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Good morning, here are today’s headlines on the #covid19 pandemic.

More updates in our daily summary: newscientist.com/article/223747…
The number of people in paid employment in the UK has fallen by almost 650,000 since the start of the pandemic in March, according to the Office for National Statistics. theguardian.com/business/2020/…
Ireland has delayed the reopening of pubs and resumption of large gatherings amid concern over rising infections. irishtimes.com/news/health/co…
Tokyo has reported 286 new infections today, its highest ever number in a day. A campaign to spur domestic tourism will now exclude visits to and from the capital over concern about spreading the virus. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A group of prominent scientists have urged the US National Institutes of Health to carry out “challenge studies”, in which volunteers testing vaccines are deliberately exposed to coronavirus to accelerate clinical trials. bbc.co.uk/news/health-53…
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Good morning, here are today’s headlines on the #covid19 pandemic.

For more updates, read our daily summary. newscientist.com/article/223747…
Nurses not wearing face masks or staying 2 metres apart led to an outbreak of covid-19 at Hillingdon Hospital in London, an inquiry has found. The A&E unit was closed after 70 staff had to go into quarantine. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…
The rate of infections in England had fallen to 13 positive cases per 100,000 people in May before lockdown was eased, according to a study of 120,000 people commissioned by the government. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-534143…
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Good morning, here are the #covid19 headlines today…
A smartphone app that collects self-reported symptoms and swab test results from 3.7 million users in the UK identified Leicester as a potential hotspot as early as 17 June, 12 days before a localised lockdown was imposed in the city. newscientist.com/article/223747…
Staff and residents in care homes in England will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-532724…
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Good morning, here are today’s #covid19 headlines.

Read our daily roundup for more updates: newscientist.com/article/223747…
The UK's first full local lockdown has been announced in Leicester, where the infection rate is three times higher than the next city.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
A coronavirus vaccine candidate jointly developed by China’s military research unit and Chinese company CanSino Biologics has been approved for military use in China.
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