UK economy crumbling as coronavirus deaths mount
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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