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Latest estimates suggest about 2.5 million people were economically inactive due to long-term sickness as of June – up 400,000 from before the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by: PA/Radar)

Tens of thousands of people ‘economically inactive’ in Ashfield

The US has cut the isolation requirement from 10 days to five providing people are not showing symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

Calls to cut Covid self-isolation to 5 days after US makes rules change

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

Previously the rapid testing initiative was only available to larger businesses with more than 250 employees (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Companies with more than 50 employees will be offered rapid Covid testing - what...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered his “deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one”, as the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 people (Photo: Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson offers ‘deepest condolences’ as Covid death rate passes 100,000 pe...

Here's what's happening to the UK's temporary nightingale hospitals as Covid cas...

By the week ending 12 June, England's cumulative mortality rate was the highest among 18 European countries (Shutterstock)

England officially has highest number of excess deaths in Europe