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Coronavirus: European countries set to further ease lockdowns
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Italy and Spain are among a number of European countries that are set to further ease their coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday. Most businesses in Italy, including bars and hairdressers, will be free to reopen after more than two months of nationwide lockdown measures.
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Egypt tightens coronavirus restrictions for Eid holiday
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May 17th, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5pm and halt public transport during the six-day Eid holiday from May 24 as it seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said on Sunday.
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US and UK 'lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs'
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May 17th, 2020viaThe Guardian - Latest Financial and Economic News
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Ministers and officials from every nation will meet via video link on Monday for the annual world health assembly, which is expected to be dominated by efforts to stop rich countries monopolising drugs and future vaccines against Covid-19.
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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
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May 17th, 2020viaGuardian - Energy
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Crisis has proved renewable energy is now a safer investment, and accelerated the shift. The global coal industry will “never recover” from the Covid-19 pandemic, industry observers predict, because the crisis has proved renewable energy is cheaper for consumers and a safer bet for investors.
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Coronavirus could cost top-flight European clubs £3.5bn
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Top-flight European clubs stand to lose more than £3.5bn because of Covid-19 even if the major domestic leagues and competitions reach their conclusion. The figure, across this season and next, was outlined in a meeting of stakeholders within the game last week. It is estimated if the competitions failed to ...
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Kenya closes borders to Tanzania and Somalia over coronavirus
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May 16th, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday banned movement across the country’s borders with Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. He exempted cargo trucks but said drivers would have to be tested for COVID-19.
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As Australia slowly relaxes lockdown, Victoria battles COVID-19 clusters
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May 16th, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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Struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus while the rest of Australia has begun relaxing a two-month lockdown, Victoria state on Saturday reported 11 new cases, including some linked to known clusters at a meat factory and a McDonald’s restaurant.
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UK
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Coronavirus: £5bn needed to stop local cuts say county councils
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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English councils have called on the government to provide a £5bn "income guarantee" to prevent local authorities from having to cut services as the coronavirus hits finances. The County Councils Network has warned councils could lose £2.4bn as income from tax and business rates fall.
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Public trust in government's coronavirus response continues to fall
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May 17th, 2020viaCity AM - Business
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The public’s trust in the UK government’s coronavirus strategy is in freefall, according to the latest polling. An Opinium/Obsever poll out today shows the government now has a net -3 rating for how it has handled the coronavirus, after having a +60 rating in mid-March.
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Coronavirus: The government guarantee that may save businesses
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC World - Northern Ireland
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Among the billions of pounds of support the government has given to help prop up businesses, one measure announced this week passed with little notice. It's perhaps not surprising, as the words 'trade credit insurance' do not exactly quicken the the pulse.
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Coronavirus: Labour's Sir Keir Starmer calls for 'four-nation' approach
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said different approaches across the four UK nations to tackling coronavirus are not going to "help us out of this crisis". He blamed Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the way Wales and England had diverged in the easing of the lockdown.
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How coronavirus is driving a revolution in travel
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Barriers closed a stretch of Deansgate, Manchester's main thoroughfare, to motor vehicles on Saturday. Elsewhere in the city, new pedestrian walkways and pop-up bike lanes have appeared.
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Coronavirus: Jersey to borrow up to £500m for economic recovery
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC News - Jersey
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Up to £500m in borrowing will be made available to help Jersey's economy through the coronavirus crisis, the Government of Jersey has announced. The island's Treasury said the funds would be used for "bold fiscal stimulus measures" to support economic recovery.
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Coronavirus: Household waste recycling centres 'to reopen next month'
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC News - UK
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Household waste recycling centres are expected to reopen across Scotland on 1 June, according to the local government body Cosla. Councils have been reporting an increase in fly-tipping after the sites were closed in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Day-to-Day Impact
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Coronavirus: Half a million access suicide prevention course
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May 18th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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More than half a million people have accessed online training that aims to prevent suicide in the last three weeks alone, a charity has said. The Zero Suicide Alliance said 503,000 users completed its online course during lockdown.
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Over three-quarters of BAME doctors fear they will contract Covid-19
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May 18th, 2020viaThe Guardian - Doctors
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More than three-quarters of black, Asian and minority ethnic doctors are worried about contracting coronavirus in the course of their work, according to a survey that highlights the continuing lack of protection for frontline NHS staff.
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Coronavirus: Police 'busy' with visitors to Wales
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC - Wales
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Police across Wales say they have been "busy" dealing with visitors flouting lockdown laws. North Wales Police said they had turned around tourists from Manchester, Norwich and London as they tried to visit parts of Snowdonia.
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Woman left worse off by coronavirus cash boost challenges benefits rules
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May 17th, 2020viaThe Guardian News
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A single mother has launched a legal challenge to overturn “perverse” benefit rules that have cancelled out the chancellor’s £90-a-month coronavirus living costs boost for thousands of low-income families on universal credit and left her £123 a month worse off than she was before the crisis.
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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson accepts 'frustration' over lockdown rules
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May 17th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the "complex" easing of England's coronavirus lockdown. The PM wrote in the Mail on Sunday that more complicated messages were needed during the next phase of the response and as restrictions changed.
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Coronavirus: Hopes raised as IVF clinics get set to re-open
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC News - UK
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A woman whose fertility treatment was suspended due to coronavirus has said she now has some hope after NHS clinics announced plans to re-open. Amanda Faulkiner-Farrow, 38, from Gwynedd, had said it was "soul destroying" to find out her scheduled treatment would not go ahead in June.
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Education secretary announces coronavirus tests for schoolchildren
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May 16th, 2020viaThe Guardian - Education
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Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced schoolchildren and their families would be tested for coronavirus if they develop symptoms, as he struck a conciliatory tone on Saturday in a bid to reassure parents and appease unions.
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Everyone in Welsh care homes to be offered coronavirus tests
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May 16th, 2020viaThe Guardian News
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Everyone in care homes in Wales will be able to get a coronavirus test, the Welsh government has said. The health minister, Vaughan Gething, said the change follows the latest scientific advice and brings Wales in line with England.
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Global Situation
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FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program
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May 16th, 2020viaReuters UK - Health News
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An at-home coronavirus testing project in Seattle backed in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Saturday it was working with U.S. regulators to resume the program after being suspended by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Coronavirus: Trial begins to see if dogs can 'sniff out' virus
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May 16th, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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A UK trial to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin. The dogs are already trained to detect odours of certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson's disease by the charity Medical Detection Dogs.
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Legal Developments
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Sadiq Khan calls for coronavirus inquiry into BAME deaths
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May 17th, 2020viaCity AM - Business
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Sadiq Khan has called for a government inquiry into BAME deaths from coronavirus. Khan called the higher rate of deaths among BAME ethnicities “shocking” and called for Boris Johnson to set up a public inquiry.
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Official Guidance/Reports
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