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20 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Today's #COVID19 headlines:

A London-based company has secured a UK government contract worth up to £10m to intentionally infect healthy young volunteers with covid-19 to hasten the development of a vaccine. theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
Greater Manchester leaders have been given a deadline of midday to reach a deal with the government over moving to tier three covid-19 restrictions. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-546091…
Ireland has announced some of Europe’s toughest covid-19 constraints, shutting non-essential retail, limiting restaurants and pubs to take away service and telling people not to travel more than 5 kilometres from their home. uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hea…
Passengers flying from Heathrow to Italy and Hong Kong will now be able to get a coronavirus test at the airport with results in just one hour. news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
Check our daily summary for more updates. newscientist.com/article/223747…

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