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- Hungarian journalists fear coronavirus law may be used to jail them
- Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments
- Farmers across Europe bank on improvised armies of pickers to save harvest
- Brazil: coronavirus fears weaken Amazon protection ahead of fire season
- Canada: suspect arrested over murder of two Indigenous men in Alberta
- Iran hits back after Trump claims it is planning Iraq attacks
- Mice have a range of facial expressions, researchers find
- North Korea's coronavirus-free claim met with scepticism
- Zoom says engineers will focus on security and safety issues
- Our new normal: why so many of us feel unprepared for lockdown life
- NHS call on PM to ensure test centres are conveniently located
- 'You're all we've got': fear and hope on Spain's coronavirus frontline
- 'We will starve': Zimbabwe's poor full of misgiving over Covid-19 lockdown
- Kicked out for coughing: surge in domestic violence reports linked to coronavirus quarantines
- 'They're leaving us to die': Ecuadorians' plead for help as virus blazes deadly trail
- South Korea bars entry to foreign nationals who refuse to self-isolate
- Coronavirus Australia live news: chief medical officer says global cases could be 5 to 10 million – latest update
- 'If it comes, it will overwhelm us': Malawi braces for coronavirus
- Coronavirus crisis may deny 9.5 million women access to family planning
- Can a face mask protect me from coronavirus? Covid-19 myths busted
- Words I thought I'd never write: thank God for Matt Hancock | John Crace
- Coronavirus testing: how some countries got ahead of the rest
- Masked statues around the world – in pictures
- 'Like sheep going to slaughter': NY doctors and nurses protest at lack of PPE – video
- Pots, pans, cheers and bagpipes: UK applauds key workers in coronavirus fight – video
- How India's coronavirus lockdown is affecting its poorest citizens – video
- 'Shoot them dead': extreme Covid-19 lockdown policing around the world – video report
| Hungarian journalists fear coronavirus law may be used to jail them Posted: 02 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Reporters say measures are being used to deny them access to information on pandemic Hungarian journalists say a new law supposedly aimed at fighting the coronavirus will make objective reporting of the pandemic harder and leave them open to facing court cases or even jail time for their reporting. The measures, in place since Monday, have been roundly criticised for the sweeping powers they hand to the nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, to rule by decree. Another part of the bill provides penalties of up to five years in prison for those spreading misinformation during the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments Posted: 02 Apr 2020 04:06 PM PDT Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were 'targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation' Twitter has deleted 20,000 fake accounts linked to the governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras and Indonesia, saying they violated company policy and were a "targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation". Yoel Roth, the head of site integrity, said the removal of the accounts was part of the company's ongoing "work to detect and investigate state-backed information operations". Continue reading... |
| Farmers across Europe bank on improvised armies of pickers to save harvest Posted: 02 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Growers from Ireland to Spain says coronavirus lockdown has stopped migrant workers from arriving At this time of year John Greene is usually preparing to welcome dozens of Slovakian strawberry pickers for another harvest at his farm in County Wexford in south-east Ireland. The work is arduous and repetitive and he relies on their experience and stamina to get the fruit picked, packed and sold. Continue reading... |
| Brazil: coronavirus fears weaken Amazon protection ahead of fire season Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:15 PM PDT Fewer law enforcement officials going into the field open door for land invasions, indigenous communities and NGOs warn The coronavirus pandemic is weakening Brazilian state protection for the Amazon rainforest and its people ahead of this year's fire season, according to indigenous communities and international NGOs. Fewer law enforcement officials are going out into the field and monitoring missions are being scaled back, opening the door for more land invasions and forest clearance, they warn. Continue reading... |
| Canada: suspect arrested over murder of two Indigenous men in Alberta Posted: 02 Apr 2020 12:44 PM PDT
Police in Canada have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of two Indigenous men gunned down after returning from a hunt in rural Alberta. Anthony Michael Bilodeau, 31, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder over the deaths of Jake Sansom, 39, and Morris Cardinal, 57. Continue reading... |
| Iran hits back after Trump claims it is planning Iraq attacks Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:11 AM PDT US president accuses Tehran or its proxies of planning 'sneak' assault on US bases Iran's military and diplomatic leadership has hit back at Donald Trump's claims that its proxies were planning a sneak attack on US bases in Iraq, claiming Tehran only ever acts in self-defence and has no proxies in Iraq, only allies. The US and Iran are already at loggerheads over the impact of US sanctions on Tehran's ability to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and the threat of a military attack on the US is likely to widen the dispute. The Iranian army chief of staff, Mohammad Bagheri, said the recent spate of attacks on US bases in Iraq were nothing to do with Iran, but were "a natural response by the Iraqi people". He said US forces were being closely monitored minute by minute and any US attack would produce the most severe response. Continue reading... |
| Mice have a range of facial expressions, researchers find Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:00 AM PDT Findings offer researchers new ways to measure intensity of emotional responses Whether it is screwing up your face when sucking a lemon, or smiling while sitting in the sun, humans have a range of facial expressions that reflect how they feel. Now, researchers say, they have found mice do too. "Mice exhibit facial expressions that are specific to the underlying emotions," said Dr Nadine Gogolla, co-author of the research from Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology. She said the findings were important, as they offer researchers new ways to measure the intensity of emotional responses, which could help them probe how emotions arise in the brain. Continue reading... |
| North Korea's coronavirus-free claim met with scepticism Posted: 02 Apr 2020 03:05 PM PDT 'Not one single person infected,' claims official but US general in South Korea says that is 'impossible' North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism over the claim as known cases of infection topped one million worldwide. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China in January and imposed strict containment measures. Continue reading... |
| Zoom says engineers will focus on security and safety issues Posted: 02 Apr 2020 09:33 AM PDT Video app has seen a surge in popularity for both work and private use during lockdown Zoom, the hit video conferencing platform, will freeze new feature development and shift all engineering resources on to security and safety issues, its founder has said.. The move comes as the company battles the damage caused by a string of minor scandals ultimately related to the same scrappy approach that enabled it to capitalise on the wave of global lockdowns in the first place. Continue reading... |
| Our new normal: why so many of us feel unprepared for lockdown life Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT In his former job as a war correspondent, novelist James Meek witnessed the thin line between everyday life and chaos - but no experience prepared him for our current emergency Before the lockdown, I went to see a friend who lives a few miles away in south London. I cycled from Nunhead to her home in Blackheath. On the way I passed a tense crowd of people being forced to wait to get into the Iceland store in New Cross. I reached my friend's block of flats, climbed the stairs to her front door and laid my satchel on the doormat. She opened the door, greeted me from a distance of a couple of yards, removed the groceries she'd asked me to bring, some salmon and a bottle of olive oil, and put them away. We chatted for about half an hour, me sitting on a step out in the hall, her standing in the doorway, neither of us getting closer than two yards. Her husband, whose mild cough a couple of days earlier had triggered her self-isolation, was a disembodied voice offstage. My friend and I always kiss hello and goodbye; we've known each other for 10 years. Not this time. I went back to Nunhead, to queue for more food for my family – the butcher, the fishmonger and the greengrocer all had queues outside – then went home and washed my hands. It's the small necessary tasks that get you through the abnormality: the assignments, the missions, the good deeds. They break down the fearfulness and strangeness of the greater emergency into smaller, more manageable chunks of personal time where we can see what we have to do and see, just as importantly, that we can actually do it. The more we have to confront the enormity of the changes around us, and our own individual powerlessness to alter the tide of events, the more likely we are to break down or be paralysed. The merciful paradox of crises like these is to bring so many new chores and duties that the difficulties – sometimes the novelties – of solving each step helps occupy the part of our brain that yearns to know what's going on and do something about it. Continue reading... |
| NHS call on PM to ensure test centres are conveniently located Posted: 02 Apr 2020 12:37 PM PDT Concern that centres were too far from both work or home for those working in London NHS staff have called on Boris Johnson to ensure that new coronavirus testing centres are located conveniently for health workers and not in out-of-town sites like Ikea car parks. Drive-in test centres for nurses and doctors were opened this week in converted car parks at the Scandinavian superstore in Wembley in London and Chessington theme park near the M25. But as hundreds queued for the swab tests, concern was raised that they were too far from work or home for tens of thousands working in the capital. Continue reading... |
| 'You're all we've got': fear and hope on Spain's coronavirus frontline Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:15 PM PDT Carers, wildlife rangers and scientists are among the workers shocked to find themselves fighting to keep their country afloat What María would most like to do at the end of each long day's siege at the care home where she works is yield to the small source of comfort she has denied herself for almost a month now. "I'd like to hug my children, but I'm so scared that I haven't done that for three weeks," says María, who asked to use a pseudonym. "I haven't been tested – so I don't know whether I'm positive." Continue reading... |
| 'We will starve': Zimbabwe's poor full of misgiving over Covid-19 lockdown Posted: 03 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT Unable to access state benefits, food and even running water as the country shuts up shop, people in Harare fear the worst Nelson Mahunde, 70, trudges along the deserted streets of Harare's central business district to collect his monthly pension. In one hand, he clutches a pension letter; with the other, he hold on firmly to his walking stick. Continue reading... |
| Kicked out for coughing: surge in domestic violence reports linked to coronavirus quarantines Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT Cases typically spike in times of economic crisis – and with most of the US told to stay home, hotlines are worried victims can't leave One caller to a domestic violence hotline reported that her husband threatened to throw her out into the street if she coughed. Another reported they had been strangled by their partner, but feared going to the hospital because of the threat of coronavirus. An immunocompromised man from Pennsylvania called in after his emotionally abusive girlfriend began hiding cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer from him. Related: Face masks: can they slow coronavirus spread – and should we be wearing them? Continue reading... |
| 'They're leaving us to die': Ecuadorians' plead for help as virus blazes deadly trail Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:30 AM PDT Dead bodies kept in homes or dumped on roadsides as authorities and hospitals are overwhelmed by Covid-19 in Andean nation's second city Democratic leaders given poll boost for handling of crisis It has been three days since Reynaldo Barrezueta passed away at his home in Ecuador's second largest city – and still his body lies in a coffin on the sitting room floor. "The authorities are just leaving us to die," said his son, Eduardo Javier Barrezueta Chávez, who has spent the last 72 hours pleading with authorities remove his father's corpse – so far to no avail. Continue reading... |
| South Korea bars entry to foreign nationals who refuse to self-isolate Posted: 03 Apr 2020 01:57 AM PDT Eight people from six countries deported after failing to comply with coronavirus rules South Korea has denied entry to eight foreign nationals after they refused to comply with strict quarantine requirements introduced this week to help the country tackle a rise in coronavirus infections, as anger mounts over visitors who have been caught breaking self-isolation rules. The visitors, from six countries, were deported after they refused to self-isolate for two weeks, the justice ministry said. Media reports said the passengers had been informed of the rules before they boarded their flights. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:56 AM PDT Brendan Murphy says he is totally confident of infection rates in Australia because of our high rate of testing. Follow live updates • Free childcare: what do the Australian government's coronavirus changes mean for my family?
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| 'If it comes, it will overwhelm us': Malawi braces for coronavirus Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Concern is growing that a woefully inadequate health system will leave Malawi unable to cope when Covid-19 arrives When the overcrowded, long-distance bus from Johannesburg arrived at the Malawian border post of Mwanza last week, one passenger was dead. Fearing he had picked up Covid-19 in South Africa and infected all his fellow travellers, the guards sent everyone to a hastily-built quarantine centre for 14 days. The man had died of other causes but Malawi, which is well used to devastating diseases like HIV/Aids, cholera and malaria, is taking no chances. Along with São Tomé, Comoros, South Sudan, Burundi, and Sierra Leone in Africa, it is one of the last countries in the world not to have confirmed a single Covid-19 case yet. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Coronavirus crisis may deny 9.5 million women access to family planning Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT Charity warns loss of services caused by lockdowns could result in millions of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions Up to 9.5 million women and girls could miss out on vital family planning services this year because of Covid-19, potentially resulting in thousands of deaths. Marie Stopes International warned on Friday that travel restrictions and lockdowns could have a devastating affect on women as they struggle to collect contraceptives and access other reproductive healthcare services, such as safe abortions, across the 37 countries in which it works. Continue reading... |
| Can a face mask protect me from coronavirus? Covid-19 myths busted Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:27 AM PDT The truth about how you can catch coronavirus, who is most vulnerable and what you can do to avoid infection
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won't get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness). Continue reading... |
| Words I thought I'd never write: thank God for Matt Hancock | John Crace Posted: 02 Apr 2020 01:07 PM PDT The health secretary wrote off £13bn of NHS debt, promised 100,000 tests and acted like a grownup For much of the week, it's been as if the government has gone out of its way to appear wilfully clueless. First, the psychotically unstable Dominic Raab, then the pathologically untrustworthy Michael Gove, culminating with the shambolically underprepared Alok Sharma. History repeating itself first as tragedy, then as farce. It was as if the only real contingency plans the government had made were for the postponement of this year's climate change conference. Sometimes, doing absolutely nothing proves to be entirely the right option. But cometh the hour … There are some words I thought I'd never write. Like "Thank God for Matt Hancock". But thank God for Matt Hancock. It seemed a high-risk strategy to send out the health secretary for the daily Downing Street press conference as it was only six days since he announced that he had contracted coronavirus. And the official NHS guidance is for anyone with symptoms to self-isolate for a week. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus testing: how some countries got ahead of the rest Posted: 02 Apr 2020 08:26 AM PDT Germany was quick to see the threat while South Korea took an aggressive approach Countries have approached coronavirus testing in different ways, and in some places there was far earlier recognition than in the UK of the need to develop tests and kits and to have sufficient numbers stockpiled. Here is how some countries got ahead of the curve. Continue reading... |
| Masked statues around the world – in pictures Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT As the medical importance of face masks has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, so has their symbolic value. Statues from Melbourne to Buenos Aires have been decorated with protective masks Continue reading... |
| 'Like sheep going to slaughter': NY doctors and nurses protest at lack of PPE – video Posted: 02 Apr 2020 03:27 PM PDT Nurses and doctors at Montefiore medical center in the Bronx protested over the lack of personal protective equipment on Thursday. 'Every day when I go to work, I feel like a sheep going to slaughter,' said Dr Laura Ucik, a third-year resident at the centre Continue reading... |
| Pots, pans, cheers and bagpipes: UK applauds key workers in coronavirus fight – video Posted: 02 Apr 2020 02:18 PM PDT People across the UK stood at their front doors, outside their windows, on balconies for the second week in a row, to clap, cheer and bang pots and pans for healthcare staff and all key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. In Scotland, many bagpipers joined in a 'pipe up for key workers' tribute and in London, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, who is still in self-isolation, stepped out of No 10 to join in the clapping Continue reading... |
| How India's coronavirus lockdown is affecting its poorest citizens – video Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:53 AM PDT After Narendra Modi told Indians to 'forget what going out means' as the country attempts to slow the spread of Covid-19, millions of the country's poorest residents, from day labourers to homeless citizens, are bearing the brunt of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown
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| 'Shoot them dead': extreme Covid-19 lockdown policing around the world – video report Posted: 02 Apr 2020 09:49 AM PDT As coronavirus lockdowns have been expanded globally, billions of people have found that they are now faced with unprecedented restrictions. We look at some of the extreme strategies governments are using to police their citizens – from teargas and death threats to beatings and chemicals
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