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- The much-anticipated shipment of personal protective equipment from Turkey contained 32,000 gowns vs the expected 400,000 units.
- Meanwhile, 42% of NHS beds lie empty, as do two-thirds of mechanical ventilation units.
- Boris Johnson could return to No. 10 as early as Monday, according to the Telegraph.
- Ten million key workers and their households can now book a Covid-19 test online. The 5,000 that were made available this morning ran out in just two minutes.
- Rishi Sunak is considering 100% government-backed Covid-19 loans of up to £25,000 to small businesses.
- The Scottish government has released its plans for ending the lockdown. Katy Balls has the details.
- The chief executive of an NHS trust has criticised the ‘outrageous profiteering’ of a company that raised the price of a single piece of PPE from £2 to £16.50.
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