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A million workers are still employed by businesses at risk of closure over the next three months, as the government is poised to withdraw critical Covid support schemes, according to new analysis.
One in 16 firms say that they are now at risk of closure in the next quarter, the study by the LSE’s Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) has found.
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The Philippines recorded 14,749 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, its second-largest daily increase, bringing the country’s total confirmed infections to 1.74 million.
The Department of Health also reported an additional 270 deaths, the third highest one-day rise in fatalities, increasing the death toll to 30,340.
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