Lockdown in the Philippines could result in the highest birth rate in 20 years
Strict coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines has severely disrupted access to family planning services and could lead to the highest number of births in the country in two decades. That means 214,000 more babies this year. Movement restrictions imposed in March prevented both patients and medical staff from reaching clinics for months, and are now causing shortages of contraceptives in some areas, according to health workers
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India’s coronavirus infection rate is 4%, one of the lowest in the world
A country of more than 1.3 billion people has reported around 60,000 coronavirus infections so far as health authorities conducted more than 1.5 million tests, which marks the infection rate at about 4%. This rate is one of the lowest in the world considering that the infection rate in the US, UK, and Spain has been above 10%. India has increased testing capacity to 95,000 tests per day
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More than 120 million Indians lost their jobs in April
More than 120 million Indians lost their jobs in April
According to the data released by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE), around 122 million Indians have lost their jobs in April alone due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian unemployment rate now stands at a record high of 27.1%, India has been under lockdown since 25 March and reported nearly 50,000 infections. Out of the 122 jobless people, 91.3 million were small traders and laborers
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Philippines' biggest TV network stopped broadcasting
Philippines' biggest TV network stopped broadcasting
The Government of the Philippines ordered the country's largest broadcast network, ABS-CBN, to stop broadcasting immediately on Tuesday after its license expired. In a confusing scenario, during the proceedings, Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the government could issue provisional authority to allow ABS-CBN to continue broadcasting while the network waited for official legislative approval of its license
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In new coronavirus updates, Germany on Friday reported 2,337 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the total of infected people in the country to 150,383. United Airlines says effective Friday flight attendants will have to wear masks or other face coverings while on duty, a measure aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
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