WHO needs $31.3bn over 12 months for vaccines; France plans 1.3m tests to find ‘hidden clusters’; Mike Pence to hold first taskforce briefing in weeks * Global report: rationing returns to Australia as panic buying spreads * Swedes rapidly losing trust in Covid-19 strategy, poll finds * England: major incident declared as people flock to south coast * UK coronavirus updates – live * See all our coronavirus coverage 3.23pm BST The Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by phone on Friday, the Greek leader’s office said - a rare such contact for two neighbours at odds over a range of issues. Erdogan and Mitsotakis addressed ways of handling the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the reopening of borders and the re-establishment of tourist flows, a statement from Mitsotakis’s office said. 3.03pm BST European stock markets bounced back on Friday from recent losses, but an increase in global coronavirus infections fanned worries about a feared second wave, dealers said. Leading European indices were posting healthy gains by the mid-afternoon. Continue reading...
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