THE GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Every day in this column, The Daily Telegraph will seek out and report snippets of comfort as the world fights coronavirus

The UAE says it plans to introduce nationwide drive-through testing for the coronavirus. Its first centre is located in Abu Dhabi, where tests are free for people who are showing symptoms of the virus and those in the vulnerable category; pregnant or the elderly. For anyone else, it costs $100 (£81).

Carrie Pollock, a 99-year-old former police officer from Hayling Island, near Portsmouth, is believed to be the oldest person in the UK to recover from coronavirus after being admitted to hospital three weeks ago.

The Elton John Aids Foundation is to launch a $1million Covid-19 emergency fund to ensure that front line partners can respond to the effects that coronavirus has on HIV treatment, prevention and care for the most marginalised communities around the world.

Philippine cabinet ministers will donate 75 per cent of their monthly salaries to help combat the outbreak in the country by donating to their government’s Covid-19 fund.

A former soldier with a lung disease has been lent a motorhome that will allow him to self-isolate away from his wife, an NHS midwife. Gareth Cook, 62, from Poole, Dorset, has pulmonary fibrosis, and after he explained his predicament on Facebook, Go Solent Motor Homes stepped in with the offer.