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Covid-19 has shaken the world, with more than 2.5 million deaths and 115 million cases confirmed. BBC Panorama's Jane Corbin has scoured the globe to find the best examples of strategies for combating the virus.…

A pregnant nurse who died with Covid-19 felt "pressurised" to return to work despite being "very worried" for her health, an inquest heard. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, died after giving birth at Luton and Dunstable…

An elderly woman died alone in a care home while her daughter was left waiting in a nearby room, an ombudsman says. When the daughter went into her mother's room at the Puttenham Hill House Care Home in Guildford,…

A Banksy painting depicting a young boy playing with a superhero nurse doll has raised £14.4m for NHS charities after being sold at auction. Game Changer, by the anonymous graffiti artist, appeared in a foyer at…

Deaths in the UK have fallen below the five-year average for the first time since the summer. Experts say it means the winter wave of Covid deaths has ended and lockdown and the vaccine rollout have saved lives.…

Boris Johnson has warned the effects of a third wave of coronavirus will "wash up on our shores" from Europe. The PM said the UK should be "under no illusion" we will "feel effects" of growing cases on the continent.…

The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out of the body's cells, say researchers. Some viruses are known to compete in order to be the one that causes an infection. And…

Half of all UK adults have now received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the health secretary has announced. Matt Hancock said the 26,853,407 first doses given since 8 December marked a "phenomenal…

Therese Smyth lived with cancer for almost 10 years. Her condition deteriorated last year during the coronavirus lockdown and she moved into a Marie Curie Hospice. As the pandemic restrictions increased in Northern Ireland, her…

People may need to wear face coverings and socially distance for several years until we return to normality, a leading epidemiologist has predicted. Mary Ramsay, the head of immunisation at Public Health England, said…

The European Union should not "build walls" around the distribution of vaccines and should seek to meet its contractual "obligations", Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told the BBC. His comments follow a…

Over the last year, more than 30,000 nursing students have stepped forward and volunteered to work for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are now on their final placements and preparing to graduate this year. The students from…

The prime minister is to receive his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after reassuring the public it was "safe". Boris Johnson, 56, has urged people to get inoculated and said England's roadmap out of…

A "remarkable" suppression of seasonal flu has seen only 18 cases recorded in Wales this winter, with no confirmed cases in the most recent week of data. This compares with 1,657 recorded cases last winter, the largest…

The UK saw 7% more deaths than normally expected during 2020 - one of the highest in Europe, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Within the UK, England's death rate was 8% above expected levels…

For weeks now, Covid-19 infection rates have been falling across the UK. But there are some towns that have bucked the trend, with infections remaining stubbornly high. This is particularly true…