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The coronavirus pandemic could cause UK economic output to plunge by an unprecedented 15% in the second quarter of the year and unemploymentto more than double, according to dire forecasts.
The deepest recession since the financial crisis is now all but unavoidable, according to analysts at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), after businesses shut up shop and consumer spending fell dramatically as a result of lockdown restrictions.
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In the US, the family of John Prine, one of the most influential figures in folk and country music, says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being treated for Covid-19-type symptoms.
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