COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus latest: Brazil hits daily death record; Trump boasts US testing ‘badge of honour’
US President Donald Trump called the country’s 1.5 million cases a “badge of honour” for US testing efforts as a new forecast showed that coronavirus-related deaths among Americans was projected…
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How close has the coronavirus pandemic brought China and the US to military conflict?
US President Donald Trump seems to be promoting war with China, but what kind of war does he want? A cold war, a perpetual trade war, a war of words…
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Coronavirus US live: Trump claims to take hydroxychloroquine and threatens to withdraw US from WHO
Fifteen Republican state attorneys general have filed a legal brief telling a federal judge they support the Trump administration’s attempt to drop the case against the former national security adviser.…
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Coronavirus live news: Barcelona beaches to reopen for sunbathers
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus across Africa has passed 86,000, the regional office of the World Health Organization has said. Unlike in Europe, a widespread outbreak seems yet…
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UK vacancies halve and pay falls as Covid-19 lockdown hits economy – business live
Over in Washington, US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has predicted that America’s economy will recover in the second half of 2020. But in testimony to the Senate, Mnuchin also predicts…
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French Connection warns it is running out of cash
Ailing fashion retailer French Connection has warned it will run out of cash within the next few months unless it secures a cash injection or sees an improvement in sales.…
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Global report: Trump threatens to pull out of WHO over ‘failed response’ to pandemic
Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding to the World Health Organization permanently and even pull the US out of the global body altogether unless it makes “major substantive improvements”…
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Failure to explain UK’s halt to mass Covid-19 testing in March ‘unacceptable’
The failure to explain why the government took the significant and consequential decision to drop community testing at the start of the coronavirus outbreak is unacceptable, MPs have said in…
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Explained: how five-year-olds should be tested for coronavirus
Anyone in the UK aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a coronavirus test. The Department for Health and Social Care says it is currently unsuitable for…