Daily coronavirus thread: Johnson & Johnson has paused all Covid-19 vaccine trials following a participant’s illness and a Japanese tourist became the first to visit Machu Picchu since March. Follow our live coverage: on.ft.com/3iXMw49
Anthony Fauci said Donald Trump was ‘asking for trouble’ by returning to the campaign trail as coronavirus surges in many US states on.ft.com/30YW6On
The first confirmed US case of Covid-19 reinfection, in a 25-year-old man in Nevada, has raised concerns about ‘herd immunity’ on.ft.com/2GWfaFQ
The UK government has been forced into an embarrassing disavowal after an advert was accused of ‘throwing the arts under a bus’ ft.com/content/02a34d…
UK public borrowing is set to reach £350bn this year, or 17% of gross domestic product, the highest peacetime level in more than 300 years on.ft.com/2GJqJAw
Just in: The UK job losses rose at a record rate in the three months to August, with the unemployment rate reaching 4.5% even as some companies began hiring ft.com/content/5ec911…
The UK’s scientific advisers concluded the government’s ‘world-beating’ Covid-19 test-and-trace system has only had a ‘marginal impact’ on.ft.com/2SOmPZh
US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson paused all trials of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine after one of the participants developed an 'adverse reaction' ft.com/content/6ea4c5…
Thousands of deaths from coronavirus could be avoided before Christmas if a two week 'circuit breaker' lockdown is imposed over the school half-term break, said two of the UK government’s leading scientific advisers on.ft.com/3jWMAT9
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Breaking News: The Covid-19 treatment remdesivir has no substantial effect on a patient’s chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization has found on.ft.com/319YsKh
Results from the WHO’s highly anticipated Solidarity trial found that none of the treatments ‘substantially affected mortality’ or reduced the need to ventilate patients, according to a copy of the study seen by the FT on.ft.com/2H5OClH
Remdesivir was one of a series of drugs used to treat US President Donald Trump after he tested positive for Covid-19. It was developed by US drugmaker Gilead Sciences, who suggested that the treatment may reduce the likelihood of death on.ft.com/2H5OClH
Donald Trump’s teenage son Barron tested positive, the first lady confirmed, a record 22 US states recorded more than 1,000 new cases and Wales said it would bar people from UK hotspots. Follow our live coronavirus coverage: on.ft.com/340yIBG
Free to read: Covid-19 patients have suffered debilitating, months-long symptoms affecting areas including the brain, lungs, heart and skin on.ft.com/34WndKY
United Airlines suffered a $1.8bn net loss in the third quarter, and is preparing to face a further $1.1bn charge to cover 22,000 job cuts on.ft.com/3nZHQ1N
Daily coronavirus thread: The US rolling weekly case average exceeded 50,000 per day for the first time since August and Singapore's economy contracted 7% in the third quarter. Follow our live coverage here: on.ft.com/3lEq1mA
The UK has been forced to update the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app after users received confusing messages about “possible exposure” ft.com/content/d23356…
The total value of China’s stock market hit a record of $10.08tn, above the previous peak hit during an equities bubble in 2015 on.ft.com/2FsnNHN
Republicans and Democrats in the US have been battling over the precise rules of how mail-in ballots will be handled in this year's election. Here are some of the key issues and cases that could affect the outcome of the poll 👇 ft.com/content/95413d…
In Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Democrats want an extension of the deadline for mail-in votes, while Republicans are suing to counter this move. Both states were crucial for Donald Trump's victory in 2016 ft.com/content/95413d…
In Ohio and Texas, a battle over drop-off boxes is taking place. Republican officials have limited the number of boxes to just one per county, meaning both rural and densely populated ones would have the same number of drop-off points ft.com/content/95413d…
The coronavirus crisis will wreak lasting damage on people’s living standards across the world, the IMF has warned on.ft.com/2FtsKjA
Global economic growth will be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s on.ft.com/2FtsKjA
The pandemic will leave significant scars on the global economy in the form of job losses and bankruptcies and entire sectors of the economy will be left unviable on.ft.com/2FtsKjA
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Our latest exclusive on the Vatican's controversial use of charitable funds ft.com/content/f966e8…