Sat 21 March 2020: (AFP) It’s tulip season in The Netherlands but this year growers are destroying millions of flowers a day, in unprecedented scenes as the coronavirus pandemic has cut demand. Mountains of tulips, roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers destined for destruction have been waiting for the last week in the world’s biggest flower […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: (AFP) Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease. Despite stringent restrictions ranging from flight bans to school closures, countries south of the Sahara have recorded two deaths in […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organization warned young people they were “not invincible”. The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, sharply restricting the movement of huge populations, shutting down […]
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Sat 21 March 2020: (AFP) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued new guidelines on Friday to facilitate continued testing amid the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic. Noting that the spread of COVID-19 had evolved into “an even greater health and societal emergency” since its March 6 communique, WADA urged Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) to act in […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Roughly three in four Americans say their lives have been upended by the novel coronavirus as measures tighten in the U.S. to prevent the surge of cases, according to a poll released on Friday. The ABC News/Ipsos poll revealed the number of people who think their lives have been disrupted in […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: The Turkish authorities have detained a total of 64 people for disseminating false information about COVID-19 epidemic via social media, the country’s Interior Ministry said. “[The authorities] identified 242 people who posted false and provocative information about coronavirus in social media. Of these, 64 people were detained. Work is underway to detain other persons […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Cash-strapped South African Airways (SAA) on Friday announced the suspension of all international flights until the end of May, citing worldwide low demand for its travel services due to the coronavirus outbreak.The decision means SAA would only render services domestically between Johannesburg and Cape Town, the airline said. President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: The coronavirus crisis could cause more than 1.7 million people in the Arab region to lose their jobs in 2020 and unemployment to spike 1.2 percent as the coronavirus pandemic ravages economies and businesses shed jobs at an alarming rate, a policy brief issued by the United Nations Economic and Social […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Family members of detainees and human rights activists are demanding the immediate release of prisoners held in the disputed region of Kashmir, as the coronavirus spreads across different states in India. Since Kashmir’s special status was invalidated in August, 444 people have been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), according to a […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Researchers at Oxford University are developing a coronavirus vaccine, aiming to have it ready by the end of the year, with a safety trial on humans as early as next month, according to British daily The Guardian. The university’s team is led by Dr. Sarah Gilbert, who leads the Jenner Institute’s […]
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