COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus latest: US could have saved 36,000 lives by acting a week earlier, researchers say
More than 35,000 lives would have been saved in the US if social distancing measures had begun just a week earlier than they actually did in mid-March, according to a…
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If the US seeks ‘to contain China’, the country will firmly defend its interests, top Chinese legislature official says
A top official of China’s legislature said the country will firmly defend its interests if the US seeks to contain it, and hinted it will not reduce military spending in…
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Why investor optimism about the post-lockdown economic recovery is premature
Nothing lifts the spirits of coronavirus-rattled investors more than news that an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 has produced positive results in a human trial. On Monday, the benchmark S&P 500…
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China could buy up strategic US assets devalued by coronavirus pandemic, senators warn Steven Mnuchin
Seven US senators have urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to limit Chinese companies from taking advantage of stock prices depressed by the coronavirus pandemic to buy strategic US assets.In the…
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UK economy in ‘unprecedented downturn’ as activity keeps falling – business live
America has just passed a grim milestone in its unemployment crisis. Glassdoor senior economist Daniel Zhao has spotted that more jobs have been lost in the last nine weeks than…
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Coronavirus live news: Apple launches contact tracing in latest update; Wuhan bans eating of wild animals
Hello everyone, this is Jessica Murray, taking over the blog briefly while Damien takes a short break. Researchers in the Netherlands have signed up 1,500 people who have recovered from…
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‘The fashion system must change’: BFC and CFDA call for an industry reset
The fashion community is urging the industry to use the hiatus brought about by the global pandemic as a time to rethink and reset, with the Council of Fashion Designers…
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UK coronavirus live: Scotland to reopen schools in August as Sturgeon lays out lockdown easing
The Conservative backbenchers Henry Smith has outraged opposition parliamentarians by saying that the objection to MPs returning to the House of Commons after next week’s recess (when the current, largely-virtual…
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Germany braced for more protests against coronavirus policies
Thousands of people are expected to gather in cities across Germany at the weekend to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus policies. Germany’s foreign minister has warned people to distance themselves…
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Dagestan doctors speak out over ‘tragically high’ death toll
Doctors and activists in Dagestan have described the death toll in the Russian region as “tragically high”, after officials said more than 600 people had died from pneumonia since April…