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Good morning, here are the #covid19 headlines today.

Find more coronavirus coverage in our daily update. newscientist.com/article/223747…
The UK will trial a saliva test for coronavirus on 5000 police and army staff amid concern that nasal swabs are producing too many false negative results. theguardian.com/world/2020/may…
The home secretary Priti Patel is set to announce new quarantine measures for people arriving in the UK, with fines of £1000 for those who fail to self-isolate for 14 days. Travellers from the Republic of Ireland will be exempt. news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
Hundreds of people in Dagestan in southern Russia have died with what’s being reported as “community-acquired pneumonia”, a local doctor has told the BBC.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the country with the third highest number of confirmed covid-19 cases, behind only the US and Russia.
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Good morning, here are the #covid19 headlines today…
Analysis of overall mortality statistics by @FT suggests the global death toll for #covid19 may be almost 60% higher than official counts. ft.com/content/6bd88b…
This morning, Boris Johnson said it is still too risky for the UK to relax lockdown, as he returned to work after more than 3 weeks off sick with #covid19. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-524393…
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Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? (Thread...) newscienti.st/3aW6jxV
Advice varies between governments and health authorities. The @WHO currently only recommends face masks for people who are coughing or sneezing, or for those who are caring for people who are suspected to have #covid19.
According to a review of 31 published studies, there may be a small benefit to wearing some kind of face covering. They do seem to prevent sick people from spreading the virus, but the evidence is weak and inconsistent.
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