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The government is preparing to release an app which alerts people if they come too close to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, Sky News can reveal.

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical company is confident it has a COVID-19 vaccine and has told Sky News it wants to make it available on a not-for-profit basis.

More than 90% of passenger airliners in the UK have been grounded as demand for air travel has plummeted, Sky News can reveal.

Actress Donna Air has revealed she has tested positive for coronavirus and says she has donated tests to NHS workers.

The introduction of new legislation which the government says is designed to help UK authorities combat the spread of coronavirus has generated confusion and controversy in equal measure.

One of the first new-style antibody tests for the coronavirus has begun validation trials to prove its reliable enough for widespread use.

Ministers have been forced into a crisis rethink of the way coronavirus tests are bought after it emerged the NHS in England and Wales were competing over testing.

Another 393 people have died after contracting coronavirus – taking the UK total to 1,808.

Billie Eilish, John Legend, Will Ferrell and a host of other stars joined James Corden for a special episode of The Late Late Show broadcast from his garage.

Several major film releases have been postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.