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Coronavirus Update: Unemployment grant email backlog + Messi absent for COVID testing

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Darren, Keri and Sky bring you Coronavirus news from around the globe.
According to SASSA, the support system behind South Africa's special Covid-19 grant for unemployed people who receive no other state help has a backlog of some 300,000 emails. Lionel Messi did not report for required coronavirus testing scheduled for the whole squad on Sunday. Does this mean he is really leaving Barca?
31 Aug 2020 3AM English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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