An article said that International Airlines Group (IAG) “paid shareholders £630m in dividends”. In fact, on 2 April IAG decided, due to the Covid-19 crisis, not to pay out the second half of its 2019 dividend, so the amount distributed was only the interim: £251m (“Furlough furore ignores the scheme’s aim of protecting jobs”, Sport, 12 April, page 60).
A leading article (“Bleak tally of death is a warning we must heed”, 12 April, page 40) referred to an $8bn global funding gap for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments but erred when converting the sum to sterling; the equivalent is £6.25bn, not £2.8bn.
The Covid-19 virus measures 80 billionths of a metre in diameter, not “an 80-billionth” as we said in an article (“Covid-19: what we know now”, page 6).
Other recently amended articles include:
‘Lockdown is not over’ for people of Wuhan, despite easing of restrictions
Patel refuses to take children from Greek camps threatened by Covid-19
UK political parties unite to demand recall of parliament
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