US President Donald Trump said the World Health Organization has got the pandemic "wrong"
UK PM Boris Johnson remained in intensive care but is sitting up and engaging with clinical team, Rishi Sunak says
Total number of deaths in UK hospitals from coronavirus rose to more than 7,100 - a record increase of 938 in a day
£750m to be split between small local charities, including hospices, and bigger organisations like Oxfam and Age UK
Deaths in Spain rise for a second consecutive day, to 14,792
There are more than 1.5 million confirmed cases worldwide
Chinese city of Wuhan, where outbreak began, allows people to leave for first time since lockdown began in January
The prime minister remains in intensive care "where his condition is improving", Chancellor Rishi Sunak says.
"He has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team," he adds.
Rishi Sunak says at every step of this process the government has followed the latest scientific and medical advice to help slow the spread of the virus.
The chancellor confirms the largest daily rise in UK deaths - up by 938 - making the total death toll reach 7,097.
Mr Sunak also says 14,682 tests were carried out on Tuesday.
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who have passed away," he adds.
Image source, PA MediaChancellor Rishi Sunak has emerged, and today’s Downing Street press conference is under way.
Stay with us as we bring you all the latest updates.
We should be hearing from the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the next few minutes.
Meanwhile, read this account of one woman recovering from coronavirus who has to “remember to breathe”.
Image source, RIA LAKHANIThe number of people who have died with coronavirus in UK hospitals has risen to 7,097 - a record increase of 938 in a day.
Experts warn against over-interpreting daily figures, since spikes or dips may in part reflect bottlenecks in the reporting system, rather than real changes in the trend.
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
"I can assure you, we will keep these restrictions under constant review. We will look again in three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to."
That's how, on 23 March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented the possible timetable for the limits the UK government was placing on people's daily lives during the coronavirus outbreak.
The commitment was written into the emergency laws that were rushed through Parliament before it shut up shop.
That formalised the promise, saying that the health secretary had to "review the need for restrictions and requirements" every 21 days, and it has to happen the first time by 16 April.
Why, then, did the foreign secretary say on Tuesday something that sounded rather different? There are three things going on here.
Image source, IAN PRESLANDThe UK now has its foreign secretary running the show while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in hospital.
But ahead of his temporary promotion, Dominic Raab was working on getting Brits stranded abroad amid the outbreak back home.
While we wait for the UK government’s news conference to start, read our report on how those holidaymakers are getting on.
Image source, ReutersThe British Armed Forces are working on plans to build another five temporary hospitals to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports.
These hospitals will be addition to the four where work has already been completed or is under way - including the Nightingale Hospital in East London and those in Birmingham and Glasgow.
Overall there are plans to build up to 17 temporary hospitals if required.
Image source, PA MediaWe will be hearing the daily update from the UK government in the next 30 minutes, but let’s take a look at the current picture across the country:
An Illinois mayor directed local police to vigorously enforce the state's social distancing order, after reports of residents defying them.
"These are very serious times and I'm begging you to please stay at home," Alton mayor Brant Walker said on Friday.
Less than two days later, Alton police broke up a party at a local bar. The group was "clearly disregarding the executive order and public pleas for compliance", authorities said.
It turned out that Mayor Walker's wife was in attendance at the illicit party.
"I am embarrassed by this incident and apologise to the citizens of Alton," Walker said in a statement. "My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she showed a stunning lack of judgment".
Image source, Dan GiannopoulosDuring his daily walk, photographer Dan Giannopoulos couldn't help but notice the number of discarded disposable gloves littering the streets of his neighbourhood.
"The gloves had gathered in gutters, protruded from bushes and bins, were strewn on doorsteps and forced through wire fences. I couldn't walk more than a few metres without finding one," he told the BBC.
It inspired him to grab his camera and catalogue what he saw in the suburb of Nottingham where he lives.
For him, these "artefacts of the paranoia and panic" came to represent the "sheer scale of the public health crisis".
Take a look at his project here.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have just had confirmation the UK government’s daily press conference will go ahead at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).
Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care, so the briefing will be led today by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
He will be joined by NHS England’s medical director, Stephen Powis, and the Ministry of Defence’s chief scientific adviser, Angela McLean.
Canadians spent the month of March panic-buying and watching TV, according to official data.
Studies by Statistics Canada show that toilet paper sales were up 241% in the week up to 14 March, compared with the average for 2019. Hand sanitizer sales also rose, by 639%.
Across the board, grocery sales increased 38% compared with their average sales in 2019, and 16% compared with the week before Christmas - usually the biggest week of the year.
About two-thirds of Canadians reported watching more television and going on the internet more the last week of March.
Image source, ReutersA new coronavirus testing laboratory is being set up at Cambridge University.
Scientists there say it will go a long way towards helping the UK government meet its target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month.
Two big drug companies are also involved in the lab, which aims to process 30,000 tests daily - but it may not be fully operational until May.
Read more about the challenges facing the UK to meet the target here.
Image source, Getty ImagesFrance’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle is returning to port after some of its crew came down with coronavirus symptoms.
A statement from the defence ministry said about 40 sailors had been placed in “isolated confinement”. A testing team is en route to examine the patients and “prevent the spread of the virus” on board.
The carrier – flagship of the French navy – is currently in the Atlantic Ocean. It was not due to return to port until 23 April, but this has now been brought forward. No date was given for its arrival.
Crew from the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt are quarantined on the Pacific island of Guam after an outbreak on their ship. Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the US Navy, has resigned over his handling of the crisis – you can read all about it here
Angus Crawford
BBC News correspondent at Nightingale Hospital
Patients admitted to the new Nightingale Hospital in East London can expect to be kept on a ventilator for seven to 10 days, documents seen by BBC News suggest.
The first patients arrived at the hospital last night.
According to the draft plan for the hospital, it should fill its first 42-bed ward within 36 hours.
After an initial assessment of its work, Nightingale should quickly escalate up to 500 beds. Eventually, if required, there could be 4,000 beds in 80 wards.
Patients arrive by ambulance already on a ventilator and move straight into a 24-bed admission and triage ward. From there they go into the Intensive Care Unit.
It is expected a percentage will not survive despite the care they receive.
Other patients will stay on a ventilator for up to 10 days before going on to the “step down” ward, where they will spend two to four days before being discharged.
Staffing will be very different to a conventional unit, because of the lack of doctors, nurses and support staff nationally.
It is expected there will be one consultant for every 30 to 42 beds, with a number of more junior doctors in support. There should be one nurse for six patients. Volunteers will also play a role.
The documents suggest Nightingale is preparing for 20 ambulances an hour arriving at the hospital if peak demand is reached.
Meet Briton Connor Reed.
The 25-year-old lives and works at a school in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic originated.
As China lifts its final restrictions in the city, the Welshman has been describing how it feels for months of lockdown to end.
A further 828 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in England over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 6,483.
In Wales, a record 33 Covid-19 patients died in the past day, bringing the total number of deaths there to 245.
Dr Robin Howe from Public Health Wales also said 284 new cases have tested positive, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 4,073.
Northern Ireland reported another five hospital deaths linked to the virus, bringing the total there to 78.
There have been 84 new confirmed cases in Northern Ireland, making a total of 1,339.
We reported earlier that 70 more people died in Scotland over the past day, in the highest daily rise there so far.
We'll get a full picture of the UK figures later from the Department of Health - it calculates them slightly differently so we will have to wait for the UK-wide figure.
Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham manager Jose Mourinho accepts he was in the wrong for holding a one-on-one training session with record signing Tanguy Ndombele in a public park.
Mourinho was pictured on social media flouting UK government rules by meeting the midfielder on Hadley Common on Tuesday.
While they observed social distancing guidelines, Mourinho conceded his "actions were not in line with government protocol".
He added: “It is vital we all play our part and follow government advice in order to support our heroes in the NHS and save lives.”
Fellow Spurs players Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon also were filmed running together through the same London park, while Serge Aurier filmed himself on Instagram running alongside a friend.
Image source, PA MediaA picture of the Queen has appeared on a giant billboard in central London.
It features messages from her speech to the country on Sunday, in which she thanked NHS staff and essential workers.
One of the quotes read: "We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again."
Read the Queen's full speech - which was watched by more than 24 million people - here.
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