A contact tracing system has been launched in England as a step towards allowing the loosening of lockdown measures, the U.K. government says.
A statement by the ministry on Wednesday said that 287 new cases were recorded nationwide during the past 24 hours — the vast majority in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
More than 200,000 tests have been carried out in the conflict-ridden country, the Health Ministry said, which had helped to identify new outbreaks.Australian archbishop calls for equality between churches and pubs Archbishop Anthony Fisher, in Sydney, encouraged Catholics on Thursday to sign a petition calling on the New South Wales government to treat churches equally with pubs and restaurants when it brings in new rules on June 1.
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England's COVID-19 test and trace system begins as adviser row rumbles onBritain's government faced questions over how closely people would abide by its new COVID-19 test and trace service on Thursday, as a row persisted over the prime minister's closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown.
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UK employers should pay wages of those asked to isolate by COVID-19 trace system: ministerBritish employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by England's COVID-19 test and trace system, British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday.
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Test and trace system will start on ThursdayAnyone coming into close contact with infected people in England will be told to isolate.
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UNHCR: Child labour, marriages on rise in Yemen as Covid-19 spreadsUNHCR said Yemen's health care system 'has in effect collapsed', with the virus thought to be spreading throughout the country, and appealed for urgent funding last week.
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