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Up here in Scotland, Nicola saying today, together with the CMO, Catherine Calderwood, that there will be a huge increase in testing for COVID-19. I like this positive move because it was significant in S Korea's effective strategy to contain the virus. However, the S Korean medical authority applied an astounding 32k tests per million people. Also notable events today were 1. Trump finally admitting there will be a global recession 2. Macron pledging £300B to prop up the French economy and business 3. Other Euro countries moving on similar lines. As for the UK? There is no doubt that Sunak's budget has now become miniscule and unsatisfactory. So he is likely to make some kinda move tomorrow - IMO a huge "acid test" in a situation where political ideology should be replaced by common sense and pragmatism in a crisis that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. BUT WILL THAT MOVE ACTUALLY HAPPEN?