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Acclaimed British artist David Hockney is in lockdown at his house in Normandy with his dog Ruby and two of his long-standing assistants, JP and Jonathan.

He is in the garden most days, drawing the spring awakening on his iPad.

In a BBC exclusive, he is sharing 10 of his most recent works (nine of which have never been published before), for us all to enjoy at this difficult time, along with his thoughts on the role of art in life.

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Image source, David Hockney

You see see more of his lockdown paintings here.

Bethany Bell
BBC News, Vienna

In Austria, the Red Cross has launched a smartphone app called Stopp Corona, which helps users keep an anonymous digital diary of the people they have had contact with.

Gerry Foitik, from the Austrian Red Cross’s managing board, says the app aims to reduce the strain on the medical services. He says users perform a digital handshake.

“Whenever you have a close contact, you can record this manually and anonymously so if you get infected by the coronavirus, you can anonymously inform all your contacts from the last 48 hours, and they can self-isolate to disrupt the chain of infection.”

Austrian data protection activist Max Schrems says the app isn’t anonymous - as each person is given an ID number, but he says it doesn’t pose particular problems when it comes to the EU’s privacy laws.

“It's opt in. It's voluntary. People have to ask for consent.”

Mr Schrems also says the European data protection law, the GDPR, “foresees the tracking and the processing of data for international health incidents”.

“We have to see how we comply with the principles of the law to actually make sure that the invasion of privacy is limited to what's absolutely necessary.”

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If you're just joining us in the UK, good morning and welcome. Here are the latest headlines as coronavirus continues to spread:

• The government is facing growing criticism over a lack of testing for frontline NHS staff. Healthcare workers who are self-isolating have expressed frustration because tests are not available to show whether they are clear of the virus
• A 13-year-old boy is thought to be the youngest person to die with the disease in the UK. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton in south London, died in King's College Hospital on Monday

• In Scotland, MSPs are set to push through emergency powers to tackle the crisis. The proposed bill sets out new rules to prevent tenants from being evicted and to keep the judicial system running
• Meanwhile, some of the UK's biggest banks have agreed to scrap dividend payments and hold onto the cash, which may be needed during the coronavirus crisis
• New research suggests that a loss of smell or taste may be a sign that you have coronavirus
• The daily death toll rose sharply to 381 on Monday, taking the overall toll to 1,789

Around the world people have been told to stay at home to fight coronavirus, but some low-paid key workers in hospitals, supermarkets and other workplaces must risk their health to keep their countries running. We spoke to some of these workers in the UK and they share their stories here:

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It's been almost a week since New Zealand, a country of five million people, plunged into a full lockdown.

Case numbers remain relatively low at just over 700 and but testing has increased.

The new case rate has also slowed in the past week, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned there's still weeks of lockdown to go.

"I want to emphasise it's too early to assess if our measures are successfully slowing Covid-19," she said.

The nation released its virus modelling on Tuesday, , externalwhich predicted that if lockdown measures were not brought in, two-thirds of the population would get infected.

A number of UK newspapers focus on frustration over delays in ramping up coronavirus testing, after the government admitted there have been issues sourcing the kits.

The need for tests to show whether frontline NHS staff have coronavirus is the main front-page story in the Financial Times and the Daily Mail, whose headline demands "Fix testing fiasco now".

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken charge of efforts to source chemicals needed for the tests, The Times reports, while the Sun says mass community testing is vital to return Britain to normality.

Several front pages also highlight the case of Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, the 13-year-old boy believed to be the youngest patient to die in the UK after catching Covid-19. He had no known health problems.

You read the full roundup of UK newspapers here.

A British national is among four passengers to have died on board a cruise ship that is struggling to contain an outbreak of Covid-19.

Almost 200 passengers on board the Dutch-owned Zaandam are suffering with flu-like symptoms, according to its owner Holland America.

At least two of the four people to have died have tested positive for the virus.

The cruise ship has been denied entry to several ports in recent days and was stuck off the coast of Panama as it struggled to get permission to pass through the Panama Canal.

There were initially 1,243 guests and 586 crew on board, including four doctors and four nurses. But on Sunday, healthy passengers were moved to another ship - the Rotterdam. Both ships are now heading to Florida.

a warm welcome to everyone, especially those under lockdown, self-isolating or shielding. Here's a wrap of what you need to know:

• the death toll in the US has surpassed 4,000 and officials predict that as many as 200,000 people could die in the country. US President Donald Trump warns of "very painful" weeks ahead.
• cases in India continue to rise as the country is racing to build low cost ventilators to prepare for the widening outbreak. Currently, there are around 1,400 cases and 123 deaths.
• more African countries are reporting their first cases.
• virus outbreaks continue to affect cruise ships in the Americas and Australia, as well as a US aircraft carrier.
• the latest global numbers are up to more than 860,000 confirmed cases and more than 42,000 deaths.

With social distancing in full swing and many places around the world under lockdown, people have found creative ways to adjust to the new normal online.

We spoke to some Americans who are still hanging out with their friends with virtual movie nights, digital happy hours and birthdays on video messaging platforms.

Starting Wednesday, China is including asymptomatic cases in its official numbers. Authorities said all such cases would be quarantined for 14 days.

It comes as China begins easing its restrictions on movement sparking concerns that people who are asymptomatic and infectious will start moving around the country.

Global experts are divided on how infectious asymptomatic carriers can be.

China has seen a decline in numbers of infections and deaths in recent weeks.

It's latest official figures showed 36 new cases on Tuesday, down from 48 a day earlier. All but one of the cases were imported, bringing the total number of imported cases to 806.

Another 130 asymptomatic cases were reported, with officials saying 1,367 such cases were under observation.

New research from the UK suggests that losing your sense of smell and taste could be a good way to tell whether you're infected.

King's College London says its scientists have asked people to log their symptoms daily in an app.

The result showed that 59% of the 1.5 million people who participated and tested positive, noticed a loss of smell and taste. According to the researchers, this makes it a very good indicator for spotting infections.

Under current UK government guidance people are advised to self-isolate if they have a new continuous cough and/or fever. The World Health Organization says other symptoms can include shortness of breath, aches and pains, and a sore throat.

Read more about this here.

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Burundi and Sierra Leone, which were part of a handful of African countries yet to confirm cases of the coronavirus, have recorded their first positive results.

There had been doubts over Burundi’s claim that it had no infections. The president’s spokesperson said the nation was an exception because it put "God first". Now, officials say two nationals have tested positive after travelling from Rwanda and Dubai.

In Sierra Leone, a 37-year-old man who arrived from France was confirmed with the virus. The government said it would not announce a total lockdown yet but a state of public health emergency has already been declared, commercial flights suspended and schools are closed.

Across Africa, there are now more than 5,400 confirmed infections and 172 deaths.

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The Netherlands has extended its closures of schools, restaurants and bars for about another month, as the numbers of positive cases and deaths continue to rise.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that the extension would be until 28 April at least.

The country is not under a full lockdown, but people have been strongly encouraged to practice social distancing and work from home. Events and gatherings with three or more people who do not live together are banned.

The country has had nearly 13,000 positive cases with a death toll of 1,059 as of Tuesday.

Now this made us smile.

Won Hyung-joon was playing his violin at home and broadcasting on social media to comfort people during the coronavirus outbreak, when staff at the arts and healing centre at South Korea's Myongji hospital asked him if he'd perform for their Covid-19 patients.

The concert was held just outside a hospital room occupied by a family, which included a mother, grandmother and three-month-old baby. Watch it here:

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The virus is not just hitting cruise ships - the captain of a US aircraft carrier is pleading for urgent help amid an outbreak on his ship.

There are more than 4,000 crew on the Theodore Roosevelt and many have tested positive - at least 100 sailors, according to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper., external

"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die," Captain Brett Crozier wrote in a letter to the Pentagon. He warned the spread was "ongoing and accelerating" and could not be contained.

Read the full story here.

The aircraft carrier is currently docked in Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Cramped, communal conditions on vessels like the Theodore Roosevelt make it difficult to maintain social distancing measures.

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We've heard a lot about clusters of the virus on cruise ships around the world, and the reluctance governments have to accept the people on board onto their shores.

The Artania, which is currently docked in Freemantle, Australia now joins that list. The ship has been told to leave port and leave Australian waters.

The ship has had dozens of coronavirus cases with those people now being treated in Australian hospitals. Most other passengers have been flown home but authorities fear some of the remaining 450 people on board might still have the virus. None of them are Australian.

The crew has now written a letter to the officials in charge, asking to be allowed another two weeks at port - which would be the common 14-day quarantine to show they are all healthy.

But health officials have warned there are likely more infected people on board. Their treatment in Australian hospitals is highly controversial as many locals see them taking up capacity that should be reserved for Australians falling ill with Covid-19.

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Italian supercar-maker Lamborghini has started making surgical masks and protective medical shields which it will donate to a local hospital.

The carmaker said it will make 1,000 masks a day in its upholstery department which will be delivered to hospital staff in Bologna, Northern Italy which is one of the worst affected areas from the coronavirus pandemic.

Lamborghini is also making 200 protective medical shields with the use of 3D printers. These shields are primarily worn by hospital staff and healthcare workers.

“During an emergency such as this one, we feel the need to make a concrete contribution,” said Stefano Domenicali, chief executive of Lamborghini. “We will win this battle together by working in union, supporting those who are at the forefront of fighting this pandemic every day.”

Other car manufacturers experiencing shutdowns to their plants are making ventilators, masks and protective gear.

More than 4,000 people have died due to the Covid-19 disease in the US, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Frances Mao
Sydney

We reported earlier how police and soldiers in Australia's largest city are now moving people on from parks and other outdoor spaces. Here are some pictures showing that.

To clarify, you can still use a park to exercise in - but you can't lounge, nap, sunbathe, or just peacefully gaze at the trees as you might once have. Break those rules and you face a six month jail sentence or an A$11,000 (£5,400; $6,700) fine.

It's all part of the government's wider push to keep people indoors and away from each other, but critics say these are draconian, "police state" measures.

New South Wales police have said they will use a "high level of discretion" in enforcement, but such an undefined standard doesn't offer much reassurance

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It's not fun celebrating your birthday alone during a coronavirus lockdown - so one woman decided to surprise her fiancé.

Hannah Chung and Jason Shields moved into their new home in Los Angeles just weeks before social distancing came into effect. When Jason's birthday rolled round, Hannah decided to organise a sing-along to celebrate - and roped in 76 of their neighbours.