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Japan’s ‘lonely’ aquarium eels may need video calls from fans during Covid-19 pandemic isolation
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Some “lonely” garden eels in Japan are being given a distraction from Covid-19 pandemic isolation. Keepers at Tokyo’s Sumida Aquarium, which…
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China’s Forbidden City opens on May Day as tens of millions travel after Covid-19 cases drop
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Beijing’s Forbidden City reopened on May 1, 2020, after it was closed for three months by a lockdown to slow the…
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India’s mobile coronavirus testing van hits New Delhi streets
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube People queued up on the streets of the Indian capital New Delhi on April 29, 2020, to undergo Covid-19 swab tests…
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Bartender to delivery man: a young Chinese worker’s changing fortunes amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Zou Dehu had been a bartender in Ningxia in northwestern China before he left town after he got into a fight…
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Eerie silence in the streets of the Thai capital Bangkok amid nationwide coronavirus curfew
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Thailand’s government ordered a nationwide curfew from 10pm to 4am starting April 3, 2020, as parts of its efforts to slow…
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Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin self-isolates after testing positive for Covid-19
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been diagnosed with Covid-19. Mishustin disclosed his positive test result during a televised video call…
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Pope Francis prays for unidentified Covid-19 victims buried in mass graves amid pandemic
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Pope Francis devoted his daily prayers on April 30, 2020, to the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. He made special reference…
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South Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since February
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube South Korea reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on April 30, 2020, for the first time since the nation’s coronavirus…
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New York City Uber driver struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Rideshare drivers in New York are trapped between their fear of contracting the coronavirus and need to earn a living. Most…
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The Philippines opens new drive-through Covid-19 test sites, as threat of martial law looms
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A new drive-through Covid-19 testing site opened in a car park in the Philippine city of Taguig on April 29, 2020.…