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regular Cobra meetings chaired by the PM.” Labour leadership hopefuls Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy also demanded quicker action.
Nandy said: “Half the country is under water, people are terrified of coronavirus and Boris is nowhere to be seen. The people of Britain deserve better.”
There are hopes a major UK outbreak would diminish if it could be delayed until the warmer months.
A number of schools will continue deep-cleaning over the weekend. At least 10 have been closed this week.
EasyJet is cancelling flights while British Airways announced travel to Europe and Asia has been hit. Airlines
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Tui and Jet2 are refusing to fly Brits audiences for the second day. home from a Tenerife hotel hit by Confirmed cases in Italy rose to 888 coronavirus until they get the all-clear. yesterday, up from 650 the day
About 160 Brits are among around before. Of these, 21 have died and 800 guests isolated at the four-star 46 recovered. H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel. France reported 19 new confirmed
The husband of Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe cases yesterday, taking its total to 57. said he fears for her after she Switzerland has banned all events developed a “cold” in the Evin involving more than 1000 people until prison in Iran’s capital Tehran, at least March 15 as a measure to halt where coronavirus was reported to the spread of coronavirus. have spread. The FTSE 100 fell faster this week
The virus has claimed 34 lives in than at any time since 2008’s financial the country. Iran rejected reports that crisis, wiping £210billion off its value. at least 210 lives had been lost there. In the US, the Dow Jones fell 3.2 per
The Vatican insisted Pope Francis cent yesterday. China’s benchmark was only “slightly unwell” as the index fell 3.7 per cent and Germany’s 83-year-old cancelled official DAX 3.9 per cent.
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Bank of England’s Mark Carney