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Coronavirus: UK airlines warn quarantine will 'kill air travel'
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May 3rd, 2020viaBBC News - Business
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Airlines have reacted angrily to government suggestions that the UK could implement a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said he was "actively looking at these issues so that when we have infection rates within the country under control we're not importing".
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Coronavirus: Rolls-Royce 'to cut up to 8,000 jobs'
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May 2nd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Rolls-Royce could axe up to 8,000 UK jobs after aircraft manufacturers were forced to cut production during the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK-based aeroplane engine maker employs 52,000 people worldwide, with 23,000 in the UK.
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General UK News
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Coronavirus: Testing expanded for care home residents and staff
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May 2nd, 2020viaBBC News - UK
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All residents and staff in care homes where someone has coronavirus will be tested, the Welsh Government has said. Until now only those with symptoms, or who were being moved into a care home, were being tested for Covid-19.
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NHS coronavirus crisis volunteers frustrated at lack of tasks
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May 3rd, 2020viaGuardian UK
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When ministers set out to recruit a 250,000-strong army of NHS volunteers and 750,000 signed up, it generated headlines around the world and was heralded by Boris Johnson as proof, contrary to Thatcher’s famous dictum, that there “was such thing as society”.
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Coronavirus health passports for UK 'possible in months'
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May 3rd, 2020viaGuardian UK
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Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition. Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19
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Global Situation
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Coronavirus: World must 'pull together' to find and fund vaccine
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May 3rd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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European leaders have pledged support for a plan to raise €7.5bn (£6.6bn; $8.3bn) to find a coronavirus vaccine in a jointly signed open letter. The Brussels-led initiative was set out by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday.
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Coronavirus: New lows for deaths in France, Spain and Italy
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May 3rd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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France, Italy and Spain have registered the lowest daily death tolls for weeks as they prepare to ease restrictions. France reported 135 deaths; Spain's 164 were the lowest since mid-March; and Italy's 174 was a two-month low.
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Mexico reports 1,383 new coronavirus cases, 93 more deaths
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May 3rd, 2020viaReuters UK - Health & Drugs News
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Mexico’s health ministry reported 1,383 new coronavirus cases and 93 more deaths on Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 23,471 cases and 2,154 deaths. Of Mexico’s 32 federal entities, only two have registered fewer than 100 cases, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference.
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Coronavirus: Russia's cases surge by 10,000 in one-day record
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May 3rd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Russia has recorded 10,633 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rise since the outbreak began in the country. The increase brings Russia's total number of coronavirus cases to 134,686, the seventh highest tally in the world.
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Dutch coronavirus cases pass 40,000
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May 2nd, 2020viaReuters UK - Health & Drugs News
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The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the Netherlands has increased by 445 to 40,236, Dutch health authorities said on Saturday. The National Institute for Public Health reported 94 new deaths, taking total COVID-19 fatalities to 4,987.
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Official Guidance/Reports
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Coronavirus: Testing falls short of 100,000 daily target
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May 3rd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Testing for coronavirus fell sharply on Saturday, days after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government had met its daily target of 100,000 tests. In the past 24 hours, ministers said just under 76,500 tests were carried out, a drop of more than a third
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