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Climate change multiplies the threats of infectious diseases
Apr 21, 2020 16:08As the novel coronavirus continues to rage like a wildfire across the planet, it’s devastating toll has left many asking whether climate change — another multifaceted phenomenon with global reach — has played a part in spreading, even triggering, the pandemic.
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UK’s Health Department accused of coronavirus disinformation campaign
Apr 21, 2020 14:08On the day it was revealed there have been an additional 823 coronavirus-related deaths in British hospitals, the government has come under pressure to come clean about possible disinformation campaigns.
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India: Hospitals rejecting Muslims amid coronavirus pandemic, 2 babies die
Apr 21, 2020 14:02Two babies have died in India after hospitals refused to admit their Muslim mothers over their faith, as the pandemic is causing a spike in discrimination against minority Muslims in the country.
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Most Americans continue to disapprove of Trump's handling of coronavirus: Poll
Apr 21, 2020 12:19A majority of American voters continue to disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and don’t trust what he says about the health crisis, according to a new survey.
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WHO says life with coronavirus must be considered new normal +World updates
Apr 21, 2020 08:32The World Health Organization (WHO) says life with the new coronavirus must be considered a new normal until vaccination or effective treatment is developed for the disease caused by the pathogen (COVID-19).
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ICRC helps SE Asian states contain coronavirus in congested prisons
Apr 21, 2020 06:32The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has rushed to help Southeast Asian countries prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic among prison population.
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Trump is playing a deadly game in deflecting COVID-19 blame to China
Apr 21, 2020 03:44US President Donald Trump raised the stakes again recently, alleging that China deliberately under-reported virus deaths. He gave credence to a conspiracy theory, already debunked by the Pentagon, that a biotech weapons lab in Wuhan caused the original outbreak.
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Guardians of global economy come up short in fight against virus
Apr 21, 2020 03:42More than 100 of the IMF’s 189 member countries have asked for aid to weather the coronavirus shock, the most ever. The fund already doubled its available rapid-financing lending to $100 billion to meet the demand, but the IMF says emerging markets need to spend at least $2.5 trillion.
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Coronavirus effects on global education
Apr 21, 2020 03:37School closures do not impact just the students. They also impact the teachers and their families but also have much deeper societal and economic consequences.
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Myanmar ships 800 freed Rohingya prisoners back to Rakhine
Apr 21, 2020 03:03Myanmar shipped hundreds of recently released Rohingya inmates back to the country's restive western borderlands on Monday, after fears that its overcrowded prisons could become hotbeds for runaway coronavirus outbreaks.