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FILE PHOTO: A woman cycles through the financial district in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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UK furlough scheme extended by four months

Sunak confirmed that employees will continue to receive 80 percent of their monthly wages up to £2,500

FILE PHOTO: Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
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London honours Captain Tom Moore, 100, in ancient ceremony

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a daily news conference to update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 11, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

UK to set out details on making workplaces safer as lockdown unwind begins

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes for a walk in Central London following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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UK plots exit from lockdown but cautions Covid-19 is here to stay

People walk along London Bridge following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in London, Britain May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
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To work or not to work? UK lockdown unwind mired by confusion

FILE PHOTO - A view of a COVID-19 testing station manned by British military personnel inside London's Hyde Park, Britain, May 8, 2020. REUTERS/ Alexander Smith
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UK sent coronavirus tests to United States for processing: minister

FILE PHOTO: People wearing masks are seen at Heathrow airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, London, Britain, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Britain to quarantine travellers for 14 days, UK airlines body says

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'We will meet again': Britain honours World War Two anniversary

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the headquarters of MI5, which is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, at Thames House in London, Britain February 25, 2020. Victoria Jones/PA Wire/Pool via Reuters
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Queen to address Britain as it commemorates VE Day

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain May 6, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
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UK to announce very limited easing of lockdown next week

General view of the Canary Wharf financial district, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Marika Kochiashvili
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UK has drawn up three-stage plan for easing coronavirus lockdown

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State of International Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss is seen outside Downing Street, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in London, Britain March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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US, UK launch post-Brexit video trade talks amid coronavirus recession

A general view of staff outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
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Ramping up Covid-19 testing earlier would have helped the UK, top advisers say