Five headlines to bring you up to date on the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.
1. Covid study shows death risk doubles for diabetes patientsas those who do not have the condition, analysis of 158 studies involving more than 270,000 participants suggests. The University of Aberdeen research also indicates diabetes patients are three times as likely to be critically or severely ill with coronavirus. The risk declined when blood sugar levels were controlled.
in the Chinese city in the coming days, banning commercial food deliveries and requiring prior approval to go to hospital, except in emergencies. The strict lockdown - now in its seventh week - has created knock-on effects on business around the world, with3. Concern over why ethnic minorities are not seeking help with long Coviddue to fears they might not be believed.
, after the accountancy giant said workers could take Friday afternoons off over the summer. The Apprentice host had called the move a "joke", saying it would harm productivity, and adding: "The pandemic has had [a] long lasting negative effect." But PwC said the initiative had worked well in trials, with one senior manager calling Lord Sugar's response "at best, childish and misunderstood".