The UK's Labour opposition has criticised the government's new coronavirus slogan, which replaces 'stay at home' with 'stay alert'.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to confirm the new message - "Stay alert, control the virus, save lives" - later on Sunday.

Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: "When you’re dealing with public health you need absolute clarity from government about what the advice is.

"The problem with the new message is many people will be puzzled by it - they won’t understand what we mean by stay alert."

The Welsh and Scottish governments have said they will stick with the current "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives" slogan.

UK Communities Minister Robert Jenrick defended the change, saying it was "right to "update and broaden" the message.

"Stay alert will mean stay alert by staying home as much as possible," he told Andrew Marr.

Russia has recorded 11,012 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing its total number of infections to 209,688.

A further 88 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the country on Sunday, taking the total to 1,915, health authorities said.

Cases in Russia have been rising by more than 10,000 a day over the past week. Officials have partly attributed the increase to mass testing.

Russia has the fifth-highest number of cases in the world after the UK (216,525), Italy (218, 268), Spain (223,578) and the US (1,309,541), according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University., external

The country's reported mortality rate, however, remains relatively low.

Read more: Russian hospital staff 'working without masks'

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Police have arrested 10 people at a protest against lockdown restrictions in the Australian state of Victoria.

About 150 people flouted social-distancing rules to hold a demonstration outside the state parliament in Melbourne on Sunday.

Police the protesters could be fined up to AU$1,600 (US$1,045; £843) for breaching the restrictions.

Australia is gradually easing its nationwide lockdown measures as part of a plan to move to a "Covid-safe economy" by July.

But Victoria has delayed relaxing restrictions after an outbreak linked to a slaughterhouse in Melbourne led to a spike in new cases.

Sunday’s protest was similar to those seen in the US, Brazil and other countries, where people have been taking to the streets in defiance of social-distancing measures.

Read more: What's behind the US demonstrations?

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US President Donald Trump was “almost reckless” in promoting an untested anti-malarial drug as a possible treatment for coronavirus, a senior UK government adviser has said.

Trump regularly referred to the potential of hydroxychloroquine during White House coronavirus briefings.

But Professor Peter Horby, who chairs the committee advising the UK government on virus threats, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: "The jury is completely out on hydroxychloroquine.”

Horby said the drug had “well-known side effects - there are cases of people poisoning themselves".

There was "a reasonable chance we will find some drugs that work – perhaps this year," he said.

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A mysterious illness believed to be linked to Covid-19 has killed three children in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

The governor described the illness as a “new” syndrome that caused inflammation of blood vessels, leading to possible heart problems.

Cuomo said health authorities were reviewing 73 similar cases of children across the state.

Many of the children did not display symptoms commonly associated with Covid-19 but later tested positive for the disease or the antibodies it produces.

The three deaths may indicate the virus poses a more severe risk to young people than previously thought, Cuomo said.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she will not use the UK government's new slogan, "Stay alert, control the virus, protect lives."

Sturgeon said her government was not consulted about the change. "The Sunday papers is the first I’ve seen of the PM’s new slogan," she wrote on Twitter.

"It is of course for him to decide what’s most appropriate for England, but given the critical point we are at in tackling the virus, #StayHomeSaveLives remains my clear message to Scotland at this stage."

The new slogan, which replaces "Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives", has been criticised by some for being vague and unsuitable for tackling transmission of a virus.

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The government's pandemic response has been "wishy-washy", a body representing police officers in London has told BBC Radio 4, amid concerns that the public has begun ignoring lockdown restrictions.

Metropolitan Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said authorities "needed to be firmer right from the beginning".

"Had we been very stringent from the off - it is painful, but it’s not overly painful in terms of what you’re actually being asked to do - then I think we would have a better result now," Marsh said.

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Dorset, in south-western England, is to hold its annual knob-eating competition online for the first time.

The raucous event - in which contestants aim to eat more of the county's traditional biscuits than their rivals - usually draws huge crowds.

But this year, 100 competitive eaters will instead live-stream their knob-eating attempts.

Its sister event, the Dorset knob-throwing festival, has been postponed until 2021.

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The UK is currently at four out of five on the government's new alert system designed to judge the threat from coronavirus, according to UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.

Level five is the worst.

"Our aspiration is to bring that down as swiftly as we can to three," Jenrick told Sky News. "At each of those milestones we will be in a position to reopen up more aspects of the economy and our lives," he said.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give a televised address on Sunday evening updating the nation on the progress of lockdown measures.

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Airline industry bodies have warned the government that a compulsory 14-day quarantine on people travelling into the UK - expected to be announced on Sunday - could cripple the industry.

The measures will reportedly see travellers instructed to provide an address at which they will quarantine, with heavy fines among punishments for anyone found breaking the rule.

A spokesperson for Airlines UK, which represents airlines including British Airways and EasyJet, said the measure would "kill international travel" to the UK.

Karen Dee, the chief executive of the Airport Operators Association, said it would "not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy".

The Times newspaper,, external which first reported the proposal, said the aim was to avoid a second surge of coronavirus. Critics say the measure is only effective when the destination country has a very low number of domestic cases. Britain currently has the highest number of daily cases in Europe.

The measures are reportedly likely to come into effect in early June.

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A row over the reopening of Tesla’s electric car factory in California amid the coronavirus pandemic has escalated, after billionaire boss Elon Musk said the company would move it's headquarters out of the state.

Musk had planned to restart limited production at the factory in San Francisco on Friday, but Alameda County, where the car plant is based, told the firm it must not reopen for health reasons.

Musk, who has been heavily criticised for repeatedly expressing opposition to public health lockdown guidelines, reacted furiously on Twitter.

"Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately," the CEO tweeted on Saturday.

Read more: Elon Musk vows to move Tesla factory in lockdown row

Former US president Barack Obama called the US response to the coronavirus pandemic a "chaotic disaster" in a private conference call reported by CNN, external.

Obama has largely observed an unwritten rule of US presidents not criticising their successors, but he has occasionally spoken out against President Trump, as have a number of other former presidents.

"It would have been bad even with the best of government," Obama was quoted as saying on the call.

"It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset of 'what's in it for me' and 'to heck with everybody else', when that mindset is operationalised in our government."

Obama also strongly criticised the decision to drop criminal chargesagainst former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci and two other members of the White House's coronavirus task force have self-quarantined after they came in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

Fauci, 79, tested negative for Covid-19 and will continue to be tested regularly, according to a spokesperson for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where he is a director.

Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is 68, "will be teleworking for the next two weeks" after a "low-risk exposure" on Wednesday to a person at the White House who has the disease, the Washington Post reported on Saturday,, external citing a spokesman.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, who is 60, is in self-quarantine for a couple of weeks after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, an FDA spokesman told Reuters.

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The UK government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs.

The Department of Health said sending swabs abroad was among the contingencies to deal with "teething problems".

The samples were airlifted to the US in chartered flights from Stansted Airport, the Sunday Telegraph reported., external.

Results will be validated in the UK and sent to patients as soon as possible, officials said.

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A Covid-19 alert system is set to be launched by the government in England to track the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Sunday.

It is understood the system - with alerts ranging from green (level one) to red (level five) - will be similar to the one used to keep the public informed about the terror threat level.

Johnson is also expected to unveil a new slogan, telling the public to "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" when he gives a televised address updating the nation on the progress of lockdown measures.

"Stay alert" - which replaces "stay home" was criticised by some ahead of Sunday's announcement for being vague and unsuitable for tackling transmission of a virus.

Johnson is not expected to provide dates for when the current lockdown restrictions - first announced on 23 March - will change.

In other UK news:

• More than 70 public figures are calling for a full independent public inquiry into deaths from Covid-19 among people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
• The government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs.

• Decisions on which shops reopen after lockdown should be based on safety, not their size or business type, the British Retail Consortium has said.

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A cluster of new coronavirus cases in South Korea has forced the closure of bars and clubs across its capital city, amid fears of a second wave of infections after the country eased some social distancing restrictions.

South Korea reported 34 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, the biggest daily rise in a month, bringing the total number of infections to 10,874.

The country had acted swiftly to bring its initial outbreak under control, and was widely regarded as a success story because of its aggressive containment strategy.

But on Saturday, just days after restrictions were relaxed, the mayor of Seoul ordered all bars and clubs in the city to be shut, citing fears of an “explosion of infections”.

The new spike in cases is linked to a 29-year-old man who went on a night out in Seoul's popular Itaewon district last weekend.

Now health authorities are scrambling to trace and test an estimated 1,510 people who visited the same venues as the man.

On Sunday, President Moon Jae-in said the new cluster of infections had "raised awareness that even during the stabilisation phase, similar situations can arise again anytime", and warned of a second wave of infections later this year.

Warning of a second wave of infections later this year, Moon said the country must not lower its guard to the virus.

“It’s not over until it’s over," he said.

Read more: How lives changed to beat the virus in South Korea

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Welcome to Sunday's live coronavirus coverage. Here are some of the latest global developments.

• More than four million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed around the world, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University
• The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul closed the city's bars and clubs on Saturday after a cluster of new cases just days after the country began reopening. On Sunday South Korea reported 34 new cases - its highest daily total in a month

• Former US President Barack Obama strongly criticised his successor Donald Trump over the US response to the coronavirus crisis, calling it "an absolute chaotic disaster"
• Three key US officials guiding the coronavirus response, including Dr Anthony Fauci, were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who tested positive

• New South Wales, Australia’s biggest state, will allow cafes and restaurants, playgrounds and outdoor pools to reopen on Friday.
• UFC 249 - the first major US sports event since the shutdown - took place in Jacksonville, Florida behind closed doors.