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Covid-19 update: The UK’s new hope – a Covid tracker

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  • The UK is to adopt a South Korean model for exiting the lockdown, and ONS data will be vital to the strategy. James Forsyth has the details below.
  • UK anxiety levels over Covid-19 are falling, says the ONS.
  • Boris Johnson will lead his first coronavirus briefing today since contracting the disease.
  • NHS England has set out its plan to restart non-Covid-19 services.
  • Child abuse calls to the NSPCC have risen almost 20% since the start of lockdown.
  • No child has yet transmitted Covid-19 to an adult, a review in partnership with the Royal College of Paediatricians has found. However, a study from Germany finds no significant difference between the viral loads carried by patients in different age ranges, including children.
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