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The April lockdown hit the economy incredibly hard. The economy shrank by a fifth, or 20%. So a two week "circuit-breaker", which would be less intensive, could hit the economy by 5% or more ...

The economy shrank by 20%, and a two-week circuit-breaker could slash off a further 5%, says Islam. “It would probably lead to another quarter of shrinking growth, just as the technical ...