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Now playing Next United Kingdom New phone app reminds people to 'mind the gap' and socially distance A UK tech startup has developed an app called "Mind the Gap" to remind people of the need to socially distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. 27/09/2020
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Now playing Next world news Europe has 'a lot of work to do' to prevent COVID-19, WHO expert warns Amid rapidly rising cases in Europe, the World Health Organization's Dr Mike Ryan said that Europe has a lot of work to do and said a national lockdown was only a "last resort". 25/09/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU countries have gone too far with COVID restrictions, claims report A new report by Civil Liberties Union for Europe says some EU countries have gone too far with the measures they have taken to fight COVID-19, eroding basic rights and civil liberties. 25/09/2020
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Now playing Next United Kingdom How the UK's borrowing has ballooned since its coronavirus lockdown New figures released by the UK's statistics agency on Friday show the country has been borrowing record levels of money over the summer 25/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Lockdowns 'cannot be sustained': five criteria for long-term response A new study by the Lancet has identified key factors to help countries which 'seek to balance various health, social, and economic concerns' as 'lockdowns and other extreme restrictions cannot be sustained for the long term'." 25/09/2020
Now playing Next world news COVID-19 and red tape is keeping thousands of mariners stuck at sea More than 300,000 mariners are still stranded, waiting for replacement crew. Around as many are waiting on shore, trying to get back to work. 25/09/2020
Now playing Next China COVID-19 vaccine 'will be ready by early 2021', says Chinese company Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, said he was confident that the vaccine would be available in the European Union. 25/09/2020
Now playing Next world news Coronavirus: New infections reach record highs in Britain and France More than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases were registered in France over the previous 24 hours, while 6,632 new infections were observed in the UK. 24/09/2020