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The Creative Industries Federation has authored a letter to the government asking funds to be released to support the cultural sector amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has unveiled plans to ease the country's strict Covid-19 lockdown, which has been in force since March 9.

Prime minister Boris Johnson is back at Downing Street after officially returning to work following his recovery from coronavirus.

The UK government has said in a statement that “limited progress” has been made in trade talks with the EU after the latest round of negotiations this week, adding that talks must “move forward in a constructive fashion”.

The Australian government has informed G20 countries that action must be taken on wildlife wet markets that pose a “biosecurity and human health risk” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ethiopian Airlines boss Tewolde Gebremariam has doubled down on his decision to continue running flights to China during the Covid-19 outbreak.

In an article from columnist and cinematographer Benedict Spence, The Telegraph said the prime minister's "absence at the top of government left a void that needs to be filled".

At yesterday's White House Covid-19 briefing, US President Donald Trump discussed a number of prevention measures for Covid-19 in a presentation on infection "best practices" for American citizens.

Following French research that revealed the number of smokers who caught Covid-19 was four times less than non-smokers, frontline health workers in the country may be given nicotine patches.

Around 7,000 members of staff at Transport for London [TfL] will be furloughed under the government’s Job Retention Scheme.

The Department for Health has announced that the key worker coronavirus testing website has had to temporarily close after "significant demand".

Prime minister Boris Johnson is planning to officially return to work on Monday next week after beating coronavirus, according to The Telegraph.

Health secretary Matt Hancock is set to take the government briefing today, where it is expected he will ask households in England to participate in a "trial", according to the BBC.

Phil Neville will leave his role as manager of the England women’s national team upon the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2021.