Hot Off The Wires - 19 March 2020

Online supermarkets crashed under the pressure of unprecedented demand yesterday as panic buying continued to grip the country.
Thousands of large businesses could be locked out of Rishi Sunak’s £330bn coronavirus rescue fund because they lack strong enough credit ratings, it has emerged.
The US’ five largest airlines – which are pushing for a $50bn-plus bailout to help them survive the Covid-19 crisis – have handed out more than $45bn to shareholders and executives over the last five years.
The UK biotech firm Synairgen is to trial its experimental lung drug in Covid-19 patients, joining the global race to find a treatment for coronavirus.
Financial markets must remain open despite yet more turmoil for currencies and share prices hit by the coronavirus crisis, the new Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey declared today.

What British bird has the latin name Puffinus puffinus?

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