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UK coronavirus live: infection R rate rises to between 0.7 and 1 in England
We reported earlier that the Scottish health secretary has written to health board chiefs warning them that failures to routinely test care home staff for coronavirus will be made public…
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Coronavirus live news: Sweden sees third consecutive day of over 1,000 new cases; virus ‘under control’ in France
In the US, Donald Trump is giving a press conference to celebrate the unexpectedly good unemployment news there. You can follow that live on our US live blog here: Trump…
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Covid-19: R value in England rises to between 0.7 and 1.0
The R value in England has risen to between 0.7 and 1, according to the government’s latest official estimates, with some regions now at risk of seeing a rise in…
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Airbus looks to cut 500 UK jobs as orders dry up
Airbus is considering a voluntary redundancy scheme for as many as 500 UK workers as the planemaker seeks to cut costs in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The European manufacturer’s…
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US unemployment rate unexpectedly falls to 13.3% in May – as it happened
The US unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 13.3% in May, taking markets by surprise. Economists had been expecting unemployment to reach 19.8% The GfK UK consumer confidence index fell to…
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EU pledges to lift internal border controls by end of month
The EU has pledged to lift border controls inside its territory by the end of the month while extending a ban on travellers coming from outside the bloc until 1 July. …
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Experts told UK to boost test-and-trace in February, papers show
The government was advised to scale up its coronavirus test-and-trace effort using a call centre system as early as February, government documents show, raising questions about why the system launched…
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Vitamin K could help fight coronavirus, study suggests
Patients who have died or been admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 have been found to be deficient in a vitamin found in spinach, eggs, and hard and blue cheeses,…
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US unemployment declines to 13.3% as economy added 2.5m jobs in May
Covid-19’s devastating assault on the US economy waned in May as the unemployment rate dipped to 13.3% and the US added another 2.5m jobs. The surprise news follows the loss…
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Jaguar Land Rover borrows £560m from Chinese banks to secure cashflow
Jaguar Land Rover has borrowed 5bn yuan (£560m) from five Chinese banks as it seeks to ease the financial strains prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The UK’s largest carmaker has…