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A record 2,700 new coroanvirus deaths took the US death toll past 55,000, the UK's outbreak became the world's third deadliest, and South Korea has reported zero new local cases for the first time in months. Follow our live coverage here: on.ft.com/3f5R7Rm
Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell dispelled investors’ hopes for a quick economic rebound from the coronavirus crisis. ‘The chances are that it won’t go right back to where we were.’ on.ft.com/3fe45fY
Every crisis is a crash-course in new words and concepts. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought its own vernacular and reintroduced old expressions on.ft.com/2WaxUVT
Norway will slash oil output by 13%, the first time that western Europe’s largest crude producer had reduced production in 18 years on.ft.com/3dccHSz
Opinion: Coronavirus lockdowns have, at least temporarily, changed the way we live. But restrictions on freedom of movement have also changed the way we see on.ft.com/2YjSBkQ
A month and a half after the UK government called on businesses to fill a dire ventilator shortage, at least five projects have been cancelled and not one of the ‘innovative’ designs has been approved on.ft.com/2Sm9DLw
Royal Dutch Shell cut its dividend for the first time since the second world war as the drop in oil prices and demand triggered nearly halved its quarterly earnings. Follow our live coverage here: ft.com/content/f86944…
Europe's largest economies have begun to tentatively chart a way out of coronavirus lockdowns. Here’s a look at the timelines for lifting restrictions in Germany, Italy, France and Spain: ft.com/content/abdb72…
As hopes that Gilead’s remdesivir will prove an effective treatment for coronavirus move financial markets, here are some of the facts: on.ft.com/2YipfU3
FT Big Read: Life has never been easy for India’s vast army of working poor. But an estimated 140m have lost their jobs under strict anti-coronavirus measures and now face destitution and hunger on.ft.com/2Yji5Pe
While western European countries have been battered by coronavirus, its neighbours in central and eastern Europe have been relatively unscathed thanks to a combination of good fortune and swift action on.ft.com/2KNgpWw
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AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are teaming up to develop and manufacture a vaccine for coronavirus with the aim of building capacity to produce 100m doses by the end of the year if it is shown to be effective ft.com/content/ddf8ec…
The coronavirus pandemic plunged the eurozone economy into the largest contraction on record as its member countries shut businesses to contain the virus ft.com/content/f86944…
More than 3.8m Americans filed new claims for jobless benefits last week, bringing the six-week total since the start of the lockdowns to curb the coronavirus pandemic to more than 30m ft.com/content/c12a0b…
Scientists have discovered a group of 69 drugs that could potentially be used to treat coronavirus, including over-the-counter medicines for allergies and coughs and a cancer treatment, in a new project examining how the virus interacts with our bodies on.ft.com/2z1DX79
How do you keep the ball rolling in the midst of a pandemic? Read from an arts director and an entrepreneur how they've found motivation to connect with people on.ft.com/3f3slRL
As coronavirus has swept across the US, it has also ravaged the country’s healthcare system. The US spends far more on healthcare than any other country — $3.6tn a year, more than 17% of its GDP on.ft.com/2Sna5Jh
Disruption was already part of the book industry, but Covid-19 has certainly accelerated it. While people have been reading more, there has been a relentless stream of postponed book launches and events and low sales. What's a post-virus scenario for books?on.ft.com/3aXdJAl
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