COVID-19 Updates
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Medical workers resort to parking-lot deals and DIY projects to get safety gear
A nursing home worker in New Jersey cut a deal for gowns in a parking lot. A clinic director in Florida awaited midnight deliveries of tens of thousands of masks.…
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Greene King pubs to reopen with perspex bar screens and controlled toilets
Patrons of Greene King pubs will use a one-in, one-out green light system when they go the toilet to guard against the spread of Covid-19, but the company insists it…
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UK coronavirus live: R value for all regions close to 1 as death toll rises by 202 to 41,481
Fewer than one in six adults in England “strongly support” the easing of stay at home measures across the country, a survey suggests. Only 15.6% of almost 2,000 adults surveyed…
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Coronavirus live news: prosecutors question Italian PM on decision not to lock down earlier
Japan is aiming to launch a smartphone contact tracking app next week to curb the spread of coronavirus, the health ministry has said. Phones with the app installed can detect…
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India’s coronavirus agony: ‘I did everything to save my wife and baby’
For the past five days, Bijendra Singh has been haunted by the voice of his dead wife, Neelam. “Why could you not get me the treatment that I needed?” she…
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High streets at risk if pubs stay shut, warn Northern Ireland retailers
Most shops reopened across Northern Ireland on Friday but the body representing retailers in the region warned that unless pubs and other hospitality businesses also started trading, the local high…
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Trump campaign asks supporters to sign coronavirus waiver ahead of rally
Donald Trump will hold a political rally in an indoor arena in Oklahoma next week – his first amid the coronavirus pandemic – prompting organizers to demand attendees sign a…
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Headteachers berate non-stop guidance changes for England’s schools
At Huntington secondary school in York this week, the headteacher, John Tomsett, thought he was just about ready for the return of year 10s. He’d spent £20,000 making the school…
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Coronavirus: China’s virtual Canton Fair of ‘little interest’ to foreign buyers, as impact of pandemic lingers
Thousands of Chinese exporters will turn out to promote their products in a “virtual hall” at China’s biggest trade fair on Monday, after concerns about the spread of the coronavirus…