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Friday, November 6, 2020

Coronavirus live news: US breaks new cases record for second straight day as world suffers highest daily deaths

Global total cases rise by record of nearly 700,000; US adds over 100,000 cases for two days in a row, according to Johns Hopkins; Denmark removed from UK travel corridor * UK chancellor extends furlough scheme until early 2021 * Exclusive: UK rapid mass tests miss over 50% of cases in pilot * See all our coronavirus coverage 3.17am GMT Greece will go back into lockdown from Saturday for three weeks to battle a second wave of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced. AFP: “It was a difficult decision” but “measures must be taken for three weeks to overcome this second wave”, he told a videoconference on Thursday. 2.39am GMT The full story on Denmark being removed from the UK’s travel corridor now: Related: Coronavirus live news: US breaks new cases record for second straight day as world suffers highest daily deaths Continue reading...


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