COVID-19 Updates
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As lockdowns are eased, coronavirus spread will raise new questions
A sudden rise in infections leads to the temporary closure of nightclubs in Seoul. Lebanon tightens the curfew it had earlier relaxed after cases rebound over the weekend. German leaders…
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Fear and desperation on Main Street as small businesses struggle to survive despite PPP and other federal loan programs
People are reflected in a closed store window, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, on Main Street near the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S., April…
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Detroit’s automakers have enough cash to last the year without a bailout after learning the ‘hard way’ in the Great Recession
Jeremy Kennedy, a Ford employee, secures the engine and transmission to the subframe of a new 2020 Explorer at Chicago Assembly Plant. Ford Not even during the Great Recession and…
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Coronavirus live updates: Cheap, rapid tests expand US toolbox, Germany on watch as restrictions eased
The Food and Drug Administration over the weekend issued emergency use authorization for a rapid and cheap coronavirus test. The test may only be about 85% accurate, but it’s nonetheless…
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Consumer advocate Richard Cordray fears rise of ‘vehement’ debt collectors amid pandemic
Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and author of “Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy” Congress provided borrowers a…
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Stay away from Lake District despite easing of lockdown, police say
Police in the Lake District have urged people to “take a long hard look at your own conscience” and stay away from the national park – despite the prime minister…
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Q&A live coronavirus: premiers from Victoria, NSW and Queensland join ABC panel tonight to discuss Covid-19
Berejiklian is asked why she was confident that students could safely return to school in NSW from this week. She said the advice was the biggest risk was transmission between…
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Coronavirus live news: more new cases in China as parts of Europe ease restrictions
The latest coronavirus figures from Iran appear to show a trend towards increased transmission is continuing in the country, with 1,683 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the…
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Coronavirus US live: Trump rages but Fauci and senior senator enter isolation
An update on whether Mike Pence is self-isolating or not, via the New York Times: Late Sunday, responding to scattered news reports that the vice-president was isolating himself, the White…