Senior US figure spoke on Senate floor without a mask; UK pressed to open transatlantic travel corridors; Italy records 731 deaths, its worst figure since April
- Republican senator Chuck Grassley tests positive
- Trump administration has ‘checked out’ as Covid-19 surges, experts say
- UK urged to open up transatlantic corridors as ‘Covid-free’ flight arrives
- UK police can resume issuing instant £10,000 Covid fines
Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, announced Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Grassley, 87, the senior senator from Iowa, said earlier in day that he was quarantining after being exposed to the virus and would work virtually as he waits for results of a test. He did not say how he was exposed.
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