COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus latest: Donald Trump’s valet has Covid-19, but US president tests negative
A member of the military serving as one of US President Donald Trump’s valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Thursday. It said Trump and Vice-President…
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Coronavirus: US death toll would have been halved had it acted 4 days sooner, study says
The daily death toll from Covid-19 in the United States could have been more than halved if authorities had acted more swiftly in recommending self-isolation and the wearing of face…
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WH Group’s US pork processing plant to reopen in stages amid coronavirus controversy
Smithfield Foods, a US unit of China’s biggest pork company, has reopened its processing plant after President Donald Trump ordered the US meatpacking industry to stay open despite an earlier…
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UK coronavirus live: black people four times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites – ONS
Passengers travelling through Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports will be required to cover their faces and wear gloves from Thursday, owner Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has announced. The firm…
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Coronavirus live news: deaths in Europe exceed 150,000 as UN warns of multiple famine risk
Calls to domestic violence hotlines in Europe are up by as much as three-fifths, as alcohol and drug abuse combine with close confinement in coronavirus lockdowns to fuel abuse of…
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Bank of England warns UK economy could shrink 14% in 2020 amid Covid-19 downturn – business live
It’s been a busy morning for telecoms news too. Cable operator Virgin Media and mobile network O2 are merging, to create a £31bn “national champion” to challenge BT and Sky…
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UK contact-tracing app could fall foul of privacy law, government told
The NHS contact-tracing app must not be rolled out across the UK until the government has increased privacy and data protections, an influential parliamentary committee has said. The joint committee…
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Australia hits back at US claim linking coronavirus to Wuhan lab
The Australian government has pushed back at US claims the coronavirus may have originated in a Wuhan lab and has determined that a “dossier” giving weight to the theory is…
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
Europe’s first national, government-backed basic income experiment did not do much to encourage recipients into work but did improve their mental wellbeing, confidence and life satisfaction, according to the first…