Researchers at the London School of Economics have highlighted exactly where the UK has fallen short of protecting some 400,000 care home residents and staff.

Defra confirmed it is conferring with scientists about whether wastewater can help trace the spread of the deadly infection. It could become part of the government's plan to ease Britain out of lockdown.

Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs on the Health and Social Care Select Committee that masks could have a 'marginal but positive' impact on curbing transmission of the life-threatening infection.

Doctors say they're being inundated with calls about COVID toes, mysterious bruises, rashes and lesions on their feet, who don't have other traditional symptoms such as fever and coughing.

In the new survey, from PR firm Bospar, researchers found those between ages 18 and 24 were the least likely to get vaccinated against the coronavirus with only 57.8% saying they'd get the jab.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered a mutation to the coronavirus's spike protein that may make it more infectious - and it has spread around the globe.

Researchers from Edinburgh and London say the approach, dubbed 'segmentation and shielding', is the only way to get the UK back to normal without overwhelming the NHS.

Some institutions have said that if their coronavirus vaccine trials go well, its jab could be available as early as Fall 2020, but most people would not be able to get it until Fall 2021.

A new survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that 80% said they would be concerned to go to a scheduled prenatal appointment amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Scientists in Glasgow trawled over data for more than 428,000 people who were part of the UK Biobank. Some 340 of those had recently tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital.

A new study from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, found that 72% of 29 coronavirus patients given anakinra, an arthritis drug, had improved respiratory health and markers of inflammation.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Eddie Jones faces some of the toughest decisions of his coaching career on Monday when he names his World Cup squad. He will never forget the calls he makes.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This was a real statement win from England and Twickenham was buzzing as the crowd realised they have a team who can cause real damage at the World Cup.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I can't imagine England have ever played better on the biggest stage. I felt a huge surge of pride watching this team and admiration for how clever and skilled they were.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD WEEKLY COLUMN: The highlights reel from that game will be brief but as a former England coach who has lost in filthy conditions at Murrayfield I can assure you victory will feel sweet.

For the entire time I had this car, my family knew where I was at every moment due to the bright yellow colour of the Suzuki Swift.

Dele Alli reacted angrily to his 64th minute substitution during a 1-0 Champions League defeat to RB Leipzig on Wednesday. The England international has now been dropped to the bench.

JAMIE REDKNAPP: We look at VAR as if it's the oracle but in reality it's one man, sat behind a bank of screens at Stockley Park, offering his opinion. It's not matter of fact - it's subjective.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: The latter half of this season feels a little bit like the second coming of a player who lost his way a little bit in the final days of Mauricio Pochettino.

Harry Winks has revealed Jose Mourinho told him he had to train harder to force his way into his Tottenham team and believes English football does not appreciate passing midfielders as they should.

SAMI MOKBEL AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTPSUR STADIUM: Harry Winks, under-appreciated? Maybe, but certainly not by the people that matter.

SAMI MOKBEL AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Having led twice, Spurs slumped to defeat against Wolves - their second consecutive loss in the Premier League.

Victor Wanyama's brother has revealed that the Tottenham midfielder will announce details of his future at the club this week. Wanyama has fallen down the pecking order at Tottenham.

Tottenham host Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday play Man City tonight in the FA Cup fifth round. Sportsmail's KIERAN JACKSON will provide live commentary of the action and the quarter-final draw.

Jose Mourinho's Tottenham have lost their last four games in all competitions and have struggled without talisman Harry Kane and forward Son Heung-min.

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he was 'annoying, moaned a lot and was lazy' during his playing days and would've struggled to manage himself as a player because of his attitude.

Matic, 31, looked certain to leave the club earlier this season when he struggled for form and fitness and was regarded by fans as a symbol of the previous unpopular Jose Mourinho regime.

Jose Mourinho didn't hold back in his criticism of Tanguy Ndombele after hooking him at half-time in the draw with Burnley. But the midfielder isn't the first player Mourinho has scolded in public.

Jose Mourinho came under fire from Rio Ferdinand as he blamed the Tottenham manager for their lackluster performance in Tuesday night's 3-0 defeat against RB Leipzig.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims 'a lot needed to be changed' when he took over from Jose Mourinho at Manchester United - and insists that he doesn't like to complain about injured players like him.

Rio Ferdinand believes Arjen Robben chose a move to Chelsea over Manchester United in part because of the 'smell' of the Carrington training ground.

The 32-year-old defender has been at the club since 2012 but his current deal expires on June 30 and having failed to secure regular action since Jose Mourinho took over, his future remains unclear.

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff plan to start training the team's players via a video-link from Monday due to the ongoing coronaviurus crisis.

Tottenham's recruitment team, led by chief scout Steve Hitchen have followed Newcastle by effectively shutting down their scouting department until further notice

Spurs manager Mourinho was forced to admit he was in the wrong after flouting social distancing advice by overseeing a training session with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele in Barnet.

On September 20, 2007, Mourinho and Chelsea went separate ways and Steve Sidwell has revealed how players such as Lampard and Terry were left 'crying on the floor' at the news.

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has heaped praise on manager Jose Mourinho, saying it's 'a privilege' to talk to him on a daily basis. 

Scott McTominay believes he is reaping the rewards for staying to fight for a first-team place at Manchester United instead of going out on loan. He had been linked with a move to Celtic.

Ndombele, Tottenham's record signing for £54million, appears ready to try and make the most of his time in north London and prove his critics wrong according to the Telegraph .

Eugene Troskie, 34, was repairing a waterhole's wooden perimeter in the Lions Place Lodge in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, when the inquisitive elephant noticed him.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: It was a double celebration for Sarah, Duchess of York, on Prince Andrew's 60th birthday. Earlier in the day she became a great-aunt.

Warner and de Kock delivered one of the ugliest moments of a bitter Test series in 2018 when they squared off on a staircase after play in Durban.

Guest host John Mulaney posed as Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden in the show's cold open, parodying a White House press conference on the coronavirus.

Star of Noughts + Crosses Masali Baduza, from South Africa,told on This Morning that it was 'fun' to see Stormzy 'embody' his character, a 'racist' newspaper editor, in the new BBC drama.

Swiss financier Dean Schneider, 27, gave up his high-flying job to move to South Africa where he looks after a pride of lions at the 360-hectare Hakuna Mipaka Oasis park.

They came third on ITV dating show Love Island and since leaving the South African sun they've seen their relationship go from strength to strength. 

Former Miss Africa South, Pearl Jensen, 68, told Lorraine being first runner-up in the Miss World contest in 1970 did not change her life at all, ahead of the release of new movie Misbehaviour.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The pride of lions were caught on film by amateur photographer and doctor Desmond Chu, 47, on the Madikwe Game Reserve, in South Africa.

DAVID JONES Once, she lived in regal splendour with the aristocrat who pledged to leave her a fortune. So how come Kalu is now penniless in a Dorset sanctuary?

Paul Casey thought he'd be in Florida this week, trying to join the select band of golfers who have won the same PGA Tour event three years in a row.