Coronavirus live news: Global infections near 20m as Australia suffers deadliest day




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As many as a third of UK employers expect to cut jobs by October, according to a survey that suggests that the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate in the coming weeks.

About 33% of more than 2,000 companies, charities and public sector bodies in the poll said they expected to make redundancies in the third quarter of 2020, according to figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Adecco Group, a staffing company.

The poll suggests the UK is likely to experience a wave of job losses across the economy as the government starts to withdraw the coronavirus job retention scheme:




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Victoria records 322 cases and 19 deaths, marking Australia’s deadliest day

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UK’s new daily infections surpass 1,000 for first time since June




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French passengers sue Costa Cruises over virus ship ordeal and for manslaughter




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Greece sees highest daily case rise




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