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'The days never end': life under lockdown in one of Italy's poorest communities

 

The Zen neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Palermo, feels abandoned by the government — and the mafia have moved in

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 30 Apr 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/the-days-never-end-life-under-lockdown-in-one-of-italys-poorest-communities

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'How is this possible?' Researchers grapple with Covid-19's mysterious mechanism

 

Doctors are still exploring exactly how the coronavirus affects the body, and what its long-term impacts might be

 

Melissa Davey

Sat 2 May 2020 21.00 BST Last modified on Sat 2 May 2020 21.31 BST

 

 
 
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An unfinished odyssey: six Italians on lives changed by coronavirus

 

As Europe’s longest lockdown ends we talk to medics, survivors, daughters and volunteers about their experiences

 

 

by Angela Giuffrida and Lorenzo Tondo in Italy

Mon 4 May 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/an-unfinished-odyssey-italians-coronavirus-europe

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Brazil Has the Highest Rate of Coronavirus Contagion in the World, Says Study

 

Each infected person transmits viruses to about three in the country; 48 countries were analyzed

 

Ana Estela de Sousa Pinto

Apr.30.2020 2:06PM

 

 

 

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2020/04/brazil-has-the-highest-rate-of-coronavirus-contagion-in-the-world-says-study.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro Brushes off Questions about Mounting Coronavirus Deaths

 

Brazil recorded 474 new deaths on Tuesday and overtook China in total deaths from Covid-19

 

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Brazil: largest rise in Covid-19 deaths follows Bolsonaro 'worst is over' claim

 

  • Country reports 633 deaths on Tuesday as toll nears 8,000
  • President suggested country was passing coronavirus peak

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 6 May 2020 17.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/06/brazil-coronavirus-deaths-covid-19-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spokesman for Brazil's President Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus

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Meet 8 people around the world hustling to survive pandemic

 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling to get by on the economic margins have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to earn from a hard day’s work

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/9902122-meet-8-people-world-hustling-to-survive-pandemic.html#.1272-stage-set7-4

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Hundreds queue for food parcels in wealthy Geneva

 

Over 1,000 poorer working people and undocumented migrants waited for hours for basics

 

Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland

Sat 9 May 2020 18.40 BST Last modified on Sat 9 May 2020 20.34 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/food-parcels-handed-out-to-workers-in-geneva-impacted-by-covid-19

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Brazil's President Bolsonaro must 'drastically change course' on Covid-19, says The Lancet

 

British medical journal’s editorial says the Brazilian president’s disregard for lockdown measures is damaging

 

Reuters

Sat 9 May 2020 04.59 BST

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Brazil loses second health minister in less than a month as Covid-19 deaths rise

 

Nelson Teich’s resignation was announced in message from health ministry after Bolsonaro sacked Luiz Mandetta in April

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 15 May 2020 17.12 BST Last modified on Fri 15 May 2020 21.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/brazil-health-minister-nelson-teich-resigns

 

Bolsonaro...recipe for total disaster in regard to everything......He must go

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France and Germany outline plans for €500bn ($546.95B) EU Covid rescue fund

 

France and Germany have outlined plans for a 500-billion-euro European fund backed by joint EU borrowing to help tackle the economic fallout from Covid- 19

 

Issued on: 19/05/2020 - 09:01Modified: 19/05/2020 - 09:01

 

 

http://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20200519-macron-merkel-propose-500-billion-euro-eu-coronavirus-rescue-fund

 

 

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'Horror show': critics hope Bolsonaro's foul tirade could end rule

 

Brazilians horrified by lack of focus on Covid-19, which has now killed more than 21,000

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sat 23 May 2020 20.08 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/23/horror-show-bolsonaros-foul-tirade-could-end-rule-say-critics

 

 

 

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Brazil condemned to historic tragedy by Bolsonaro's virus response – top doctor

 

  • Poorest will suffer most, says famed oncologist Drauzio Varella
  • ‘The situation couldn’t be worse. It just couldn’t’

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 5 Jun 2020 17.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/05/brazil-coronavirus-covid-19-virus-doctor

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Global report: Bolsonaro hides Brazil's coronavirus death toll and case totals

 

Brazil’s running tallies deleted; reports of imminent antibody treatment breakthrough; economic fallout continues

 

Guardian staff

Sun 7 Jun 2020 05.50 BST Last modified on Sun 7 Jun 2020 07.28 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/07/bolsonaro-strips-death-toll-and-case-totals-from-brazils-coronavirus-updates

 

The man is obviously mentally unstable with such a childish behavior...Time to remove him...He simply cannot be president of a 212M nation

 
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Coronavirus parties highlight Brazil's fractured approach to pandemic

 

A doctor was savagely beaten when she objected to one of the many shindigs taking place in defiance of health experts’ advice

 

Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 9 Jun 2020 12.42 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/brazil-coronavirus-parties

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'Enormous disparities': coronavirus death rates expose Brazil's deep racial inequalities

 

Poverty, poor access to health services and overcrowding all play a part in disproportionate number of deaths, say researchers

 

Photography by Nicoló Lanfranchi

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 9 Jun 2020 07.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/enormous-disparities-coronavirus-death-rates-expose-brazils-deep-racial-inequalities

 

 

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Italian PM faces questions from families over Covid-19 'errors''

 

Call for investigation into possible criminal negligence by Giuseppe Conte and others

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 10 Jun 2020 17.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/10/italian-pm-giuseppe-conte-faces-questions-from-families-over-covid-19-errors

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Beijing reimposes lockdown measures after new Covid-19 outbreak

 

Dozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt move

 

Emma Graham-Harrison and Lily Kuo

Sat 13 Jun 2020 13.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/13/beijing-china-new-covid-19-cases-linked-to-food-market

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'The country is adrift': echoes of Spanish flu as Brazil's Covid-19 catastrophe deepens

 

A century after the 1918 pandemic, South America’s largest country has passed Britain to claim the world’s second-highest death toll

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 14 Jun 2020 12.15 BST

 

 

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A protester digs a mock grave on Copacabana beach symbolizing deaths due to the coronavirus, in Rio de Janeiro
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Those People should get rid of Bolsonaro to begin with
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Napoli (Naples) soccer fans swarm onto streets to celebrate Italian Cup win

 

Thousands of Napoli fans swarmed onto the streets of Naples late Wednesday to wildly celebrate their team's first trophy in six years after a dramatic Italian Cup penalty-shootout victory over Juventus
 
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Brazilian judge tells Bolsonaro to behave and wear a face mask

 

President reminded he is not above the law and risks fine if he continues to break rules

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 23 Jun 2020 15.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/brazilian-judge-tells-bolsonaro-to-behave-and-wear-a-face-mask

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