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Coronavirus: ‘We used to donate to this food bank, now we rely on it’ – BBC News
The pandemic has left nearly 30 million unemployed in the US. Now, many are turning to charities for help. That was the scene one day in Texas where thousands of…
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Coronavirus: Treating Delhi’s dogs and cats in the pandemic – BBC News
It is not just people feeling the effects of India's lockdown: the country's animals are also adjusting to the strange circumstances. But some are coping better than others, so Jai…
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Coronavirus R0: What is the R number and why does it matter? – BBC News
In the daily briefing earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said to avoid the "disaster" of a second peak the UK must keep the R rate below one. But…
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Coronavirus: Armed protesters enter Michigan statehouse – BBC News
Protesters against Michigan's coronavirus lockdown have rallied in the state capitol building. Hundreds of demonstrators, a few of them armed, gathered in Lansing and many did not wear masks or…
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Coronavirus: medical staff struggle to get tested as govt says it’s passed 100,000 target – BBC News
The government says it’s reached its goal of 100,000 tests each day for coronavirus. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the figure of more than 120,000 tests included 40,000 kits…
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Coronavirus frontline: the paramedics risking their lives to help patients – BBC News
Tributes have been paid to two members of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, who've died after contracting coronavirus. The role of paramedics has become increasingly dangerous during the pandemic. They're the…
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Coronavirus: impact on Global Economy – BBC News
The US economy suffered its most severe contraction in more than a decade in the first quarter of the year, as the country introduced lockdowns to slow the spread of…
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Coronavirus: How some countries started to exert control over the Virus – BBC News
There's no dispute that COVID-19 poses many challenges. But we are seeing evidence of some countries starting to exert control over it. Not least South Korea which has reported no…
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Coronavirus: key to easing lockdown is low transmission rate – BBC News
Boris Johnson has said the government will release a plan for gradually easing the lockdown. However the Prime Minister made clear that lifting restrictions will depend on keeping transmission rates…
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Coronavirus: UK is ‘past the peak’ says PM Boris Johnson – BBC News
Boris Johnson says he can confirm "for the first time we are past the peak of this disease and on the downward slope". The PM says the UK will beat…