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Information for the public on the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, including the current situation in the UK and information about the virus and its symptoms. Typical symptoms of coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.

Teachers and students can start planning their visits to The Box - thanks to a new schools programme which has launched today. The schools programme caters for Early Years, Key Stages 1-5, Special Educational Needs, Further and Higher Education through a series of bookable workshops. The sessions, which will take place across The Box's galleries, have been co-designed with schools to support learning across the curriculum.

We are required to set equality objectives every four years as part of our Public Sector Equality Duty. We previously set Equality Objectives in 2016 and are now due to set our equality objectives for the next four years. If you would like to provide feedback on our draft equality objectives visit our online consultation portal and provide your feedback by 1 March 2020.

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Would you like to take control of your life? Talk things through? Lead a healthier lifestyle? If you're feeling a bit unsure about life, want to get support or advice on any number of things or just fancy a chat and a cuppa, why not pop into Plymouth's 'Feel Good' shop.

Plymouth's latest Wellbeing Hub is now open! Based at the Stirling Road Surgery, St Budeaux we can connect you with organisations and information that can improve your overall wellbeing. This is the latest in a series of a dozen Wellbeing Hubs that have been commissioned.

Could you help someone who is feeling lonely this winter? There are almost 48,000 older people living in Plymouth and many live alone with no family or friends nearby. AGE UK Plymouth is appealing for people in Plymouth who may be able to give up a small amount of their time to help older people connect with others in their own neighbourhoods.

Are you aged 18-30? Want to start your own business? If you are unemployed or working less than 16 hours per week join the Prince's Trust free programme. Learn about all different aspects of self-employment and how to write a business plan in our free course. Covers marketing and sales, finance, budgeting and business planning.

Could you spare some of your time to help befriend a lonely older person? Plymouth City Council is working with local partners including charities and social care providers, taking a whole health and social care systems approach, to tackle the growing issue of loneliness, and more volunteers are being urged to come forward.