlimited local exercise.

Although the lockdown was extended by the Welsh Government earlier this month, there have been "modest" changes - and local recycling centres are starting to open again with social-distancing measures in place.

Tips in Wrexham have already opened and Merthyr Tydfil will open its waste centres at Dowlais and Aberfan on Wednesday. But when does your local tip reopen? Have a look at BBC Wales' handy guide.

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Companies will face "fundamental issues" when staff return to workplaces after being furloughed during lockdown, a business leader has said.

Paul Slevin, chairman of the South Wales Chamber of Commerce, said while there was a desire among companies to get back to work, it would be overly optimistic to think the economy would "just bounce back".

"If you have staff who've been on furlough, they've been economically inactive - how do you bring them back and how do you get them up to speed?" he said.

"Those who have been economically active - working from home - how do you repatriate them back to the workplace?

"I think best practices are being shared by many businesses and this is good because the larger companies maybe have some direct experience on how to do this and have the facilities to be able to do it."

At Toyota's Deeside factory, managers have said workers will not be under pressure to hit normal targets since they returned to work last week, due to social-distancing measures.

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Young people are most likely to have lost work or seen their income drop because of the coronavirus pandemic, a report suggests.

More than one in three 18 to 24-year-olds is earning less than before the outbreak, research by the Resolution Foundation claims.

It said younger workers risk their pay being affected for years, while older staff may end up involuntarily retired.

Young people tend to be hardest hit by economic slumps.

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