Beijing shut more than 60 subway stations – about 15 per cent of the network – and 158 bus routes in its campaign to stop the spread of Covid and avoid the fate of Shanghai which is in lockdown.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paid for location data harvested from millions of cell phones to track compliance with COVID-19 lockdown measures.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Normal life is reasserting itself with a vengeance, a simple fact that investors in companies such as Netflix are learning the hard way, as subscribers quit the platform.

The couple, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, are among a tranche of 30 more fixed penalty notices dished out by Scotland Yard today to people who broke lockdown rules.

Boris Johnson is believed to have attended at least six illegal parties investigated by the Met, meaning his fine – announced today – could have been for any one or even all of them.

Australia’s supply chain chaos is set to get far worse as China locks down the entire city of Shanghai, home to the nation’s largest sea port.

Dr Raghib Ali says that ‘despite England having less stringent restrictions we’ve had, if anything, a slightly lower death rate [than in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland].’