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UK economy crumbling as coronavirus deaths mount

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Ministers have been struggling to explain high death rates, limited testing and shortages of protective equipment. Britain's healthcare workers remain on the front lines as coronavirus continues to claim hundreds of lives each day The UK's economy is crumbling under the strain of the COVID-19 lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest levels in peacetime history, increasing pressure on the administration to set out an exit strategy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperating at his country residence after being seriously ill with COVID-19, is facing criticism from opposition politicians and some epidemiologists for reacting too slowly to the novel coronavirus outbreak. With the number of deaths in hospitals hitting 18,738 on Thursday, a single-day rise of 616, ministers are working to roll out a massage testing    and tracking programme to try to reduce the rate of transmission and possibly ease stringent m...
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India extends world's biggest coronavirus lockdown till May 3

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to intensive care unit

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Prime minister taken into intensive care after condition worsens, as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asked to deputise. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been continuing to lead government meetings from self-isolation after testing positive for cocoronavirus  UKPrime Minister BJ has been moved to intensive care after his COVID-19 symptoms worsened, according to government officials. Johnson, 55, asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday. Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday night and had been undergoing tests after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than 10 days, but the government had earlier said he was in good spirits and still in charge. "Since Sunday evening, the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus," the Downing Street spokesperson told...
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