Guardian

The Guardian goes with the global roll out of on-the-spot coronavirus tests which give results in 15-30 minutes and which, it says, could save thousands of lives.

World leaders have pledged to clamp down on pollution, embrace sustainable economic systems and eliminate the dumping of plastic waste in oceans by the middle of the century, The Guardian reports.

The union for university staff and academics calls for in-person teaching to stop until the test and trace system is “fixed” and the spread of coronavirus is brought under control. That’s the lead story in The Guardian. 

The Guardian reports on the chancellor’s promise that not all jobs can be saved by his winter support scheme and that the economy is undergoing “permanent adjustment”. 

The Guardian writes that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s winter economy plan will “continue protecting jobs” as Britain enters a new phase of the pandemic. 

The Guardian focuses on the threat of a second lockdown during the PM’s speech, when he warned the government “reserves the right to go further” if people don’t obey the new rules. 

Pubs, bars and restaurants in England must shut by 10pm under new nationwide restrictions that stop short of harsher measures, to halt an “exponential” rise in coronavirus cases, The Guardian writes.

The Guardian says the UK’s most senior government scientists will make a direct appeal to the public on Monday to warn “a critical point has been reached” in the fight against coronavirus.

The Guardian writes that scientists fear a second wave of coronavirus infections could cause as many deaths as the first if there is not a rapid change in public behaviour. 

The Guardian reports the latest with the UK’s testing system, as its head Dido Harding admitted that demand was up to four times the level of capacity. The paper’s headline quotes the Liberal Democrat health spokesperson saying that the system in England is “barely functional”. The paper says it’s seen documents showing some contact tracers taking up to to two weeks to contact those who had come into contact with positive cases.