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Johnson address shows he has been swayed by hawks in his cabinet
Boris Johnson famously dislikes disappointing the people around him. The result is this weekend’s barrage of confused messaging over whether the lockdown is ending, as he tries to please both…
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Coronavirus: Britain’s Boris Johnson lays out road map for easing lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday the “first careful steps” to lift Britain’s lockdown and restart the economy, setting out a “conditional plan” for getting more people back to…
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Coronavirus latest: new clusters show risks of second wave as worldwide cases top 4 million
A family in China, nightclubs in South Korea and a slaughterhouse in Germany: new clusters of coronavirus infections are igniting concerns about a second wave even as calls grow in…
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Coronavirus: US jobless rate will worsen, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says
US President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers on Sunday said a “safe” reopening of the country was needed urgently, as the United States stares down the worst job numbers since…
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Will the coronavirus pandemic derail Japan’s economy as it extends emergency measures?
With Japan extending its state of emergency till May 31, it seems that the country is preparing for the long haul in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Prime…
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UK coronavirus live: Scotland to stick with ‘stay home’ advice as Johnson due to announce alert system
Health professionals have issued a new legal challenge demanding an urgent inquiry into the government’s failure to provide PPE for frontline workers. A pre-action letter sent by the Doctor’s Association…
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Belgium experiments with ‘corona bubbles’ to ease social restrictions
It’s been called the four-person puzzle. If you could only have the same four family members or friends to dinner for a few weeks of coronavirus lockdown, who would you…
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Coronavirus: doctors call for inquiry into PPE shortages for NHS staff
Doctors are taking legal action to force the UK government to launch an independent inquiry into its failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment for NHS staff and other frontline…
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‘We can’t stay home’: how America’s poorest state is trying to reopen
The boulevard that snakes along the Biloxi coastline marks a crossroads in the city’s bid to reopen. To the north, towering hotels and casinos, lights dim, doors shut – a…
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Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says
As many as 43 million Americans could lose their health insurance in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and…