A British nurse who died with coronavirus last week has been described as a "rare girl" who always "put herself last", in an emotional tribute by her sister.

Arema Nasreen, 36, died after spending weeks on a ventilator at Walsall Manor Hospital in the West Midlands, where she worked.

Kazeema Nasreen, who works as a health care assistant at the same hospital, spoke about her sister's symptoms, her final shift and the last time she saw her.

She told BBC News: "We've lost an amazing nurse but we've lost also the most amazing person".

Premier League footballers are set to start negotiations over proposed wage cuts on a club-by-club basis, after talks aimed at a collective pay deal in response to the coronavirus crisis broke down.

The Premier League proposed top-flight players in England took a 30% pay cut.

Players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association, said such a move would lead to a loss of over £200m in tax contributions to the UK government and would be "detrimental" to the NHS.

After rejecting a league-wide proposal, the players are now expected to ask their own club to explain more about its financial position before accepting any cuts or deferrals.

Several clubs, including Liverpool and Tottenham, have faced criticism for furloughing non-playing staff.

About 24 million people watched the Queen's address to the British public, overnight viewing figures show.

That was more than three times the viewership of her most recent Christmas address, which drew about 7.1 million.

She thanked frontline workers, called on the public to "remain united and resolute" and promised, "We will meet again".

The viewing figures make it the second most-watched television broadcast of 2020 so far, although it is not yet known how many watched online.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement announcing strict new measures to tackle coronavirus was watched by more than 27 million people.

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Sweden is opening a field hospital at a trade-fair complex in Stockholm, with capacity for 600 patients.

Initially the hospital in Aelvsjoe will take up to 140, to ease the pressure on the capital’s hospitals, as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. Sweden’s armed forces prepared the facility.

In Sweden, 401 people have died from coronavirus and there are 6,830 current cases, Johns Hopkins University reports.

More than half the deaths were in the Stockholm area.

Unlike neighbouring Denmark and Germany, Sweden has not imposed a lockdown, and there were still plenty of shoppers in the capital at the weekend.

The authorities have urged Swedes to: stay at home if they are over 70 or have viral symptoms; work from home if possible; avoid non-essential travel and avoid big groups. Social-distancing has been advised.

But Sweden’s more relaxed policy has left it looking isolated in Europe. Read more here.

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The French Economy and Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire has warned that the country is facing its worst post-war economic downturn since the end of World War Two - surpassing the -2.2% slump that followed the 2009 global financial crisis.

Last month, the government estimated that the economy would shrink by 1% in 2020. But at a Senate hearing today, Le Maire said that figure had been revised substantially.

"We will probably be at more than the -2.2% in 2009. That shows the magnitude of the economic shock we are facing," he said.

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UK government officials insist that the prime minister is still in charge, but if his condition doesn't improve, or worsens, he may have to take a step back.

The UK no longer has a deputy prime minister - the last one was Nick Clegg, under David Cameron. Dominic Raab - as first secretary of state - would be expected to step up.

His position as foreign secretary, however, has not put him at the centre of the fight against coronavirus.

It would seem likely therefore that the two figures expected to take a key role would be Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

Many of the key decisions - including how long the lockdown should continue and what the exit strategy should be - still appear some way off.

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• Barbados and Haiti have reported their first deaths from coronavirus. The Barbadian health ministry said an 81-year-old man who died had returned from a trip to the United Kingdom on 22 March. The man who died in Haiti was 55 years old and had underlying health conditions.
• Guatemala has asked the United States to limit the number of people it puts on planes for deportation back to the Central American countries to 25, down from 60-90. Two people had to be taken to hospital in recent weeks after they tested positive for coronavirus upon getting off a deportation flight. Guatemala says it is concerned deported migrants from the US - which has the highest number of cases in the world - will spread the virus to Guatemala, which has so far only had 70 confirmed cases.
• In Mexico, hundreds of waiters gathered outside the National Palace to demand more be done to help them after they lost their income when restaurants closed due to the pandemic. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his government will create two million new jobs in the next nine months but many say the economic measures he has proposed to help employees and businesses keep afloat do not go far enough.

India is reportedly considering a request by Donald Trump to release stocks of a drug that the US president has called a "game-changer" in the fight against Covid-19.

Trump called India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day after India had banned the export of hydroxychloroquine, which it manufactures in large quantities.

Reports in India media, citing government officials, say the country is now considering supplying the drug to the US.

Hydroxychloroquine is very similar to chloroquine - one of the oldest and best-known anti-malarial drugs.

President Trump has touted the drug and claimed the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved it for treating coronavirus - a claim the FDA denied.

Trump later said that it had been approved for "compassionate use" - which means a doctor can give a drug that is yet to be cleared by the government to a patient in a life-threatening condition.

But it's not clear if the drug will even work against the coronavirus. And is India really in a position to help the US?

Read more here

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More now on those latest figures from Spain.

It has the highest number of confirmed cases in Europe, but the data suggests the deadly outbreak could finally be slowing.

Official figures show the daily death toll dropped for the fourth day in a row, down to 637. That's also the lowest number in almost two weeks. The infection rate is also dropping consistently - showing the lockdown measures could be working.

There is however still a long way to go, and the government has suggested people may have to wear masks in public after the quarantine measures are lifted.

Data in Italy suggests a similar trend. The death toll there is the highest in the world, standing at 15,887. But again, infections and daily deaths are dipping, and the number of people in intensive care in Lombardy - the worst affected region in Italy - is decreasing.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte however has said he is not sure when the lockdown restrictions will be lifted.

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A tiger in the Bronx zoo with a dry cough has tested positive for Covid-19. The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with the virus in the US.

Here, Sarah Caddy, Veterinarian and Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, explains what this could mean both for big cats and our pets.

"A pre-print released last week found that domestic cats can be experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2 if large doses of virus are administered intranasally. Therefore the report of a tiger with the same virus is not wholly unexpected.

"However, it is surprising that the tiger has become infected with what must have been a fairly low dose of virus – we can assume the tiger did not have continual close contact with the asymptomatic zoo keeper.

"It is also interesting that the tiger showed clinical signs consistent with COVID-19 in humans. Although scientific proof is lacking, the chance this is just a coincidence is low.

"What does this mean for our pet cats? Nothing new – at present there is still only one suspect case where an owner has spread the virus to their pet.

It is possible that tigers in captivity are more susceptible to the virus than household cats as there is a 5% difference between their genomes.

"The bottom line is that there is no evidence that any cat, large or small, can transmit virus back to humans."

The US government has announced a grant of £2.3m ($2.9m) to India to help its efforts against Covid-19.

Kenneth Juster, the US Ambassador to India, said that USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other agencies will work closely with India to combat the pandemic.

“Covid-19 is a global public health threat that can be addressed best by close collaboration among governments and international organizations," Juster said in a press release.

The funds will be used to support the work of USAID as well as the WHO in India, which involve strengthening its health services.

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UK department store Debenhams has announced it will file for administration after the coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut its shops.

It described the process as a "light touch" administration to protect it from legal action from creditors while its department stores are closed.

Debenhams boss Stefaan Vansteenkiste said the circumstances of the decision were "unprecedented".

"We have taken this step to protect our business, our employees, and other important stakeholders," he said.

Vansteenkiste said it would allow Debenhams "to resume trading from our stores when government restrictions are lifted".

On the announcement, BBC Radio 5 Live business correspondent Danni Hewson said: "This prevents legal action from suppliers, landlords and people who are owed money - legal action which would push Debenhams into liquidation and effectively see all 142 stores closed completely.

"This buys Debenhams a bit if time. It means they can look at some sort of administration."

The daily death toll in Spain has dropped for a fourth consecutive day.

The number of new deaths announced by the government on Monday was 637, compared to 674 on Sunday. It's the lowest number since 24 March. New deaths hit a peak of 950 last Thursday.

The latest figures show the country also registered 4,273 new confirmed cases.

Officials believe the virus may finally be peaking in Spain, which has the second-highest death toll in the world at 13,055.

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The authorities in Ecuador's most populous city, Guayaquil, say they are handing out 4,000 cardboard coffins amid a shortage of traditional wooden caskets.

Forensic services have struggled to cope with the number of people who have died in the city of three million since the coronavirus pandemic started and funeral directors say they have run out of caskets.

The official number of those who have died after contracting the virus nationwide stands at 180, but President Lenín Moreno has said that number probably falls short as only the cases which have been tested are included.

Guayaquil, a port city, has been at the centre of the outbreak and residents say they have had to wait for days for the dead to be picked up.

Bertha Salinas told BBC News Mundo that it took four days for the bodies of her sister and brother-in-law to be removed from their home. The family wrapped the bodies in plastic sheeting, which they burned after their loved ones' remains were finally taken away.

The death of a third British nurse with coronavirus has been confirmed.

"Long-serving" nurse Liz Glanister, who worked at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, died with coronavirus on Friday, said the trust which runs the hospital.

Chief nurse Dianne Brown said Glanister would be "sadly missed by all those who knew and worked with her".

The deaths of two other nurses with coronavirus - Aimee O'Rourke and Areema Nasreen- were announced last week.

It comes as the death of a serving midwife was also confirmed in Essex.

Lynsay Coventry, 54, had supported hundreds of women over a decade at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust in Harlow. She died on Thursday.

Paying tribute to her, Coventry's family said she was a "wonderful and caring mum, sister, daughter and grandmother".

On Friday, the UK's largest nursing union warned that the deaths of more health workers was "inevitable".

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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has called for football authorities to reach an agreement on financial support during the coronavirus crisis "urgently", adding the public will take a "very dim view" of clubs furloughing low-paid workers.

Some Premier League clubs, including leaders Liverpool, are facing criticism for furloughing non-playing staff.

Players have been urged to do more by Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the Premier League proposed a 30% pay cut.

But the Professional Footballers Association says that may harm the NHS while former England captain Wayne Rooney has called the power struggle a "disgrace" and says players are being treated like "scapegoats".

Speaking to the Telegraph, external, Mr Dowden said "clubs, players and owners should be thinking very carefully about their next steps".

"Leaving the public purse to pick up the cost of furloughing low paid workers, whilst players earn millions and billionaire owners go untouched is something I know the public will rightly take a very dim view of," Mr Dowden said.

"At a time of national crisis, our national sport must play its part.

"I expect to see the football authorities judge the mood of the country and come together with an agreement urgently."

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she came to a “mutual agreement” with Dr Catherine Calderwood over the chief medical officer’s resignation, after it was revealed Calderwood made two trips to her holiday home during the coronavirus lockdown.

Calderwood initially vowed to stay in her job, and was backed to do so by Ms Sturgeon, but Calderwood released a statement later on Sunday saying she had quit.

“It became obvious to me that the risk I saw of losing the continuity of advice from the chief medical officer, who has been immersed in this since the beginning of the outbreak, was outweighed by the risk of the government's message being undermined or drowned out by her staying in office,” Sturgeon told BBC Breakfast.

Sturgeon said she came to a “firm view” last night Calderwood should step down, adding Calderwood “came to the same view” in a phone conversation between the two.

The first minister said it was not an error of judgement that Calderwood was not removed straight away.

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The UK prime minister will wake up in hospital this morning, 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus.

Boris Johnson will have a series of routine health tests, a spokesperson said. But what will they include?

Dr Sarah Jarvis, a GP and broadcaster, told the BBC that Johnson would be likely to have his chest X-rayed and his lungs scanned, particularly if he was struggling for breath.

She said he was also likely to have an electrocardiogram to check his heart function, as well as tests on his oxygen levels, white blood cell count, and liver and kidney function.

The PM was "still very much in charge of the government" and is being "constantly updated", Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said.

Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair described the situation facing Mr Johnson as "hellish".

“I wish him well and I hope he has a speedy recovery I have every sympathy and solidarity with him," Blair said. "I know it must be a hellish situation to be in."