People in England with coronavirus symptoms will need to isolate for ten days

People with COVID-19 symptoms will be expected to isolate for at least ten days in England as ministers try to halt a second-wave of the virus.

This is an increase from the previous isolation length of seven days.

Main symptoms of the virus include the loss of taste or smell, a high temperature or a continuous cough.

Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, will set out the guidelines later.

Although the current isolation guidance of at least one week has been across the UK, it is unclear whether Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will adopt these new measures.

The move comes as several local outbreaks, like in Staffordshire and Oldham, have popped up across the UK.

Moreover, today the government is also set to review Leicester's local lockdown, a month after it was put under restrictions due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Under existing regulations, those who have completed their isolation period should continue to stay at home if they still feel ill or are showing symptoms. Others in the same household are being told to self-isolate for two weeks.

Figures show that another 83 people have died in the UK from coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to nearly 46,000.