Coronavirus live news: test MPs daily, says House of Commons Speaker; Melbourne extends lockdown

‘Problem is weekly testing doesn’t tell you anything,’says Lindsay Hoyle; thousands attend protests against measuresin Croatia and ItalyWith other cities in lockdown, why isn ’t London having a second wave?Health experts welcome Melbourne extension but question curfewCovid-19 ‘could be endemic in deprived parts of England’Kamala Harris says she wouldn ’t trust Trump on Covid vaccine‘Drenched in the virus’: was this Austrian ski resort a Covid ground zero?1.38pmBSTAustralia will buy 84.8m vaccine doses at a cost of $1.7bn if two promising Covid-19 vaccine candidates prove successful, under deals negotiated by the Morrison government.Related:Australian government announces Covid vaccine deals to provide 84.8m doses1.26pmBSTThe Northern Ireland Prison Service has confirmed that an inmate at the top security Maghaberry jail outside Belfast has tested positive for Covid-19.The remand prisoner arrived at the prison on Thursday, it said.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Aaron Walawalkar (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Australia news US news UK news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news