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McIlroy and Johnson to team up in $3m golf event for coronavirus charities

  • Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff the opposition at Seminole
  • Broadcast to be screened live in UK and United States

Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff are to take part in an event to raise money for coronavirus charities. The foursome will play in the TaylorMade Driving Relief – a two-team skins challenge over 18 holes – at Seminole in Florida on 17 May.

McIlroy, the world No 1, will team up with Johnson against Fowler and Wolff, with up to $3m (£2.38m) going to the American Nurses Foundation and CDC Foundation. All four will follow strict physical-distancing measures and comprehensive testing will be used to protect players, TV staff and others at the course.

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How Coronavirus Has Helped to Clear the Air

Satellite data shows just how much air quality has improved during the coronavirus crisis, from China, India, Italy and beyond.




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Can you get coronavirus twice? – video explainer

A serious concern since the emergence of Covid-19 has been whether those who have had it can get it a second time – and what that means for exiting this crisis.

The Guardian’s science correspondent, Hannah Devlin, looks at how our bodies fight coronavirus when infected, how we develop immunity and if we can get reinfected with Covid-19

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Sharri Markson's coronavirus 'bombshell' impresses Fox's Tucker Carlson | Weekly Beast

Those less convinced in Australia cast doubt on source of Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’. Plus: Trump and Jennifer Hawkins

The origin of the coronavirus has opened up a new battlefield between the Murdoch press and just about everyone else – and given the Daily Telegraph’s Sharri Markson an international platform on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News.

Following in the footsteps of her colleague Miranda Devine, who also made it onto Fox News, Markson told Tucker Carlson Tonight the “bombshell dossier” she had uncovered showed some of the world’s foremost intelligence agencies were investigating whether the virus was linked to a lab in Wuhan.

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The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected | Kevin Rudd

News Corp is campaigning full-bore for the US president, with reports of a Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’ dossier being seeded across its empire

In liberal democracies, the integrity, impartiality and professionalism of intelligence agencies matters. That’s why it is essential that intelligence agencies remain aloof, not only from the political debates of the day, but also from the policy decisions that individual governments may take. The intelligence community’s core task is to provide brutally realistic analysis on the threat environments we face so that governments can then make the best-informed policy decisions possible to preserve our common security.

The failures of the intelligence community before the Iraq war, the gullibility of much of the western media, as well as the cynical manipulation of both by the political class of the day, provide us with a stark reminder of what can go radically wrong. On 8 September 2002 the New York Times published one of this century’s most consequential news articles. The front-page story, supplied by the Bush administration, claimed that Saddam Hussein had stepped up his quest for weapons of mass destruction by acquiring key components for a nuclear weapon. In the UK, the Blair government’s “dodgy dossier” compounded the error. John Howard did the same in Australia. The problem was that it just wasn’t true. These were over-egged stories designed to soften the public up for what would become a disastrous war.

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Covidsafe app: how to download Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app, how it works, what it does and problems

The app will ask for your name (or pseudonym), age range, postcode and phone number. Scott Morrison says the Australian government’s covid safe tracking app won’t be mandatory to download and install, but its uptake numbers could play a part in easing Covid-19 restrictions

The Australian government has launched Covidsafe, an app that traces every person running the app who has been in contact with someone else using the app who has tested positive for coronavirus in the previous few weeks, in a bid to automate coronavirus contact tracing, and allow the easing of restrictions.

Here’s what we know about the app so far.

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Coronavirus Australia numbers: how many new cases are there? Covid-19 map, statistics and graph

Is Australia flattening the curve? We bring together all the latest Covid-19 confirmed cases, maps, stats and graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreak and track the impact of government response.

Due to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus there are in Australia.

Here, we’ve brought together all the figures in one place, along with comparisons with other countries.

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Dying too young: coronavirus, my Māori family and me

Lockdown has granted me the blessing of getting to know my father, but it has also underlined the severe health inequalities we face

I hardly recognise the man in front of me. He staggers on one leg, his eye twitches, his stomach stretches past his waist.

“I got some fry bread for us,” he grins, his toothless smile reminding me he is getting old and so am I.”

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Coronavirus and culture: 'We're waiting it out in paradise'

When the coronavirus crisis hit, Yolngu elders moved back to east Arnhem Land homelands where they found freedom, peace, and power

Adapting to change is something Yolngu are good at, senior Rirratjingu songman Witiyana Marika says.

When the coronavirus first started making news, community leadership met to plan how they would manage if Covid-19 arrived in eastern Arnhem land. Senior men and women met with the emergency taskforce, the local Miwatj health service and the Laynhapuy homelands organisation to take the most vulnerable people further away from risk.

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Fear of flying foxes: coronavirus is topping off a bad year for Australia's bats

They’ve faced drought, extreme heat and bushfires, and now they have to deal with a new paranoia courtesy of the pandemic

Australia’s bats are turning up in increasing numbers in city suburbs. But as they search for food, they’re bringing for some a newfound paranoia thanks to a global pandemic that likely sprang from one of their overseas relatives.

In Ingham in far north Queensland, an influx of more than 200,000 little red flying foxes in January was variously described as a “swarm”, a “tornado” and an “infestation”.

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Cedar Meats cluster: why abattoir workers are on the coronavirus frontline

As the US deals with a Covid-19 catastrophe in its meatworks, the Melbourne factory points to the potential for outbreaks in Australia

Working in an abattoir at the best of times is tough. The hours are long, the labour is intensive and, for rank and file labourers, the pay is low.

Now, in the Covid-19 crisis, workers have one more thing to worry about – around the world their factories have proved to be a hotbed of infection. As Australia moves to ease lockdown laws, meat workers may still be at the frontline of exposure and infection.

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Thai elephants, out of work due to coronavirus, trudge home

The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourists to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant camps and sanctuaries lack funds for their upkeep and have sent more than 100 of the animals trudging back to their natural habitats.




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Has the new coronavirus mutated to be more contagious? Experts weigh in

Scientists are cautioning that it’s still too early to know how the novel coronavirus mutates after a preliminary study in the U.S. claimed that a new strain of the virus has emerged that is more dominant and contagious than the original.




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Can the blood of a llama named 'Winter' be used to protect against coronavirus?

What may be the latest hope in the hunt to develop a treatment for COVID-19 comes from an unusual source – a furry, four-year-old llama named 'Winter' that is living on a farm in the Belgium countryside.




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Paul O'Grady believes he's 'most definitely' had coronavirus

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Tim Brooke-Taylor dead: Goodies co-stars lead tributes as actor dies aged 79 after contracting coronavirus

Bill Oddie hails Brooke-Taylor as 'true visual comic' Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon and Jack Dee also pay tribute Brooke-Taylor joins public figures to have died after contracting Covid-19 Read our live coronavirus updates HERE




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Dynamo says he's 'definitely through the worst' after coronavirus diagnosis

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Rita Wilson details coronavirus ordeal and warns of treatment side effects

The actress and her husband, Tom Hanks, were both hospitalised with the deadly virus




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Jack Savoretti hails teachers as 'unsung heroes' of coronavirus crisis

The musician has been home-schooling his two children




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Tom Hanks details coronavirus ordeal and reveals wife Rita Wilson 'went through a tougher time'

The actor and his wife both tested positive for the virus in Australia




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Idris Elba: 'The world should take a week of quarantine every year' to remember coronavirus

The actor and his wife Sabrina both tested positive for Covid-19 last month




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Singer Marianne Faithfull out of hospital after NHS 'saved her life' during coronavirus scare

Singer Marianne Faithfull has been discharged from hospital after being admitted for treatment while she displayed symptoms of coronavirus.




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Gogglebox's Jonathan Tapper says weight loss helped him beat coronavirus

Jonathan Tapper says he "couldn't move at one point" and was "really struggling for breath"




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Johnny Depp's libel battle against The Sun postponed due to coronavirus

Hollywood star Johnny Depp's libel battle against The Sun newspaper has been postponed thanks to coronavirus as the actor is stuck in France and unable to fly to London.




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Beyoncé teams up with Twitter CEO to make huge coronavirus donation

The superstar has made a donation through her BeyGood foundation




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Reverend Richard Coles announces his sister-in-law has died from coronavirus

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Lord Sugar slammed for sharing coronavirus conspiracy theory on social media

Lord Sugar has been criticised for sharing a conspiracy theory on social media which stated that Covid-19 was man-made.




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Kate Garraway praises 'amazing' NHS as she shares update on husband Derek Draper's 'battle' with coronavirus

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Dave Greenfield dead: Stranglers keyboard player dies after contracting coronavirus

The musician was 71 years old




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Piers Morgan tests negative for coronavirus but will seek medical advice before return to Good Morning Britain

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has tested negative for Covid-19.




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Lord Sugar brands Piers Morgan a 'hypocrite' over coronavirus test

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Coronavirus: Stressed, depressed, and feeling bad? You're not alone: Where to get free help online

As sheltering in place stretches into weeks for many, anxiety, isolation, stress and cabin fever are common. There's free mental health help online.

      




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Grabbing an Uber? Buckle up and bring your face mask to combat coronavirus

As cities and states come out of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, Uber is working on technologies to ensure both drivers and riders have masks in place.

      




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Coronavirus bingeing: YouTube trends show spike in every-day task tutorials

YouTube has seen a spike in content built on sharing the mundane, often isolating experiences of people's daily lives.

      




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This is what to do if you think you've had coronavirus

Katie Strick speaks to Dr James Gill, Locum GP & Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Warwick Medical School about what to do if you suspect you've had COVID-19




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What you need to know about freezing loan payments during coronavirus

Jane Goodland, corporate affairs director at investment and wealth manager Quilter, on how to best approach loan payments during Covid-19




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Nearly half of all UK insurance companies stop selling travel insurance amid coronavirus crisis

Many insurers either no longer sell travel insurance or have amended existing policies, a Which? report has found




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British Airways suspends all flights in and out of Gatwick amid coronavirus crisis

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EasyJet grounds entire fleet of aircraft due to coronavirus outbreak

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Maldives government builds luxury coronavirus quarantine resort

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These images show tourist hotspots before and after coronavirus outbreak

Tourist numbers have dwindled across Asia as coronavirus grounds travellers




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Disney is closing theme parks in Paris, California and Florida over coronavirus fears

Disney is shutting down its theme parks in Florida and Paris for just over a fortnight in addition to its iconic facility in Los Angeles over coronavirus fears.




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Vietnam suspends visa-free travel for UK and seven other European countries amid coronavirus fears

Visa-free entry for travellers from UK, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden halted until further notice




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Is it safe to travel to Spain? Latest Foreign Office advice regarding coronavirus

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The Duchess of Cambridge channels French girl chic for virtual interview about the NHS, coronavirus and mental health

She and Prince William dialled in from their Norfolk home




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40 positive moments during the coronavirus pandemic to lift your spirits

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Next In Fashion's Daniel Fletcher makes face masks for grandmother's care home amid coronavirus pandemic

The designer also shared the pattern online




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Coronavirus shines a light on the need for transparency in fashion's supply chain

"The covid-19 pandemic proves exactly why transparency in the fashion industry is so vital"




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What date is Ramadan and what impact will coronavirus have on celebrations this year?

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