Nearly 3,000 people in UK test positive in 24 hours – as it happened

Significant rise in UKwith 2,988 new cases; Netanyahu backtracks on lockdowns for cities with high infection rates; thousands attend protests against measuresin Croatia and Italy. This blog is closedFollow the latest global coronavirus live blog hereWith 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?11.58pmBSTWe ’ve launched a new blog at the link below – head there for the latest:Related:Coronavirus live news: cases rising in 22 US states as France declares more Covid-19 'red zones'11.44pmBSTHi,Helen Sullivan joining you now.I ’ll be bringing you the lates pandemic news for the next few hours. Get in touch onTwitter @helenrsullivan or via email: [e-mail] reading...

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