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World Service,05 May 2023,26 mins

Covid no longer global emergency but left economic scars

World Business Report

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The World Health Organisation says Covid- 19 is no longer a global health emergency, after three years of lives and economies turned upside down -- and millions of deaths. Job creation in the US remained robust last month, despite turmoil in the banking sector and the impact of higher borrowing costs. Employers added 253,000 jobs, which was better than many analysts had expected. Millions of people across the UK and beyond are preparing to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III - a symbolic ceremony combining a religious service and pageantry. (Picture: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside Oldham Regional Science Centre on November 24, 2020 in Oldham, United Kingdom. Source: Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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