The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for Coronavirus. He has mild symptoms and will self-isolate in Downing Street, but will continue to take charge of the government’s handling of the crisis.

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for rapid sanitising technology to speed up the time it takes to clean ambulances to help in the national effort against Coronavirus and save lives.

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The government has amended guidance for businesses and venues to reflect updated COVID-19 regulations.

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The first snapshot of the findings from one of the largest ever commercially funded quantitative studies into business recycling and waste management across Europe have been published by RCP EMEA.

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Sarah Dennis, head of international, Towergate Health & Protection, discusses the importance of supporting overseas employees during COVID-19.

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A government appeal for members of the public to assist the NHS has resulted in 405,000 volunteers in just 24 hours.

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Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have paid tribute in Parliament to the ‘extraordinary’ role of cleaners during the Coronavirus crisis.

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The government has today launched a GOV.UK Coronavirus Information service on WhatsApp.

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The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the ExCel convention centre in London is to be turned into a temporary hospital to cope with the growing numbers of COVID-19 patients.

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The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has enforced a UK lockdown in response to the rising cases of COVID-19.

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Andrew Farrell, sales manager for special projects at Makita takes a look at the various styles of vacuum cleaners that cleaning professionals and facilities managers should be aware of, and explains why cordless machines should always be the go-to solution. 

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Businesses including pubs, cinemas, theatres and casinos were told to close from 21 March 2020, as part of government drive to reduce the spread of the virus, protect the NHS and save lives.

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The Defence Secretary has announced new measures to put service personnel and reservists on standby to support public services in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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The Department for Transport and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP have announced that the government is working with industry to ensure they can continue to get British nationals abroad back to the UK, in light of border restrictions in place across the world.

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, have announced proposals to ensure vulnerable customers who may fall into debt remain supplied with energy while in self isolation.

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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that new laws will be introduced to protect public health, increase NHS capacity, strengthen social care and support the public to take the right action at the right time.

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A team of medical research and bioethics experts at Oxford University are supporting several European governments to explore the feasibility of a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. If rapidly and widely deployed, the infectious disease experts believe such an app could significantly help to contain the spread of coronavirus. 

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The government has announced a new Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, delivered by the British Business Bank, which will enable businesses to apply for a loan of up to £5million, with the government covering up to 80% of any losses with no fees.

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Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

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As the situation around the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) has released the following update.

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