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Here’s a brief look at some of the UK newspaper front pages.
The Guardian splashes on No 10’s u-turn the surcharge on foreign National Health Service workers.
GUARDIAN: @BorisJohnson in U-turn on surcharge for foreign NHS workers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/glhyavQLzp
THE TIMES: immunity forms planned for coronavirus survivors #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/M2Rnw1ysd8
TELEGRAPH: Police spot checks to enforce quarantine #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MlkBS3XVFN
MAIL: could this be biggest virus hope we’ve had? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1UUk9gh89j
FT: China risks reigniting Hong Kong protest by imposing security law #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7nbEtfKrCD
In case you missed this earlier, China has abandoned a GDP target for first time in decades the amid “great uncertainty” of virus.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang told the opening of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on Friday: “We have not set a specific target for economic growth this year. This is because our country will face some factors that are difficult to predict in its development due to the great uncertainty regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and the world economic and trade environment.”
Related: China abandons GDP target for first time in decades amid ‘great uncertainty’ of virus
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