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'Massively let down': disappointment in Japan after Tokyo Olympics postponed

 

IOC decision to put off the event a second blow for businesses already reeling from costs of coronavirus pandemic

 

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Wed 25 Mar 2020 06.48 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/massively-let-down-disappointment-in-japan-after-tokyo-olympics-postponed

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Coronavirus cases in Africa pass 2,400 amid fears for health services

 

WHO says numbers likely to be significantly higher as South Africa imposes lockdown

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Wed 25 Mar 2020 13.03 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-cases-africa-pass-amid-fears-health-services-south-who

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

 

Heir to the throne self-isolating at home in Scotland and is said to be ‘up and about’

 

Caroline Davies

Wed 25 Mar 2020 11.59 GMT Last modified on Wed 25 Mar 2020 13.05 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarantined Brazilians protest against Bolsonaro from windows and balconies: 'Get out!'

 

President faces anger at response to coronavirus and pent-up discontent with his year-old administration

 

 

by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 25 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/brazil-coronavirus-protests-get-out-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus live news: death toll in Spain passes China; Belgium hospital admissions rise by 50% in a day

 

India locks down; Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus; Senate and White House reach stimulus deal

 

Alexandra Topping (now); Damien Gayle and Helen Sullivan (earlier

Wed 25 Mar 2020 14.29 GMT

 

Key events

 

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'Go home!': Italian mayors rage at coronavirus lockdown dodgers — video

 

Town, city and regional mayors across Italy are pleading with residents to stay indoors after witnessing people flouting the lockdown by going jogging, playing ping-pong and taking 'exhausted dogs' for long walks..........

 

Source: Facebook

Mon 23 Mar 2020 14.50 GMT Last modified on Wed 25 Mar 2020 19.19 GMT

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'As if a storm hit': more than 40 Italian health workers have died since crisis began

 

Majority of those infected during early stages in the north when protective equipment lacking

 

Angela Giuffrida and Lorenzo Tondo

Thu 26 Mar 2020 22.07 GMT

 

 

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Healthcare workers take care of coronavirus sufferers in the intensive care unit of Poliambulanza hospital in Brescia, Italy
Photograph: Filippo Venezia/EPA
 
 
 
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Bolsonaro's anti-science response to coronavirus appals Brazil's governors

 

The president has contradicted his own health ministry by urging people to return to work and schools – ‘I was gobsmacked,’ said one former Bolsonaro ally

 

Tom Phillips and Caio Barretto Briso in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 27 Mar 2020 09.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-brazil-governors-appalled

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK coronavirus live: death toll rises by 181 to 759, the sharpest increase so far

 

All the day’s developments from the UK, as Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock test positive for Covid-19

 

 

Lucy Campbell and Amy Walker

Fri 27 Mar 2020 14.32 GMT

 

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Jair Bolsonaro claims Brazilians 'never catch anything' as Covid-19 cases rise

 

President suggests citizens may already have antibodies that help virus ‘not to proliferate’, as cases rise to nearly 3,000

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 27 Mar 2020 00.25 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/27/jair-bolsonaro-claims-brazilians-never-catch-anything-as-covid-19-cases-rise

 

The man is a genius

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread

 

  • Drug traffickers in Rio favelas order residents to stay home
  • Fears grow over impact of virus on poorest Brazilians

 

Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 25 Mar 2020 15.13 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/brazil-rio-gangs-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro says he 'wouldn't feel anything' if infected with Covid-19 and attacks state lockdowns

 

Brazil’s president uses national televised address to dismiss state-based health measures ‘scorched earth’ tactics

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 25 Mar 2020 01.55 GMT Last modified on Wed 25 Mar 2020 18.25 GMT

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Coronavirus: what are the latest scientific advances?

 

From antibody testing to virus mutations, here’s what we have learned this week

 

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Sat 28 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-latest-scientific-advances-antibody-testing-virus-mutations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wuhan eases quarantine as coronavirus cases in US pass 100,000

 

Officials are cautious but study shows lockdown in Chinese city has halted spread of virus

 

Peter Beaumont

Sat 28 Mar 2020 14.04 GMT First published on Sat 28 Mar 2020 10.43 GMT

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South African police fire rubber bullets at shoppers during Covid-19 lockdown

 

Officers use whips to enforce social distancing rules outside popular supermarket

 

Agencies

Sat 28 Mar 2020 12.26 GMT First published on Sat 28 Mar 2020 12.02 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lockdown living: how Europeans are avoiding going stir crazy

 

People across Europe are finding increasingly inventive ways to protect themselves against the psychological risks of isolation

 

 

by Jon Henley and Guardian correspondents

Sat 28 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/lockdown-living-europe-activities-coronavirus-isolation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three weeks of lockdown in Italy has given us vital perspective – and small comforts

 

With scarce resources instilling a spirit of togetherness, Italians have quickly learned to cherish what we once took for granted

 

Sat 28 Mar 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 28 Mar 2020 11.31 GMT

Tobias Jones

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/28/weeks-lockdown-italy-coronavirus-perspective

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reporting on Covid-19 in Italy: 'Life as we've known it has stopped'

 

Our Italy correspondent on how the crisis went from a foreign news story to a crisis that has cost thousands of Italian lives

 

 

 

 

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A letter to the UK from Italy: this is what we know about your future

 

An author in Rome describes what to expect based on her experiences of lockdown

 

Francesca Melandri

Fri 27 Mar 2020 13.36 GMT Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 10.37 BST

 

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A deserted Rome's Spain square (Trinita' dei Monti) ‘We are but a few steps ahead of you in the path of time.
Photograph: Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Image
 
 
 
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Bolsonaro threatens to sack health minister over coronavirus criticism

 

Brazilian president warns Luiz Henrique Mandetta not to speak out against him in public

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 29 Mar 2020 14.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/bolsonaro-warns-health-minister-covid-19

 

Unbelievable......

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'We are naked against the virus': tales of despair from Spain's hospital frontline

 

As patients lie on floors, and nurses make gowns from rubbish bags, health workers vent their fury at a government fatally slow to react

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Sun 29 Mar 2020 07.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-madrid-doctor-hospital-desperate-supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mystery of Ferrera Erbognone: residents all appear to be immune to coronavirus

 

2 hours ago

 

 

 

https://www.afrinik.com/mystery-of-ferrera-erbognone-residents-all-appear-to-be-immune-to-coronavirus/

 

This is great but kinda weird....Doctors and virologists are going to study this case...The Lombardy region is the worst-struck as per infected people and deaths ( 6.000 out of a country total of 10,000)......

 

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Brazilian left demands Bolsonaro resign over coronavirus response

 

President accused of cynically and criminally putting business interests over public safety

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 30 Mar 2020 17.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/tp-captain-corona

 

 

 

 

 

 

'It's like a normal day': Moscow grapples with virus lockdown

 

Despite orders to stay indoors, in parts of city life has appeared to continue as usual

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Mon 30 Mar 2020 15.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/moscow-coronavirus-lockdown-stay-indoors-city

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican president ignores coronavirus restrictions to greet El Chapo's mother

 

Andrés Manuel López Obrador provokes perplexity and scorn with visit to drug lord’s home town in Sinaloa

 

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Mon 30 Mar 2020 15.21 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-el-chapo-mother-mexico

 

 

 

 

 

Another CV-free  small town case in Northern Italy

Italian mayor douses 'miracle water' theory for lack of coronavirus cases

 

Clean air and a healthy lifestyle may be more likely reasons for the absence of the virus in a Piedmont village

 

Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Mon 30 Mar 2020 11.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/coronavirus-miracle-water-said-to-have-spared-italian-village

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Fears over hidden Covid-19 outbreak in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria

 

Number of cases may far exceed official figures amid claims of quarantining by non-state actors

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Tue 31 Mar 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/fears-over-hidden-covid-19-outbreak-in-lebanon-iraq-and-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus live news: World Bank warns of 'unprecedented shock' as global confirmed cases pass 800,000

 

Spain reports record single-day death toll; Vietnam enters lockdown; Russia records biggest daily rise in cases for seventh day running

 

Damien Gayle (now); Alexandra Topping, Aamna Mohdin and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Tue 31 Mar 2020 15.53 BST

 

Key events

 

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Help us like you were helped after war, Italy's virus hit cities tell Germany

 

Angelo Amante

March 31, 2020
6:55 AM EDT

 

 

 

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/help-us-like-you-were-helped-after-war-italys-virus-hit-cities-tell-germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian politicians criticize Netherlands over lack of solidarity

By Zack Newmark on March 31, 2020 - 08:54

 

 

 

https://nltimes.nl/2020/03/31/italian-politicians-criticize-netherlands-lack-solidarity

Help us like you were helped after war, Italy's virus hit cities tell Germany

Nine European Union countries, including Italy, France and Spain, called last week for joint debt issuance to finance an economic recovery after the virus outbreak that seems certain to push the euro zone into a deep recession. Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Austria opposed the proposal for so-called euro bonds.

 

Help us like you were helped after war, Italy's virus hit cities tell Germany

Nine European Union countries, including Italy, France and Spain, called last week for joint debt issuance to finance an economic recovery after the virus outbreak that seems certain to push the euro zone into a deep recession. Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Austria opposed the proposal for so-called euro bonds.

 
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Don't know validity of this, passing along as "info only" and cannot swear to truth of it:

 

"This from friends inside Major CA hospitals - please take note;  

 

I confirmed the below info, with the director of Pulmonary department at Harvard Medical School& Hospital. He had been treating COVID19 patients in ICU for the past two weeks and validated the accuracy of the info below. Please, send the text to as many people as you can. This info. might save lives. Stay home,well ,and safe 

 

My friends wife works at NYU hospital and she confirms the below: 

From a nurse at NYU

 

Information from Vienna’s laboratory studying COVID-19 say vast majority of people who died had ibuprofen/Advil in their system so do not take it!! Those who recovered did not take ibuprofen so if you have symptoms, take Paracetamol only!!! Looks like this virus thrives on ibuprofen so don’t do it and tell everyone you can!!!

 

Please pass this information on to everyone in each family. I don't want to miss anyone so share as much as you can.

 

I just spoke with my friend who is a nurse at VGH (Vancouver) and they just learnt that Advil makes the virus 10x worse. Tylenol ONLY for the time being. She said Advil kickstarts the virus into pneumonia. 

 

She also said they are not releasing the correct number of cases on the news and they have patients coming in everyday and some currently on ventilators. Soon they won't have enough room in the hospitals to treat patients and will have to turn people away. They've cancelled all surgeries to use the ORs for available ventilators, but it still won't be enough.  

 

She also said she found some people in there 40s and 50s who were previously healthy to be on ventilators and having major difficulty breathing because they took Advil. 

 

Also 4 doctors at VGH are now infected and she said she has never seen her doctors so worried before."

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Coronavirus live news: Spain passes 100,000 cases, as UN says world faces worst crisis since WW2

 

US has one 1 in 5 cases globally; global cases pass 860,000; record daily fatalities in UK, France, Spain and Russia

 

Amy Walker (now) and Simon Murphy and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Wed 1 Apr 2020 15.22 BST

 

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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/01/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-could-reach-240000-un-secretary-general-crisis-worst-since-second-world-war-us-uk-europe-latest-updates?page=with:block-5e847d7a8f08532a0e665dc2#block-5e847d7a8f08532a0e665dc2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy extends lockdown amid signs coronavirus infection rate is easing

 

Minister says drastic measures are yielding results as Spain also reports a ‘trend change’

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Wed 1 Apr 2020 14.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/italy-extends-lockdown-amid-signs-coronavirus-infection-rate-is-easing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro ignored by state governors amid anger at handling of Covid-19 crisis

 

Even former allies are refusing to obey the Brazilian president’s calls for people to go back to work

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 1 Apr 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/brazil-bolsonaro-ignored-by-state-governors-amid-anger-at-handling-of-covid-19-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus: Russia sends plane full of medical supplies to US

 

Critics likely to claim Moscow will exploit goodwill gesture as public relations coup

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Wed 1 Apr 2020 10.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/coronavirus-russia-sends-plane-full-of-medical-supplies-to-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor and vulnerable hardest hit by pandemic in Spain

 

Rate of infection in and around working class near Barcelona is nearly seven times higher than upmarket areas

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and Sam Jones in Madrid

Wed 1 Apr 2020 08.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/poor-and-vulnerable-hardest-hit-by-pandemic-in-spain

 

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Coronavirus: Italy stops singing as fear and social unrest mount

 

Three weeks on from start of lockdown, Italians are seeing that everything is not all right

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Wed 1 Apr 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

Pics & vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/singing-stops-italy-fear-social-unrest-mount-coronavirus-lockdown

 

But doctors and charts are currently showing a slowing-down trend....True that People are getting tired to stay closed at home and that the Country's production needs re-start...Many folks are having economic problems and the measures the Gov't is planning do not put that much money on the table.......When Doctors give the once over we should start to go back to normalcy...Gradually......

 

Schools ( which normally close around June 10 and re-open on Sept. 10) were closed on the last week of February and won't re-open anymore......

 

 

 

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