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‘We’re ready if we are needed’: East London Mosque opens Covid-19 morgue
The final few snagging jobs were still in progress at the end of a lightning conversion of railway arches into an emergency morgue as the first bodies arrived. A smell…
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Government releases draft legislation for Covidsafe tracing app to allay privacy concerns
Collection, use or disclosure of information collected by Australia’s Covidsafe contact tracing app – except by public health authorities – would be punishable by up to five years in prison,…
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Coronavirus Australia news: government releases Covidsafe app legislation – as it happened
That concludes our coverage for the day. Thanks for reading. Stay safe. Kristy McBain has been confirmed as Labor’s candidate for the upcoming by-election in Eden-Monaro. The contest was triggered…
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Coronavirus: face masks become China’s key back-to-school accessory
Chinese children started returning to school across the country last week as part of an effort to get things back to normal, but one thing they had to adjust to…
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Food banks struggle to keep pace with immigrant communities hit hard by pandemic
Texas food banks are struggling to meet unprecedented demand and many Texans seeking help are leaving empty-handed, internal Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) documents reveal. As the coronavirus pandemic…
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Ask Demi Moore: book clubs offer emotional support, stress management for people in lockdown from Hollywood to Asia
While shut in their homes voluntarily or under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, savvy people around the world are joining online activities to stay healthy – physically and mentally. For…
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Cash-strapped governments see revenue in US$26 trillion online industry amid pandemic
When Indonesia looked for new ways to fund government spending on coronavirus relief last month, the world’s fourth most-populous nation homed in on a driver of the economy that was…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s economy slumps 8.9 per cent in worst contraction on record
Hong Kong’s economy suffered its worst performance on record, slumping 8.9 per cent year on year in the first quarter amid the coronavirus pandemic, sparking an appeal from the city’s…
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Kuwait police break up ‘riot’ by Egyptian workers stranded by coronavirus
Police in Kuwait dispersed what they described as a riot by stranded Egyptians unable to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said on Monday. The development was the first…
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Coronavirus: US college students seek refunds over subpar online tuition amid pandemic
They wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 US universities are filing lawsuits against…