COVID-19 Updates
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Considerations for Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities
Guiding Principles to Keep in Mind Many people living in retirement communities and independent living facilities are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 because: Risk increases with age, and/or…
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Community Mitigation Resources
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Battered by coronavirus, Australia’s ‘lucky’ economy faces long road to recovery
Coronavirus has done to Australia what even the global financial crisis could not: abruptly end a record growth run and help trigger a deep recession from which the country will…
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Hong Kong’s coronavirus quarantine staff standing proud despite abuse, suicide threats and killer litter
Dealing with objects thrown from a tower block, routine verbal abuse and suicide attempts are some of the challenges faced by staff and volunteers who kept Hong Kong’s quarantine centres…
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Expect the coronavirus pandemic bankruptcy tsunami to be worse than predicted
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads and in many places deepens across the world, and efforts to revive our economies flounder, some sobering questions arise: how deep is the recession going…
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Daily death toll in New York, once the US coronavirus epicentre, drops to five
Five people died Saturday from the coronavirus in New York state, the lowest daily death toll the state has reported since March 15.Saturday’s total compared to 13 fatalities the day…
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Coronavirus bailouts: governments and central banks can’t keep throwing money at the problem
A comfort in these dark days of pandemic and recession has been the presence of governments and central banks with apparently bottomless purses. Without this largesse, the world economy would…
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Outrage over Trump’s retweet of supporter shouting ‘white power’ – live
The number of coronavirus cases in Florida rose by 8,530 to 141,075 on Sunday, according to the daily report from the state’s health department. The news comes one day after…
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Coronavirus live news: confirmed Covid-19 cases exceed 10m globally
Police in The Hague detained 37 protesters who ignored a court ban and held a demonstration against social distancing rules on Sunday, they said. Around 200 protesters took part in…
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Singapore election: Workers’ Party manifesto targets high cost of living
Singapore’s biggest opposition party has released an election manifesto that sought to reduce costs of living and widen the safety net for residents.The Workers’ Party main proposals include opposing the…