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Sailors on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt are reportedly disinfecting it with minimal protective equipment.
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, multiple family members of the sailors onboard say face masks have not been widely distributed.
Rachel Silverman reports.
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The US state of California will spend nearly $1 billion to purchase up to 200 million masks a month during the COVID-19 outbreak.
It comes as residents in Los Angeles are ordered to wear masks that cover their nose and mouth in grocery stores and other essential businesses.
Danielle Robertson reports from Los Angeles.
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More than nine million workers in the UK are expected to be furloughed (pron: fur-low) under the government's job retention scheme.
The cost to the taxpayer over the course of three months is estimated to be the equivalent of $40-50bn.
Benji Hyer has the details.
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A new system of boarding buses is being trialled in London amid growing concern over the safety of drivers.
Fourteen transport workers in the UK capital have now died after contracting coronavirus.
Holly Hudson has more.
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In a media briefing, she said that two more patients for Covid-19 have tested negative in all three tests taken. One is in Dar es Salaam and the other in Arusha. The country's total recoveries now stand at five.
Daniel Kijo has more from Dar es Salaam.
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The Bank of France says that the country is now in recession after GDP growth sunk to -6% in the first three months of 2020.
It comes as France suffers its worst one-day rise in the number of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ross Cullen has more from Paris.
Russia's largest tech firm Yandex says its data show slightly more people outside on the streets of Moscow this week than last, despite a lockdown. Authorities have asked people in the capital to stay indoors unless they're buying food, seeking emergency medical care or doing essential jobs. Lucy Taylor reports.