06/05/20 COVID-19 Global News Update

Australia will have a COVID-19 safe economy up and running by July, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as his government seeks to get one million unemployed people working again.

Walt Disney Co suffered a $1.4bn (£1.1bn) hit to profits in the first three months of the year, as it closed its parks, cancelled movie releases and reduced advertising sales.

(Reuters) - Tennis’s governing bodies and the organisers of the four Grand Slams said on Tuesday they will raise over $6 million (4.8 million pounds) to help players affected by the sport’s current shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PARIS (Reuters) - French insurer AXA AXA.PA said on Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis would have a material impact on its 2020 earnings and said that it could face around 500 million euros in claims for events cancellations.

Some sheep farmers have said they are facing difficulties as coronavirus has left them unable to bring over shearers from Australia and New Zealand. One shearing firm said it had given up a quarter of its work because it had been unable to bring in foreign staff.

Most firms reckon they could be ready to restart business with just three weeks' notice. That's according to the latest British Chambers of Commerce Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak reportedly set to announce plans to taper off the government's furlough scheme, which is supporting workers staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

The NI Executive has approved a £40m scheme for small businesses which have not so far qualified for coronavirus grant support.

Letter to MPs from 100 charities and unions warns 'inadequate' social security system and low wages has left both paid and unpaid carers 'languishing in poverty for years'

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Social workers are bracing for a surge in referrals of vulnerable children when schools re-open again as abuse and neglect suffered by youngsters in their homes goes unnoticed during the coronavirus pandemic.

The new NHS contact-tracing app could be used to send malicious alerts causing people to isolate unnecessarily, it has been warned.

Prof Neil Ferguson has quit as a government adviser on coronavirus after admitting an "error of judgement". Prof Ferguson, whose advice to the prime minister led to the UK lockdown, said he regretted "undermining" the messages on social distancing.

US Vice-President Mike Pence has said the White House coronavirus task force could be disbanded this month because of the country's "tremendous progress".

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