UK coronavirus live: 649,000 people lose their jobs during lockdown
News updates: Unemployment grew by 74,000 in June; vacancies fell 463,000 from March to May to record low of 333,000
- Full story: UK employment plunges by 650,000 as firms cut jobs
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- NHS boss who blamed outbreak on staff pictured without mask
- Children in Scotland need post-Covid-19 mental health care
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Figures released by the Department for Health and Social Care show that as of 8 July, an estimated 741,021 coronavirus tests had been carried out on workers in UK social care settings. The number includes symptomatic household members.
An estimated 352,946 tests have been carried out on care home residents. However, the estimates are not an indication of the number of people tested, as some people have been tested more than once.
The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has begun her daily press briefing on coronavirus.
She confirmed that one further person who tested positive for Covid-19 died overnight in Scotland, taking the country’s total deaths to 2,491.
Word. At her daily briefing, Nicola Sturgeon says to parents: “I can only imagine the disruption that closure of childcare settings has caused…”
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