Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

Police have begun fining people breaching the rules set out by the government to try to slow down the spread of the virus between households.

The new regulations, external, which were brought in yesterday, are designed to stop people leaving their homes unless they have to and to prevent gatherings of three or more individuals.

Police can impose a £60 penalty, reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days, if someone fails to comply, with the amount doubling for each further offence.

Deputy Chief Constable Sara Glen, who speaks on enforcement issues for the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said some people had already been fined.

“If individuals are in a group gathering and they don’t take the request and the advice and the engagement from the officers to go home and the only way we can secure compliance is to give them a fixed penalty ticket that’s what they would have been given for,” she said. Ms Glen, who’s based at Hampshire Police, declined to provide precise figures on the number of fines imposed but said each constabulary would collect the data.

“We want to know whether we’re winning the kind-of ‘negotiation’ with the community to keep them in line with this regulation or whether or not we have a lot of people that are breaching it,” she added.Police said they had a range of other sanctions if people failed to provide their details for fines to be istered including arrest and prosecution.

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Former Premier League footballer Nolberto Solano has been arrested in his native Peru for breaking a coronavirus curfew to attend a party.

Peru President Martin Vizcarra has banned people from leaving their houses in many cities from 20:00 until 05:00.

More than 18,000 people have been arrested for ignoring social distancing measures in the South American country.

Mr Solano, 45, who played more than 300 games for Newcastle United, said he was just chatting to friends at a neighbour's house and it was not a party. He was later released.

The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen from 578 to 759, according to the Department of Health. This is the biggest rise in deaths that the country has seen so far.

14,579 have now tested positive for the disease, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Authorities in India have quarantined around 40,000 residents following a coronavirus outbreak linked to one person in Punjab.

The 70-year-old man died from COVID-19.

He had ignored advice to self-quarantine after a trip to Italy and , officials told the BBC’s Punjabi service.

Upon returning to India, he attended an event to celebrate the holy festival of Hola Mohalla. It attracts around 10,000 people every day.

A week after his death, 19 relatives tested positive for coronavirus.

Police have sealed 20 villages near the area where the man stayed to prevent the virus from spreading.

Read more here.

Novak Djokovic, ranked as the world's leading male tennis player, is donating 1m euros to help buy respirators and other medical equipment for his native Serbia.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion will provide the financial - about £890,000 - from the foundation he runs with his wife Jelena.

They are using s in China and to buy the equipment.

"We have spoken with Serbian authorities and health officials, as well as with many other people willing to help us to get the right information, to find out what are the most necessary things at the moment," he told Serb journalists in a video call.

Serbia recorded 81 confirmed cases on Thursday - its highest daily number so far - taking the total tally to 384. There have been four deaths.

Earlier this week, Roger Federer and his wife Mirka donated 1m Swiss francs (£857,000) for vulnerable families in Switzerland, while Rafael Nadal has teamed up with Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol to raise money.

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More than 7,000 former nurses and midwives have signed up to health and social care services across the UK.

According to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and midwives who left the profession in the last three years can sign onto the Covid-19 temporary .

The verifies the former nurses and midwives and enables them to practise during the coronavirus outbreak.

Their details are shared with national health and care organisations across the UK who will then connect them with employers in need.

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There are fears about the long-term implications of a global condom shortage after the world's largest manufacturer was forced to stop production due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Karex Berhad's three factories in Malaysia have been shut for 10 days already, meaning there are already 100 million fewer condoms, the company's chief executive Goh Miah Kiat told news agency Reuters., external

The company, which produces one in five of the world's condoms, is now appealing to the Malaysian government for a partial exemption from a nationwide lockdown.

The country is the worst affected in South-East Asia, with 2,161 coronavirus infections and 26 deaths.

But without being able to reopen, Mr Goh said there would be a "global shortage" of condoms, which could potentially impact "a lot of humanitarian programmes... for months".

What's more, he added, demand "is still very strong", which is no bad thing "given that at this point in time people are probably not planning to have children".

"It’s not the time, with so much uncertainty.”

Karex supplies companies like Durex and organisations like the NHS and the UN Population Fund.

A stockpile of 1.5 million N95 masks is sitting in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warehouse as hospitals across the US face critical shortfalls of personal safety equipment.

The masks are expired, but still effective against the coronavirus according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the Washington Post, DHS officials decided the masks should be given to the transportation security agents who monitor US airports.

Luxury fashion designers as well as average Americans stuck at home are stitching masks as fast as possible to provide to frontline medical workers, as states report the real possibility of running out of necessary hospital equipment.

One nurse in New York City told the BBC on Thursday of being given only one surgical mask to wear for the week, and how every floor of her hospital began to take on Covid-19 patients.

It's been a dramatic few hours so let's have a recap of the main developments:

• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus after displaying "mild" symptoms
• He is continuing to work in his Downing Street office although he will not be taking part in Friday's daily government briefing
• His fianceé Carrie Symonds, who is several months pregnant, is self-isolating elsewhere
• The UK's Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also contracted the virus and is in self-isolation
• In Spain, the death toll has risen sharply in the last 24 hours. There were 769 new fatalities, up from 655 the previous day, taking the total toll to 4,858
• Firefighters in the UK are to take on extra duties during the pandemic, including driving ambulances and delivering food and medicines

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The Queen has not met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in more than two weeks and remains in good health, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

Mr Johnson announced on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after developing minor symptoms.

A spokesman said the 93-year-old monarch last met the prime minister on 11 March.

The news comes just days after it was announced that the Prince of Wales - who is the Queen's eldest son and first in line to the throne - had also tested positive for the virus after suffering minor symptoms.

Both Prince Charles, 71, and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall are now self-isolating at Balmoral.

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

Boris Johnson says his symptoms are mild and he continues to lead the government’s Coronavirus strategy.

No 10 has previously confirmed that if the PM couldn’t work, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab would take over in his role as first secretary of state. At the moment, that’s not happening.

The question now is who the PM has had with and who else will need to be tested.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has not been tested yet because he’s shown no symptoms.

Measures had been taken to limit in Downing Street; cabinet earlier this week was largely by conference call and the daily briefing has gone digital too.

However, the PM has been in Parliament in recent days and hosted some senior figures in person for cabinet, as well as the chief medical officer.

Eight more people in Scotland have died from coronavirus, taking the total to 33, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The total number of positive diagnoses in Scotland has risen by 165 - from 894 on Thursday to 1,059 today.

There are 72 patients with coronavirus symptoms in intensive care units.

Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood estimates that more than 65,000 people in Scotland have the virus.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is self-isolating at home and his symptoms are said to be mild.

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Boris Johnson is continuing to work in No 10 after his diagnosis, although the BBC understands that his Downing Street flat has been "sealed off".

A No 10 spokesman said the PM's meals and work documents would be left outside his door.

It is understood his fiancee Carrie Symonds, who is pregnant, is self-isolating elsewhere, although No 10 has not given any details about where she is.

Other people working in Downing Street are also now self-isolating.

Mr Johnson will not be appearing at this afternoon's daily coronavirus briefing. It is understood that senior Cabinet minister Michael Gove will be taking his place.

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Birmingham Airport could be used as a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies in a worst-case coronavirus scenario after talks with several local councils.

The site - which would initially have space for 2,500 bodies, increasing if needed - includes a cargo hub, with hangars on the opposite side of the airstrip from the two enger terminals.

Deputy leader of Sandwell Council Wasim Ali said: “In reality, we have to prepare for the worst.

“We really don’t want to have to use it, but if we do, then it’ll be available.”

A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: “We have been in discussions with the authorities and we will of course cooperate to find a suitable location and help where we can to the fightback against this pandemic.”

The UK government is making £1.6bn available to councils to deal with pressures on existing services.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was the first national leader to send a message of for Boris Johnson on Twitter.

On the news that the British prime minister had tested positive, Mr Vucic said: "Get well soon and keep fighting."

European Council president Charles Michel also wrote on Twitter: "Europe wishes you a speedy recovery."

Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Mr Johnson: "Please take good care."

He went on: "Your leadership and commitment to beating the coronavirus are key to saving lives.”

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In a tweet earlier today, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that he had tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Johnson said he was experiencing "mild symptoms" and would be leading the country from home while self-isolating.

While he's the first major world leader to announce a positive test, the disease has already impacted the daily lives of several others.

's Chancellor Angela Merkel is self-isolating after a doctor who gave her a vaccination tested positive. Canada's Justin Trudeau is also self-isolating with his wife Sophie after she tested positive following a trip to London.

Other leaders who have been tested but say their results have come back negative include the presidents of Brazil, the US and the Philippines. Concerns were raised after several Brazilian officials tested positive after returning from a trip with Jair Bolsonaro to meet Donald Trump. Both leaders have hit out at critics and refused to self-isolate, despite WHO recommendations for anyone with possible exposure to do so.

Like most performers, the of pop group Little Mix have had their plans thrown into disarray by the coronavirus outbreak. But singer Perrie Edwards has told the BBC she's keeping busy with dancing and knitting.

The band were in the middle of recording their sixth album and about to record a new BBC TV show when the virus hit.

"If we were a lot more prepared and we had everything in the bag, we could easily just release what we'd got. But we’re only halfway through," says Perrie.

Luckily, the pop group had completed work on a single before the lockdown came into force - and decided to release it today to keep fans' spirits up.

"I think it’ll uplift everybody at home, just jamming out to it," says Perrie.

In the meantime, the singer is making the most of the first extended break in her schedule for nine years

"I think it’s good to have routine. Get up and do things, dance around the house, exercise and stuff," says Perrie, whose Instagram video of a self-isolation dance routine with footballer boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has notched up some 1.6m likes.

"I’ve been knitting a little bit," she adds. "Like a grandma, I've knitted a blanket - and it's come in really handy, actually."

Read her full interview here.

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The Hong Kong government wants to limit the number of people allowed to sit together at restaurant tables to four, external, the South China Morning Post says.

Starting Sunday, each table will be 1.5m apart. The measures are reportedly part of new tough restrictions after the city saw its biggest daily rise of 65 infections on Friday.

The newspaper says that bars and restaurants will only be allowed to operate at half their capacity for at least two weeks. The new social distancing measures could also extend to parks, playgrounds and outdoor sports centres.

Infections in Hong Kong have more than doubled in a week to a total of 518 cases.