Covid: People urged to socialise carefully as cases hit new record
Pubs and restaurants are not closing, the PM insists – but he and Prof Chris Whitty urge caution. BBC News – UK
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‘If you eat here, you’re dining with rats’
Some New Yorkers are cooling on the craze for street-side restaurant sheds, due to noise and vermin. BBC News – US & Canada
Kenyans find rural lifeline after Covid city exodus
The coronavirus pandemic has forced some city dwellers to move back to the countryside to survive. BBC News – Africa
Banks to share premises amid mass branch closures
Independent assessors will decide what services are needed in a local area when a branch is closed. BBC News – Business
US-led coalition against IS ends combat mission in Iraq
Troops will remain to “advise, assist and enable” Iraqi security forces to stop a resurgence of IS. BBC News – Middle East
Haiti fuel tanker blast kills dozens in Cap-Haïtien
The victims had been gathering leaking fuel from a vehicle involved in an accident, reports say. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean