Anthony Zurcher BBC North America reporter Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on Donald Trump’s re-election plans. His promise to maintain record-breaking economic expansion and “keep America great” has been swept away by record unemployment and the financial toll that the nationwide business-closure and shelter-in-place orders have taken. During the outbreak, […]
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Alabama Beachgoers Belittle Coronavirus Threat On Busy Memorial Day Weekend
Alabama Beachgoers Belittle Coronavirus Threat On Busy Memorial Day Weekend Footage showed Gulf Shores beach in Alabama packed with people as the state experienced an uptick in COVID-19 cases. By Lee Moran, HuffPost US A surge of coronavirus infections in Alabama didn’t deter people from descending on the state’s beaches over Memorial Day weekend, according to local media reports. Footage that […]
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Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan By Reality
Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan By Reality Check teamBBC News China has been carrying out an ambitious plan to test everyone in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began, following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. The authorities had pledged to test the city’s inhabitants over a 10-day period, […]
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Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan
Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan By Reality Check teamBBC News China has been carrying out an ambitious plan to test everyone in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began, following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. The authorities had pledged to test the city’s inhabitants over a 10-day period, […]
India combats locust attack amid Covid-19 pandemic Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have invaded more than two dozen districts covering more than 50,000 hectares of desert areas of […]
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Coronavirus: Americans flock to beaches on Memorial Day weekend
Coronavirus: Americans flock to beaches on Memorial Day weekend Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionIn Missouri, revellers partied on the Lake of the Ozarks, violating social-distancing rules Americans have flocked to beaches and lakes for Memorial Day weekend, often flouting restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In Florida, state police dispersed an unauthorised gathering of hundreds of […]
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Coronavirus: Iran reopens Shia Muslim shrines after two-month closure
Coronavirus: Iran reopens Shia Muslim shrines after two-month closure Iran’s major religious sites were closed by the authorities on 16 March Iran has reopened its major Shia Muslim shrines, two months after they were closed to combat the coronavirus. Worshippers will be allowed to access courtyards, but not covered areas. They must also wear face […]
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Belgian rail tests sensors to keep workers apart during COVID-19
Belgian rail tests sensors to keep workers apart during COVID-19 Clement Rossignol, Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s railways are testing smart cameras with sensors to ensure its workers wear masks and maintain their distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus. An employee at the Belgian rail management company Infrabel wearing a protective mask stands […]
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Indian Olympic great Balbir Singh dies aged 95
Indian Olympic great Balbir Singh dies aged 95 (Reuters) – India’s three-times Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh has died at the age of 95 after a prolonged pulmonary illness. Singh helped India win its first Olympic gold as an independent country at the 1948 London Games when they beat Britain 4-0 in the final. India […]
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WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to
WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 19, 2020. Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERS GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has […]