COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live updates: Trump says US military will distribute a vaccine later this year
President Donald Trump is expected on Thursday to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead “Operation Warp Speed,” the push to accelerate the development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Trump has…
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The jobs recovery could be choppy, with some coming back quickly and others lost forever
A worker wears a mask at the Boeing Renton Factory, where 737 MAX airliners are manufactured, as commercial airplane production resumes following a suspension of operations last month in response…
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Markets drop as investors fear long-term economic harm from Covid-19 – business live
The slide in equities is pushing up Wall Street’s fear index, the VIX. Neil Wilson (@marketsneil) we ave a problem $Vix pic.twitter.com/BSZ25co8kV May 14, 2020 That’s a clear sign that…
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Record drop in A&E attendance in England ‘a ticking timebomb’, say doctors
Doctors are warning of “a ticking timebomb” of untreated illness because of coronavirus fears after the latest figures showed the lowest number of people in at least a decade sought…
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Ministers accused of abandoning care homes to coronavirus
Ministers have been accused of having “completely abandoned” the care home sector to the threat of coronavirus, as criticism mounts of the decision to allow elderly residents to be discharged…
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Why women dying in prisons are among the less visible victims of Covid-19
M elissa Ann Horn’s name appeared over and over in court records and jail blotters in the rural Virginia county where she was born, and where she was arrested for…
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‘My rabbi’s tools now include a phone’: UK Jewish burials changed by Covid-19
M inutes before the rabbi started intoning funeral prayers over a shrouded coffin, his phone rang. The dead man: 90 years old, a victim of coronavirus, had been lying in…
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Russia defends its ‘exceptionally precise’ Covid-19 death data
Russian officials have defended the country against claims that its unusually low mortality rate from Covid-19 is suspicious, saying its method of ascribing cause of death is “exceptionally precise”. Figures…
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South Dakota governor threatens to sue over Sioux’s coronavirus roadblocks
Native American tribes in South Dakota have vowed to keep operating checkpoints to protect their people from the coronavirus, despite threats of legal action from the Republican state governor. Navajo…
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WH Smith pins hopes on autumn rebound after 85% fall in sales
WH Smith is hoping for a revival in trade at its airport and railway station shops from this autumn after coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions prompted an 85% fall in…