diamond geezer

 Saturday, October 10, 2020

20 things that happened this week #coronavirus • London Marathon for elite runners only • Cineworld to close all cinemas • "bumpy through to Christmas" (PM) • numerous other White House staff test positive • Trump briefly leaves hospital for a motorcade • 15841 cases uncounted (& not followed up) • Trump 'feeling really good' - leaves hospital • PM looks ahead to a post-Covid UK • hospital admissions jump by 25% • shortage of tests across the NHS • intensive care filling up in Paris • pubs to close for 2 weeks in central Scotland • new 3-tier restrictions expected on Monday • getting Covid "a blessing from God" (Trump) • cafes/bars in Brussels closed for a month • economy still 9% below pre-pandemic levels • cases have 'increased rapidly' (ONS) • new Job Support Scheme will pay 2/3 of wages • delayed honours list recognises care workers • Northern mayors say govt support insufficient Worldwide deaths: 1,030,000 → 1,070,000 Worldwide cases: 34,700,000 → 37,000,000 UK deaths: 42,317 → 42,760 UK cases: 480,017 → 590,844 FTSE: up 2% (5902 → 6016)

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