UK foreign secretary to lead country; China reports no deaths from Covid-19UK live blog: PM spends night in intensive careBoris Johnson moved to intensive care after his condition worsensGlobal leaders send messages of support to Boris JohnsonAt a glance - latest developmentsSee all of our coronavirus coverage 11.59am BST In Spain the number of daily deaths has risen to 743 - the first increase after four consecutive days of falling numbers, Ashifa Kassam reports from Madrid. One day earlier, the daily death toll stood at 637. The country has reported 13,798 deaths from the virus, making it the hardest hit in the world after Italy. 11.53am BST Wearing face masks or respirators in public is now mandatory in Ukraine, after a range of new measures were implemented on Monday to further try to curb the spread of Covid-19. People in the eastern European country are also now restricted from gathering outdoors in groups of more than two people, except those with children, with youngsters under the age of 16 banned from leaving home unaccompanied at all. 11.42am BST The number of deaths worldwide from the coronavirus has passed 75,000 since the outbreak was first identified at the end of 2019, according to the tally of official statistics kept by Johns Hopkins University. The Maryland, US-based research university has been compiling statistics since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in China 97 days days ago, on 31 December. 11.26am BST Health authorities in Malta have reported that further 52 confirmed cases of coronavirus detected in the past 24 hours, increasing the southern European republicīs total number of cases to 293. It is the largest daily number of new Covid-19 infections since the outbreak began in Malta last month, the Times of Malta reports. But the Maltese health minister, Chris Fearne, insisted the increase was in line with predictions. The number did not take us by surprise. The only surprise is that they came today and not days ago. We were exp ...
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