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A new covid 19 Contact Tracing app will be launched in england and wales later this month protests in lesbos against conditions on the greek island with migrants demanding to be allowed onto mainland europe. And President Trump says bahrain will normalise its relations with israel. Britains coronavirus epidemic is once more on the rise. For the First Time Since march the r number for Coronavirus Infections has risen above the crucial level of one, meaning the virus is now spreading. That appears to be backed up by the latest daily figures which show the highest number of new infections in almost 4 months. The r number estimates how many people will get the disease from one infected person. The figure now stands at between 1. 0 and 1. 2. In parts of the m ....
The president says that he did not want to create a panic. But tell that to thousands of people who could be alive today if there was a plan, if simple measures were taken in this country such as wearing a mask. And note this, the president has continued to downplay this outbreak. Months later, only a week ago he questioned the death toll itself and you may remember the president s dismissal of the deadly pandemic in an interview with axios one month ago. Remember these words. A thousand americans are dying a day. Thats true, it is what it is. Columbia university notes that in may if social distancing had started a week earlier, 36,000 people in this country would still be alive today. Two weeks earlier would have prevented 84 of u. S. Deaths and 82 of cases. To date the United States has had more than 6. 3 million covid19 cases and the number of u. S. Deaths higher than any western nation. But here is the president just last night ....
A newjob support scheme replaces furlough for employees working a minimum of 33 of their normal hours. The scheme will last six months, and directly support the wages of workers in viable jobs. Government will cover a third of workers lost pay, with the employer making up another third. Support will be targeted at firms needing help the most. That is businesses facing lower demand overwinter due to covid 19. Mr sunak has announced a pay as you grow scheme to allow firms to repay bounce back loans over a period of up to 10 years. The chancellor said he would keep vat at 5 for hospitality and tourism until march 312021. For labour the shadow chancellor said the governments was too slow to help businesses and employees struggling with the coronavirus crisis. Anneliese dodds said many people had already lost theirjobs. Our Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg reports. Everything ....