New Zealand has seen its infection rate fall since going into strict lockdown nearly three weeks ago, with fewer than 20 new cases recorded each day over the past three days.

Jacinda Ardern has announced the removal of the toughest measures from New Zealand's coronavirus clampdown.

Quick-thinking Silicon Valley billionaires booked flights for New Zealand as soon as the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate.

Radio host Mike Hosking challenged the New Zealand Prime Minister for saying level four lockdown is to be extended by 'two business days' when retailers will be missing out on five days of trade.

The group performed the traditional Māori war dance in a ward in the Tavistock Hospital in Devon, southwest England over the weekend.

A crew member serving food to hundreds of passengers may have been responsible for the coronavirus outbreak on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship.  

Images captured during dawn services at war memorials in Melbourne and Wellington on Saturday showed vacant streets and small crowds.

Australian National University infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon believes Australia's suppressed approach has had greater success than NZ's elimination strategy.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has outed herself as an app sceptic, but still plans to push on with a version of Australia's COVIDSafe app in her country.

The probe was launched earlier this month after Professor Brendan Murphy made the suggestion to a New Zealand parliamentary committee.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had an intimate 'catch up' over the phone with Queen Elizabeth II last night.  

Australia and New Zealand's science, research and innovation sectors have banded together in a recently formed strike task force to help governments respond to the pandemic.

Ian McInnes, Council for International Development chair and chief executive of signatories Tearfund, says New Zealand is enjoying a moment of global strength and should use it.

Australia is edging closer to lifting coronavirus restrictions as four million people download the tracing app.

The number of 'confirmed and probable' infections remained at 1,487 after one suspected case 'already known to us' tested positive, New Zealand's health ministry said.

New Zealand could open its borders to Australian holidaymakers as part of a 'trans-Tasman bubble'.

Jacinda Ardern has shut down New Zealand television host Duncan Garner after he questioned her conservative coronavirus lockdown approach in a heated interview on air.

The number of 'confirmed and probable' infections remained at 1,487 after one suspected case 'already known to us' tested positive on Monday, the health ministry said.

South Australia's top doctor has raised concerns about the reopening of interstate tourism, warning travellers from interstate pose the biggest risk for a second wave of outbreaks.

The electronics and appliances retailer saw an 11.3 per cent increase in sales, on a comparable basis, at its JB Hi-Fi stores and online sales in Australia.

Coronavirus has made Australians reassess their taste in luxury goods and opt for the simpler things in life, a Boston Consulting Group survey of 1,000 consumers has found.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced details around what 'Alert Level 2' will look like on Thursday, ahead of Cabinet's decision on when the restrictions will be eased.

The NBA wants its teams to prepare to play games without fans if necessary because of the coronavirus crisis, but LeBron James says he won't play basketball in an empty arena.

Last Friday, the NBA sent a memo to its teams telling them to prepare in case it becomes necessary to play games without fans, as sports leagues in Europe have already done.

Quibi, a short-form video app, began streaming 10 minute 'quick bites' of original content which users quarantined because of the coronavirus complained they can't watch on TV.

The former first lady said she and her husband, Barack, are with their daughters Malia, 21, and Sasha, 18, who are both home from college amid the global crisis.

Celebrities are abiding by the lockdown orders put in place to help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Aerial shots by DailyMailTV show just how luxurious quarantine can be.

The actress, 51, reposted a video of a reimagined version of the iconic theme song I'll Be There For You, originally penned by the The Rembrandts.

Stars' careers are being put at risk by the imminent resumption of competition, according to a union representing nearly 100,000 athletes. German football has been cleared to resume next week.

The middleweight was supposed to fight American Uriah Hall in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday after the original bout on April 18 was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Technical director Paolo Maldini and his son, Daniel, were thought to have been the only coronavirus cases within Serie A outfit AC Milan's camp.

The party said a special conference due to be held on April 4 had been cancelled, along with remaining hustings events, with a spokeswoman saying a scaled-back event' would replace it.

The 72-year-old branded Gates and Soros 'control freaks' as he blamed them for Covid-19, which has so far killed 36 people in the UK, with the total number of cases now at 1,543.

Jeremy Corbyn and senior medical leaders tore into Boris Johnson's response as a senior ministers said they were now doing 8,000 tests a day and production would double within the next fortnight.

Seb Corbyn, the Labour leader's second son and an aide to shadow chancellor John McDonnell, is taking the precautionary measure as the pandemic sweeps the country.

Jeremy Corbyn today claimed the coronavirus crisis had validated his general election spending plans and showed he was 'absolutely right' to advocate boosting investment.

The outgoing Labour leader told the BBC he had been vindicated by the governments spending plans to tackle the havoc wreaked on the UK economy by the coronavirus outbreak.

The newly-elected Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has savaged Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis, accusing the Prime Minister of making 'serious mistakes'.

The fervently pro-Corbyn Momentum group reacted to Sir Keir's overwhelming triumph by vowing to hold the new leader to account 'and make sure he keeps his promises'.

Rochdale's Tony Lloyd, 70, the party's shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, is being cared for at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Piers Corbyn spearheaded the rally in Glastonbury, Somerset, against the Government's lockdown, which he said was causing more people to die. He claimed that around 100 attended the protest.

HARRY COLE Ever one to defy common sense, Jeremy Corbyn, 71 next month, not only shunned all lockdown etiquette to turn up in Westminster but brought with him his third wife.

Jeremy Corbyn's brother, Piers, has spearheaded an anti-lockdown protest where he claimed drug companies were 'suppressing information' on a cure for coronavirus 'because they want to impose a vaccine.'

Ministers should call on the NATO military alliance to use its resources to airlift PPE during the coronavirus outbreak, shadow defence secretary John Healey has said.

Hillary Clinton took to her Twitter on Friday afternoon to share a story from the New York Times that reported that the United States was leading in coronavirus cases in the world.

Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw called out Hillary Clinton on Fox and Friends on Sunday for mocking Trump's 'America first' policy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

She's long been known for promoting outlandish conspiracy theories - from insisting 9/11 was an inside job to promoting the bizarre Pizzagate smear against Hillary Clinton and supporting anti-vaxxers.

EXCLUSIVE: The elderly patients sent back from hospitals, despite suffering from coronavirus, triggered outbreaks in care homes, tragically claiming the lives of other vulnerable residents.

Professor Tim Spector, a leading genetic epidemiologist, said the failure to class common symptoms in with the dry cough and fever has led to statisticians collecting data which is 'nonsense'.

The Southend manager asked if the virus deliberately attacks a certain blood type. The strange tweet drew criticism from a range of Twitter users.