Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 95,000 as Boris Johnson leaves intensive care
16.8 million Americans out of work; French deaths pass 12,000; South Africa extends lockdown by a fortnight. Follow the latest updates.
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A staggering 16.8 million Americans lost their jobs in just three weeks in a measure of how fast the coronavirus has brought world economies to their knees.
Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. government showed that 6.6 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, on top of more than 10 million in the two weeks before that.
Hello and welcome to today’s live coronavirus coverage with me, Helen Sullivan.
In good news, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left intensive care and is now in a ward at St. Thomas’ Hospital. A spokesperson said that Johnson is “in extremely good spirits.”
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