COVID-19 Updates
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After the Covid-19 crisis, will we get a greener world?
T he current crisis has revealed a sobering truth: the global economic shutdown, which has been achieved at a devastating social cost, has barely dented our carbon emissions. The latest…
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Australia coronavirus news: Victorian restaurants to reopen 1 June with 100 patrons by mid-July – as it happened
And with that, we’ll leave you for the day. Thanks for following along. Let’s wrap up the main developments of the day. The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services…
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Miami Beach outlaws panhandling near restaurants, businesses
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Asking for money or food near the entrance of a business in Miami Beach is now illegal, under emergency rules put in place by the…
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Officials: Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in home
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Chinese ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. No cause of death was given…
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Coronavirus threatens Philippines’ ‘economic lifeline’ of OFW remittances
A flotilla of 17 cruise ships arriving in Manila Bay would normally gladden the hearts of Philippine officials, but not when they are filled with thousands of Filipinos who have…
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Relief and worry as Bavarian brewery reopens to guests
ALTOETTING, Germany (AP) — The Graminger Weissbraeu brewery, which has been in the same family for a century, is preparing to welcome guests back to its restaurant for the first…
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AP PHOTOS: Grand but empty, Italian hotels await tourists
ROME (AP) — Like lonely grande dames, Italy’s luxury hotels lack company amid the coronavirus pandemic. Associated Press photographers have captured the atmosphere inside prestigious… Read at source AP News…
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Split classes, outdoor lessons: what Denmark can teach England about reopening schools after Covid-19
In the week leading up to the reopening of Denmark’s schools a month ago, Dorte Lange spent a lot of time on Skype. The vice-president of the Danish Union of…
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Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds
The solution to the coronavirus may have been staring us in the face this whole time, lazily chewing on a carrot. All we need, it seems, is llamas. A study…
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How to Get CDC’s COVID-19 Diagnostic Test and Supplies
The CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus in upper and lower respiratory specimens. It is designed to be used with an…