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Coronavirus: Some countries in Europe to ease restrictions – BBC News
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, said he hopes to relax lockdown restrictions so that children kept indoors due to Covid-19 can “get some fresh air” Europe's largest economy, Germany, will…
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Trump: Some states ‘to begin a safe, gradual and phased opening’ – BBC News
Donald Trump has said that a number of states have announced "concrete steps to begin a safe, gradual and phased opening". It comes after the US president gave guidelines to…
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Coronavirus: some NHS staff may refuse to work as govt admits lack of protective clothing – BBC News
The British government has accepted there’s a shortage of protective clothing for frontline health workers. Unions and professional bodies have warned that NHS staff may refuse to work if there…
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Coronavirus: hope of vaccine by the autumn say Oxford scientists – BBC News
Scientists in Oxford are hoping to have created a million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by September. They are one of a group of research teams who are to receive…
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Eurovision venue turned into Covid-19 hospital – BBC News
Rotterdam's Ahoy concert venue was supposed to host the glitz and glamour of the Eurovision song contest in May, but instead has been converted into an emergency hospital to help…
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Coronavirus: China outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50% – BBC News
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities. Wuhan officials attributed the new figure to…
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Coronavirus: Royals praise ‘stoicism’ of NHS workers – BBC News
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken about their hopes the coronavirus outbreak will bring the global community together. In an interview with the BBC's Tina Daheley, Catherine said…
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Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory? – BBC News
US State Department cables show that embassy officials were worried about biosecurity at a virus lab in Wuhan, China. The lab is in the same city where the coronavirus outbreak…
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The Coronavirus Frontline: fighting to save lives at a London hospital – BBC News
The coronavirus pandemic has confronted NHS workers with an extraordinary challenge. A BBC team reports from the frontline — with medical teams fighting to save patients at Imperial College Healthcare…
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Coronavirus: lockdown extended for weeks to prevent “second wave” of deaths – BBC News
The UK will remain in lockdown for at least three more weeks. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said Britain was at a delicate and dangerous stage in this pandemic and…