Teen climate-change fighter Greta Thunberg aimed her activism at the coronavirus on Thursday, helping launch a campaign with the United Nations to help protect children from the pandemic with the purchase of soap, masks and gloves.
Global energy use has been dealt such a huge blow by the coronavirus pandemic that it's like wiping out demand from all of India, a country of 1.3 billion people and the world's third biggest consumer.
Local infections in South Korea fall to zero for first time since its coronavirus outbreak worsened in February.
The loss in working hours due to the coronavirus pandemic means 1.6 billion workers may lose their livelihoods.
The Trump administration is not planning to extend federal coronavirus social distancing guidelines that expire Thursday, instead focusing on working with states to reopen the country. Individual state governors are deciding when and at what pace to relax restrictions on non-essential businesses and group gatherings and calls for people to stay home. Trump said Wednesday that the federal guidelines first issued in mid-March will be “fading out,” while his administration consults with governors on their plans. Health officials have cautioned about moving too quickly toward Trump’s desired
The International Energy Agency says virus deaths and the economic slump make it "nothing to cheer”.
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Renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years
The data on its effect on symptoms comes from a trial of more than 1,000 patients in the US.
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Guardian investigation finds workers stranded on at least 50 ships with Covid-19 outbreaks, limited medical equipment, some without pay, and no end in sight
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Study into effects of coronavirus curbs also finds less asthma and preterm births
UN agency says effect could be seen in just three months as spread of coronavirus risks devastating countries.
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Michael Gove admits he only read key Exercise Cygnus pandemic planning report last week; Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of baby; death tolls rise in England, Wales, NI and Scotland
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The project, run by the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, aimed to identify places to monitor, come up with strategies to prevent spillover of the virus and get a jump on creating vaccines and treatments.
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Health News -The new cases include a 23-year-old nurse at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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North Korea also hasn't reported a case despite bordering China.
A German company working with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun human trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine
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Minister rules out imminent reopening in Spain as Germany extends travel warning
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The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2020 as the coronavirus began to take its toll and spending dived. It's the first quarterly drop in six years and a likely precursor to a deep recession.
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Artificial intelligence and robots are often the stuff dystopian fantasies of mankind's future are made of. But in the COVID-19 pandemic, a little help from a friend who's immune to the virus may come in handy.
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ReOpen NC leader Ashley Smith's husband Adam Smith reportedly remarked "this is how Nazi Germany started" after his wife was arrested during a protest demanding that North Carolina abandon public health measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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HONG KONG - As the weather starts to sizzle in Hong Kong, tensions are also bubbling as protests are expected to make a comeback after three months of calm following the coronavirus outbreak in December.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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The Swedish government has relied on the public's communal values, rather than a strict lockdown, in the fight against the coronavirus.
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The US economy likely contracted in the first quarter at its sharpest pace since the Great Recession as stringent measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus almost shut down the country, ending the longest expansion in the nation's history.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds 50% say they or someone in their household has lost hours or a job due to the pandemic. They also say their governors are doing a better job it than Trump.
The Democratic-controlled House postpones its return as US Covid-19 cases pass one million.
