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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Britain rise to 85 – ministry The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Britain rose to 85 on Wednesday in the biggest daily jump since it was first detected in the country, Health Ministry figures show. The number of confirmed cases was 51 on Tuesday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would cut the number of days workers must wait before they qualify for the state minimum sick pay if they are isolating themselves because they may have coronavirus. Johnson told parliament that emergency coronavirus legislation would include measures to allow the payment of statutory sick pay from the first day of absence instead of four days under current rules, Reuters reported. Confirmed coronavirus cases in Britain rise to 85 – ministry...

'It's unfortunate to see markets, not the Fed, making monetary policy,' former Federal Reserve insider tells Boom Bust The US Federal Reserve has announced the first emergency interest rate cut since the 2008 financial crisis. The cut aims to give the US economy a jolt in the face of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. RT's Boom Bust talks to former Fed insider Danielle DiMartino Booth about the bank's decision and why the markets have continued to slide. "I think the Fed needs to step back and say these are rate cuts, this is monetary policy, this is not going to be able to address what is happening in the economy due to the coronovirus," she says. //www.youtube.com/embed/9lYxZIiGmH0 Now is the time...

Athens claims Turkish police are firing tear gas ‘to help migrants cross border’ Greece released a video clip on Wednesday which it said showed Turkish riot police firing tear gas canisters at the Kastanies border crossing, where thousands of migrants are trying to cross into the EU. Athens, backed by the EU, accuses Ankara of deliberately goading the migrants to cross into Greece. Turkey said last week it would no longer abide by a 2016 deal with the EU to keep the migrants on its territory in return for aid from the bloc. The video clip showed a row of Turkish riot police behind shields with four taking turns to fire tear gas towards Greek territory. The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified. A Greek security official told Reuters that the Turkish riot ...