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Jacquelin Magnay is the Europe Correspondent for The Australian, based in London and covering all manner of big stories across political, business, Royals and security issues. She is a George Munster and Walkley Award winning journalist with senior media roles in Australian and British newspapers. Before joining The Australian in 2013 she was the UK Telegraph’s Olympics Editor.

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BUSINESS LOANSWorld

The barkeeper looks out of the window as a single customer sits at the bar in a near-empty pub in central London on March 17, 2020 after the UK government announced stringent social distancing advice including avoiding pubs and restaurants as a measure to kerb the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19. -

Johnson introduces ‘wartime’ restrictions

Boris Johnson has unleashed a $663bn stimulus and support package to keep the economy going during the virus crisis.

Jacquelin Magnay

World

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: An employee waits over empty tables in Covent Garden on March 17, 2020 in London, England. the Boris Johnson held the first of his public daily briefing on the Coronavirus outbreak yesterday and told the public to avoid theatres, going to the pub and work from home where possible. The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the UK reached 1500 today with 36 deaths. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Banding together in life lived alone

In Kingston upon Thames, in southwest London, the note came through the door before breakfast.

Jacquelin Magnay

Nazanin Naghari-RatcliffeWorld

(FILES) In this file handout photo released by the Free Nazanin campaign on August 23, 2018 shows Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R) embracing her daughter Gabriella in Damavand, Iran following her release from prison for three days. - Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year prison term in Tehran for sedition, was released from jail for two weeks on March 17, 2020, her husband said.

British mum freed from Iran jail

Nazanin Naghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released from the Evin prison in Tehran, in a mass prisoner release to curb the epidemic.

Jacquelin Magnay

US-UK stimulusWorld

President Donald Trump listens during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s $1 trillion to save world’s biggest economy

Americans will receive cheques within weeks while Boris Johnson unleashes a £330bn stimulus.

Cameron Stewart and Jacquelin Magnay

Elderly to isolate for 3 monthsWorld

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a press conference about the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday March 16, 2020. According to the WorldÂ Health Organization, the vast majority of people recover from the new COVID-19 coronavirus in about two to six weeks depending on the severity of the illness. (Richard Pohle/Pool via AP)

Doomsday scenario forced Boris to act

Scientific advisors told the UK PM the health system would be overrun, resulting in 250,000 deaths, if he didn’t switch to a suppression strategy.

Jacquelin Magnay

World

TOPSHOT - This handout picture released by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis blessing over an empty St. Peter square at the Vatican, after his streamed Angelus prayer, on March 15, 2020. - The Vatican said on March 15, that its traditional Easter week celebrations would be held this year without worshippers due to the coronavirus.

Outbreak may last a year: officials

British officials are preparing for the coronavirus outbreak to last for as long as 12 months as Europe pulls down the shutters.

Jacquelin Magnay

Coronavirus stoushWorld

US President Donald Trump (L) attends a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Trump ‘tried to buy vaccine for US only’

German health officials accuse Donald Trump of offering funds to a German company to develop a coronavirus vaccine exclusively for the US.

Jacquelin Magnay

Nation

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: Pedestrians walk through Trafalgar Square as the outbreak of coronavirus intensifies on March 15, 2020 in London, England. President of the United States, Donald Trump, has implemented a travel ban on European nations and has now extended it to include the United Kingdom and Ireland. The travel ban will begin at midnight EST on Monday as the UK is also set to ban mass gatherings and has already seen the cancellation of major sporting events such as the English Premier League. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Britain to isolate elderly for months

Britain is planning a dramatic four-month mass quarantine of everyone over 70.

Jacquelin Magnay

CORONAVIRUSWorld

TOPSHOT - EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on March 11, 2020 that the new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

‘Europe now the epicentre of virus’

Denmark, Poland close borders as WHO reveals European outbreak has now surpassed the height of China’s coronavirus epidemic.

Jacquelin Magnay

UK VIRUS responseWorld

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens at a news conference addressing the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London on March 12, 2020. - Britain on Thursday said up to 10,000 people in the UK could be infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as it announced new measures to slow the spread of the pandemic. (Photo by SIMON DAWSON / POOL / AFP)

‘Many families will lose loved ones’

With fears 10,000 Britons are already infected, Boris Johnson orders those with even mild symptoms to self-isolate.

Jacquelin Magnay

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