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French health authorities on Saturday reported 10,561 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a new daily record as the number topped 10,000 for the first time.
A previous record of 9,843 new infections had been reported on Thursday.
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Portugal’s construction and manufacturing businesses are helping to get the economy back on its feet, Bloomberg reports.
“The economy is recovering fast, better than expected both in Portugal and Europe,” finance minister Joao Leao said on Friday in Berlin, where he is attending a meeting of European finance ministers, but warned that the outlook was still “very uncertain”.
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