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Daily View 2×2: 7 May 2020

By Mark Valladares | Thu 7th May 2020 - 7:30 am

2 big stories

Who’d have thought it? The achievement of the testing target on 30 April is already looking deeply shady, with the inclusion of posted tests included in that figure, plus allegations that even those posted weren’t actually usable. And now, subsequent data shows that the numbers are going backwards, not upwards. The solution, a new target. The distraction from failure – some relaxations in terms of going out and about.

Meanwhile, the European Union is predicting that its economy will shrink by 7.4% this year, the worst performance since World War II, with the economies of Southern Europe worst …

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged coronavirus testing, economy, europe and Local government | 1 Comment

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