Michael Fabricant: Never mind the WHO – the UN is unfit for purpose. Why we may have to look for a successor.

The simple fact is that, despite its lofty goals, it repeatedly fails to live up to the values and standards it was set up to defend.

Frederick Shepherd: The virus brings with it another invisible enemy. A mental health crisis.

When a drop in the curve of the virus is seen, the public’s health mustn’t be endangered by a blinkered pursuit of balancing the books.

Damian Green: Our approach to China may now have to be more like our attitude to Russia during parts of the Cold War

My own experience when I was a minister showed two institutions which really didn’t care very much what we thought: the Chinese government, and Google.

Daniel Hannan: The Coronavirus. Our instincts are likelier to push us into over-reacting than the reverse.

One of the most dangerous sequences in politics goes like this. “Something must be done. Here’s something. Let’s do it.”

John Redwood: Why the Government’s response to the virus can’t be settled by the science – with decisions made by epidemiologists

Many of these matters can only be made on the basis of imperfect information. The advantage of the elected official making the ultimate decision is one of accountability.

Daily press conferences – and what should happen next

Needed during the coming weeks: a Government information campaign for older people, their families, employers and businesses.

Daniel Bruce: Why the new Dfid and Foreign Office team must lead the way in tackling aid corruption

Let’s use ever-increasing intelligence – and stop the flow of dirty money out of poor countries.

Daniel Hannan: Alarmism, doom-mongering, panic – and the coronavirus. We are nowhere near a 1919-style catastrophe.

Nothing I have written should be taken as a suggestion that we drop our guard or stop taking precautions. But, assuming we do that, there is no reason to panic. Cheer up.