White House Considers Postponing Tariffs to Help Businesses: Live Updates
Live updates on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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UK government fends off criticism with plan to pay self-employed
Rishi Sunak pressured into measures amid fears coronavirus will trigger unemployment crisisThe chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is expected to announce that the taxpayer will pay self-employed workers up to 80% of their recent earnings to help contain the economic impact of coronavirus, as 470,000 extra benefits claims sparked warnings of an “unemployment crisis”.Sunak has been under growing pressure to do more for the UK’s 5 million self-employed after announcing an unprecedented job retention scheme for employees last Friday, that will see thousands paid to stay at home. Continue reading...
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England: police to get power to use force to impose coronavirus lockdown
Proposals would allow use of ‘reasonable force’ if people refuse to go homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePolice will be authorised to use force to send people back home if they refuse to obey the coronavirus lockdown, under government plans.Ministers will issue fuller details by Thursday of how police will enforce the lockdown ordered by the prime minister on Monday, aimed at stopping the spread of the virus by keeping people apart. Continue reading...
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'Stay at home': plea from woman who fears she may have spread Covid-19
Sarah Ashley self-isolated with a cough but then her friend was taken to an ICUCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen she woke up on Monday morning the week before last, Sarah Ashley thought she was suffering from a hangover. When it dragged into the following day, the 38-year-old thought it was a lingering symptom of her weekend away.“I was just so exhausted and thought I just needed some early nights,” she remembers. “I was in bed both those nights by 9.30pm, which is not me.” Continue reading...
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Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes 20,000, as Spain overtakes China as second worst-hit country
India locks down; Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus; Senate and White House reach stimulus deal. Follow the latest updatesCoronavirus latest: at a glanceCoronavirus key questions: everything you need to knowDeath toll in Spain overtakes China as lockdowns extend around globeUS coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.40pm GMTYou can get in touch with me directly throughout the day with tips, news, questions or jokes on Twitter @helenrsullivan. 11.40pm GMTHi, this is Helen Sullivan with you now, taking over from my colleague Kevin Rawlinson. In the US, Alexandra Villarrea reports for the Guardian tha...
Coronavirus key questions: everything you need to know
From how to tell if you have Covid-19 to how to protect others - our experts answer the questions that really matterCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhat is Covid-19 and what are the symptoms?Covid-19 is the illness caused by a novel member of the coronavirus family that has transferred from animals to humans. The most common symptoms are fever, tiredness and a dry cough. Some patients may also have a runny nose, sore throat, nasal congestion and aches and pains or diarrhoea. Continue reading...
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Christchurch shootings: Brenton Tarrant pleads guilty to 51 murders
Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people and wounded dozens more at two mosques in New Zealand a year ago.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo urged cautious optimism on Wednesday as projections show New York's density control measures appear to be slowing the spread of coronavirus cases requiring hospitalization. “I’m not 100 percent sure it holds," said Cuomo, "or it’s accurate, but the arrows are headed in the right direction, and that is always better than the arrows headed in the wrong direction.”
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Coronavirus delays Russian vote on Putin staying in power
A public ballot on constitutional change is postponed because of coronavirus concerns.
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Coronavirus: Spain’s death toll surpasses China’s
The coronavirus death toll in Spain is now the second highest in the world after Italy at 3,434.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Senate Moves Toward Passing Sweeping $2 Trillion Aid Deal
People fleeing New York to other parts of the country were told to quarantine themselves for 14 days. Prince Charles has the virus. The number of deaths in Spain — more than 3,400 — surpassed the toll in China.
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Coronavirus Cases Rise Rapidly, but Cuomo Sees Progress: Live Updates
White House officials have been focused on New York as it has emerged as the epicenter of the national outbreak.
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What's in the Coronavirus Stimulus Package? 5 Things to Know
The largest economic stimulus measure in modern history would authorize direct payments to taxpayers and loans to small businesses, and create a $500 billion corporate bailout fund.
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A $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Will Help, but More May Be Needed
The coronavirus response deal set to pass Congress is more than twice as big as the 2009 stimulus bill to ease the Great Recession, but it will soothe a shutdown economy for only a few months.
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Long Island mom Diana Berrent, 45, learned that she tested positive Wednesday for coronavirus after days of experiencing terrible aches, nausea and a fever. Today, she takes us through her battle to secure a COVID-19 test at a Port Washington urgent care center.
Berrent says:
"I’m no germaphobe (I bathed in the Ganges last year along with 50 million others at the Kumbh Mela; my friends and family thought I was insane) but this virus scared me and as a news junkie I had been following it from its first reports.
In the last several weeks, my anxiety increased and I started limiting my outings into any crowded places, avoided public transportation and made my kids, 11 and 13, strip out of their clothes every day upon entering the house from school, shower and ...
UK coronavirus live: Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19
Rolling updates on all the UK developments in the coronavirus crisisPrince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall self-isolatingUK parliament to close early‘Confused, dangerous, flippant’: world pans PM’s handling of coronavirusCoronavirus - latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.42am GMTStricter lockdown measures have caused “panic and confusion” among parents with a custody arrangement in place, or a co-parenting plan, JMW Solicitors said.Cara Nuttall, partner and children law specialist at JMW Solicitors, has called on the government to issue clearer guidelines confirming that children can continue to move between households following the Prime Minister’s address on Monday, ...
Coronavirus: Senate agrees $1.8tn stimulus package with Trump
The deal to alleviate the economic impact of coronavirus on the US is worth more than $1.8 trillion.
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Coronavirus: Trump hopes US will shake off pandemic by Easter
As the president sets out "a beautiful timeline", New York warns it is a "canary in the coal mine".
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Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey charges 20 Saudis over journalist's murder
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
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Afghanistan conflict: Militants storm Sikh temple in Kabul
Suicide bombers and gunmen attack a Kabul temple full of worshippers, with at least one person killed.
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Coronavirus: Texas says abortions 'non-essential' amid pandemic
Facing medical supply shortages, two US states impose restrictions - critics warn move goes too far.
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Coronavirus live news: India locks down population of 1.3bn as Hubei eases restrictions
UN urges G20 to adopt ‘wartime plan’; WHO warns US risks could become the centre of the pandemic; EU urged to evacuate refugees from greek camps. Follow the latest updates.Why the US has struggled to tackle a growing crisisAustralia coronavirus live blogCalifornia scrambles to avoid Covid-19’s worst-case scenarioNo 10 criticised after unclear lockdown advice confuses publicSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 5.48am GMTAs Australians receive the following text message: 5.36am GMTIn rural France, which is one week into the national coronavirus confinement, some places are even more eerily quiet than usual. Related: ...
US Senate leaders reach deal with White House on $2tn coronavirus package
Text still being finalised of what is expected to be largest stimulus in US historyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUS Senate leaders have reached a deal with Trump administration officials on a nearly $2tn stimulus package to help rescue the American economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic as Donald Trump considers easing restrictions aimed at combating the contagion.After days of around-the-clock negotiations between senators and administration officials, a bipartisan compromise was struck over what is expected to be the largest US economic stimulus measure ever passed. Continue reading...
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Trump privately appeals to Asia and Europe for medical help to fight coronavirus
Despite president’s rhetoric that the US would not rely on foreign nations for help, the administration has approached European and Asian partnersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US has been appealing to its allies for help in obtaining medical supplies to overcome critical shortages in its fight against coronavirus.In his public rhetoric Donald Trump has been talking up the domestic private sector response to the crisis. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus Live Updates: White House and Congress Reach $2 Trillion Stimulus Deal
The legislation, which will send direct payments and jobless benefits to individuals, is the biggest economic stimulus package in modern American history.
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Doctors threaten to quit NHS over shortage of protective kit
Call for NHS recruits to tackle Covid-19 undermined by lack of essential suppliesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA massive NHS recruitment drive to help contain the coronavirus pandemic risks being undermined by the prospect of doctors quitting over fears of inadequate protective equipment, groups representing frontline staff say.The health secretary, Matt Hancock, said on Tuesday that 11,788 retired NHS staff had agreed to come back to work to help tackle the crisis – and announced the creation of a new 250,000-strong corps of “NHS Volunteer Responders”, who would be asked to take essential supplies to the most vulnerable people being “shielded” at home. Continue...
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