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The US economy suffered its most severe contraction in more than a decade in the first quarter of the year, as the country introduced lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus. The world's largest economy sank at an annual rate of 4.8%, according to official figures released on Wednesday. It marked the first contraction since 2014. Since March, more than 26 million people in the US have filed for unemployment

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Although sneezes might cause discomfort, they are not a symptom of coronavirus. However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be careful when sneezing, as it can cause a virus outbreak if you are infected. While it's not a COVID19 symptom, it also thought to be a way that droplets can be spread. That is why it’s important to cover your nose and mouth when you feel a sneeze creeping up

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A US government panel has called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a "drastic" downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a sharp rebuttal from New Delhi. In an annual report published on Tuesday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said India should join the ranks of "countries of particular concern" that would be subject to sanctions if they do not improve

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Coronavirus will hasten the decline in the use of cash as people make a long-term switch to digital payments, experts say. The lockdown has led to a 60% fall in the number of withdrawals from cash machines. Payment card use has risen with online shopping, particularly for groceries. Experts say the long-term future of cash could be at risk

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Vietnam has been lauded for its success in dealing with the virus. Despite sharing a land border with China and having a population of 97 million people, it's only recorded only about 270 cases and not a single death. It closed its borders as early as January, and also had a nationwide information campaign. Plastic partitions in between diners, social distancing and face masks have become the "new normal"

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France will make face masks compulsory on public transport and in secondary schools when it starts easing its coronavirus lockdown on 11 May, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said. Schools will resume classes gradually. Shops and markets will also reopen from 11 May, but not bars and restaurants. Stores will have the right to ask shoppers to wear masks and should ensure they remain a meter (3ft) apart.

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As some U.S. states and European countries moved gradually Monday to ease their limits on movement and commerce, the intensifying outbreak in Brazil — Latin America ‘s biggest country, with 211 million people — pushed hospitals to the breaking point and left victims dead at home.

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Reality television star Ashley Ross, known as Ms. Minnie on Lifetime's "Little Women: Atlanta," died Monday from injuries sustained in a car accident, her publicist Liz Dixson told CNN. Ross was involved in an accident in Atlanta around 11 p.m. Sunday and died nearly 24 hours later at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Dixson said. She was 34 years old. Ross is survived by her mother, grandmother, and relatives

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The Malaysian Health Ministry on Tuesday (Apr 28) announced the lowest number of COVID-19 positive cases recorded since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on Mar 18 with 31 cases reported as of noon. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said so far, the number of daily cases continued to show a falling and sometimes horizontal trend. the total number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia is 5,851

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US President Donald Trump has renewed his attack on China over the spread of the coronavirus, saying Beijing could have stopped the disease before it swept the globe. He promised to conduct "serious investigations" into China's handling of the pandemic. Trump lashed out at China as he projected that the death toll in the US from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, could reach 70,000

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Pakistan and India are easing some of their coronavirus-related lockdown measures, though it will still be at least more than two weeks before aircraft flying scheduled international flights as Pakistan has extended its flight ban and India’s remains subject to review. India which had around 29,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 881 deaths, began to ease some lockdown restrictions in parts of the country over the weekend

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The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted last month expanded unemployment benefits in several ways, partly by increasing jobless pay by $600 a week. That extra money is in addition to any weekly benefits Americans receive through states’ traditional unemployment framework. However, those $600 payments, which are available through July and funded by the federal government, are delayed in some states.

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Global coronavirus (Covid-19) infections touched three million on Monday with over 207,000 dead. According to the real-time tracker, worldometers, over 880,000 had also recovered from Covid-19. Despite more than half the planet living in some form of lockdown, the virus is continuing to spread rapidly and claiming lives, with the US, Spain, and Italy reporting most of the cases and deaths.

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New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was "currently" eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency. The news comes hours before New Zealand is set to move out of its toughest level of social restrictions

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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures would be relaxed from 4 May, with people being allowed to visit their relatives in small numbers. Parks, factories, and building sites will reopen, but schools will not restart classes until September. It comes as the country recorded its lowest daily death toll in weeks. There were 260 new virus-related deaths on Sunday, the lowest daily figure since 14 March

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Spain's daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288, the lowest since 20 March, as the country eased its lockdown to allow children outside for the first time in six weeks. The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 yesterday and brought Spain's total toll to 23,190. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said Spaniards will be allowed out for exercise and to take walks from next weekend

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People have flocked to beaches in California during a summer-like heatwave despite authorities urging them to avoid trips there and continue practicing social distancing measures. Thousands packed Newport Beach and Huntington Beach on Friday and Saturday, defying stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officers in San Diego said three people were arrested in Encinitas for violating health orders after they protested against beach closures

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Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to contribute to the government’s digital platform for those who are on the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country, named Covid warriors.PM Modi highlighted the massive support that the Government’s digital platform http://covidwarriors.gov.in had been able to garner from citizens. The portal has seen around 1.25 crore registrations, from doctors, nurses, NCC cadets, and civil society organizations

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Australian Government launched a new coronavirus tracing app called COVIDSafe. The government is asking people to consider the healthcare staff on the frontline and download the new contact tracing app to support them. Many have voiced privacy concerns over the app’s collection of data. The privacy protections for the new COVIDSafe app include making it illegal to force anyone to download the app or hand over data from it

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China has shut down gyms and swimming pools in Beijing amid fears the country is vulnerable to the second wave of coronavirus. It comes just days after the communist regime quarantined a city of 10 million people in its northwest region near Russia. A second outbreak would be a setback for President Xi Jinping who is trying to restart the nation's economy

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More than 203,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.9 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally. It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed 50,000, as Americans endure the world's deadliest outbreak. Chinese state media reported the first known death linked to the virus on 11 January.

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Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network, while a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. Other unconfirmed reports, attributed to senior party sources in Beijing, said an operation to insert a stent went wrong because the surgeon’s hands were shaking so badly

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India has allowed small local stores to reopen more than a month after the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior ministry said only half of the staff should work and they had to follow precautions such as wearing face masks and observing social distancing. Millions of Indian households depend on their local shops for their day-to-day groceries and other essentials

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In recent weeks, the Asian city-state has had a dramatic spike in coronavirus infections, with thousands of new cases linked to clusters in foreign worker dormitories. To control the spread, the government has attempted to isolate the dormitories, test workers, and move symptomatic patients into quarantine. Singapore is home to about 1.4 million migrant workers who come largely from South and Southeast Asia. As housekeepers, domestic helpers, and construction workers

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The company that makes Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to drink its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus. Reckitt Benckiser, a British company, warned that human consumption of disinfectant products is dangerous. It issued the statement following "recent speculation and social media activity”. The statement followed remarks from President Trump on Thursday on the use of disinfectants

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