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Health
It is still too early to know the effect of school openings will have on coronavirus cases in France. Read
An Alice Cummings is a director at Idox but she’s not his sister and the company has nothing to do with the app. Read
Health
New findings that 19 million people in the UK have already had the new coronavirus are very uncertain. Read
Health
The Wayback Machine website shows the edit being made in mid-April 2020. Read
Europe
The Express has misquoted figures on the UK goods trade with the EU. Read
A post shared on social media incorrectly claims Dominic Cummings is pictured as a member of the Bullingdon Club alongside David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Read
Health
The Prime Minister claimed £900 million had been raised by the surcharge, but there was some confusion as to whether he was only referring to contributions from health workers. Read
Health
A quarter of patients who died with Covid-19 in English hospitals had diabetes. But that doesn’t mean that all these deaths were linked to diabetes. Read
Health
In PMQs, Boris Johnson misspoke by saying 125,000 care home staff and 118,000 care home workers have been tested for coronavirus. Read
Health
Official data shows that most people who died from Covid-19 had other conditions, not that these conditions were the real cause of their death. Read
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