Coronavirus live news: Brazil anger as death toll mounts; Olympics will go ahead – Tokyo chief

Brazilian street protests erupt as Bolsonaro addresses nation; Tokyo Games organiser rejects doubters; pandemic pushes 100m into poverty says UN

A very quick Reuters snap here that the Serum Institute of India has sought regulatory approval to make Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, on top of the AstraZeneca and Novavax shots it is already producing.

In England, much of the news this morning has been dominated by the continued fall-out over the government’s plans for education “catch-up” spending. Yesterday Sir Kevan Collins quit, said to be dismayed that his long-awaited £15bn proposals were watered down to a £1.4bn package.

Home Office minister Victoria Atkins has been out and about fronting up the government response, saying that the Government’s education recovery fund was “very much focused on what we can deliver and deliver quickly”

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