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Business Matters: Confirmed US daily covid cases at all time high

Confirmed US daily covid cases at all time high

13/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Confirmed US daily covid cases at all time high

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More than 142,000 people tested positive in the past 24 hours.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the United States has hit an all-time daily high for the second day in a row. More than 142,000 people tested positive in the past 24 hours. In more than a dozen US states, the number of infections has doubled in a fortnight. We get an update on the situation in Michigan from The Detroit News health writer Karen Bouffard.

The Indian government has announced new measures to try and stimulate a recovery from the impact of coronavirus and Deutsche Bank has suggested a tax of 5% on a worker's salary if they choose to work from home because they are saving money. Labour economist Julia Pollak of ZipRecruiter tells us about the long-term trends for working from home and isn't a fan of the idea.

Also in the programme, we look at farming in the UK and how it will be impacted by Brexit, plus, with sales on of guitars on the rise as a result of people being stuck at home because of Covid-19, we find out more from James Curleigh, CEO of Gibson, which makes of the some of the most famous guitars in the world. 

Our two guests throughout the show are Sushma Ramajandran, a business journalist from New Delhi. And Tony Nash, the Chief Economist at Complete Intelligence in Houston, Texas.

(Picture: the USA flag with coronavirus images on it. Credit: Getty Images.)

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