Coronavirus: 135 more deaths as UK passes 300,000 cases June 18, 2020 A further 135 people have died of coronavirus in the UK, the latest figures from the Department of Health revealed today. The increase means that the total number of people to have died from the disease has reached 42,288. The figures also showed that the number of confirmed cases of the disease has now passed [...]
Privacy U-turn: NHS tracing app shifted to Apple and Google model June 18, 2020 The government has announced it will abandon its previous work on its coronavirus-tracing app to move towards a more privacy-focused model, based on technology developed by Apple and Google. The UK will follow in the footsteps of others such as Germany in chasing a more decentralised approach. While it has been argued to be more [...]
England’s Test and Trace system misses one in four people with coronavirus June 18, 2020 The number of contacts made by positive coronavirus cases identified by England’s NHS Test and Trace system increased to 44,895 in its second week, but it missed one in four infected patients. The Department of Health said today that 5,949 people who tested positive for coronavirus had their case transferred to the contact tracing system [...]
City reacts to Bank of England’s £100bn stimulus June 18, 2020 The Bank of England (BoE) this morning held interest rates at a record low and said it will expand its bond-buying programme by £100bn to help to steer the British economy through the coronavirus crisis. Economists had almost unanimously predicted that the Bank would keep the main interest rate steady and focus on expanding quantitative [...]
Now hiring: DPD bets big on online delivery market with 6,000 new workers and £200m spending spree June 18, 2020 Delivery giant DPD is hiring 6,000 new workers in order to keep up with demand from “the biggest boom in online retailing in the UK’s history” as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. The firm said it would also put £200m extra cash into its network, as part of an “unprecedented investment in our infrastructure [...]
Bank of England holds rates, boosts stimulus by £100bn June 18, 2020 The Bank of England has held interest rates at a record low and will expand its bond-buying programme by £100bn to help to steer the British economy through the “unprecedented” crisis caused by coronavirus. At its June meeting, the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the main interest rate at a record [...]
Coronavirus safety measures risk ‘immeasurable damage’ to economy, says travel boss June 18, 2020 The economy faces “immeasurable” damage if the government veers too far towards medical safety measures to to protect agains the coronavirus pandemic, according to the boss of travel industry association ABTA. Speaking on City A.M’s The City View podcast this morning, Mark Tanzer gave a grim assessment of the problems facing Britain’s travel industry. He [...]
Coronavirus outbreak in Beijing is under control, says Chinese health expert June 18, 2020 The outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing has been brought under control, the chief epidemiologist of China’s Center for Diseases Prevention and Control has said. Wu Zunyou said today that the latest outbreak in Beijing is now under control, adding that while new cases may emerge in the coming days, these would be cases discovered during [...]
Sadiq Khan urges PM to make face masks compulsory in shops as well as public transport June 18, 2020 Sadiq Khan has urged the government to force people to wear face masks in shops and other confined public spaces. The mayor of London wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson this morning, calling for an extension to the rule which requires people to wear face masks on public transport. He said: “With lockdown easing, it’s [...]
Asian markets fall as fears of second wave dent confidence June 18, 2020 Asian markets fell on Thursday as spiking coronavirus cases and prospects of new lockdowns shook earlier confidence about a global economic recovery. Optimism about a quick economic comeback has been tempered by more global cases of coronavirus, with a fresh outbreak in Beijing and rising infections in US states that are reopening after lockdowns helping [...]
