Israel health chief quits in protest at lockdown easing – as it happened

Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19; thousands protest against renewed lockdown inSerbia;Kenya emerges from quarantine. This blog is now closedFollow the latest global coronavirus live blog here11.57pmBSTHi, Helen Sullivan here. We ’ve fired up a new blog at the link below – head there for the latest:Related:Coronavirus live news: US to leave WHO as organisation warns crisis accelerating11.18pmBSTA company belonging toKanye West receivedmillions in loans from a federal coronavirus stimulus package, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest given the rapper ’s ties to the Trump administration.On Monday, the US Small Business Administrationreleased data on more than 40,000 companies that received loans of $150,000 (approximately £120,000) or more under the payroll protection program (PPP). As firstreported by the Daily Beast, Yeezy LLC, a company established in Delaware but operated in California, received between $2m and $5m.Related:Kanye West's company granted millions in coronavirus stimulusContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Kevin Rawlinson, Helen Pidd and Amy Walker (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Science Infectious diseases UK news US news Australia news Microbiology Source Type: news