Coronavirus: The Latest

Friday 8 May

US unemployment soars, the UK splits over easing lockdown measures and the inside story of how an email from a Turkish T-shirt salesman led to a British PPE fiasco.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ47wlqvTtE&amp;list=PLJnf_DDTfIVCfD6MufPrAg7CvfgyBM2Gq&amp;index=5&amp;t=1s" target="_blank">Watch</a> - How the global economy has been damaged by COVID-19<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/whisper-millions-people-enjoying-lockdown/" target="_blank">Read</a> - Whisper it, but millions of people are enjoying lockdownWe’re giving all of the wonderful staff of our brilliant NHS a free, six-month digital subscription to The Telegraph. Just email NHS@telegraph.co.uk from your NHS email address.Send us a voice note or email with your Coronavirus question: <a href="mailto:coronaviruspodcast@telegraph.co.uk" target="_blank">coronaviruspodcast@telegraph.co.uk</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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