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Coronavirus spreads to Greek island of Lesbos

Greek authorities have expressed concern over the possibility of the virus spreading on islands such as Lesbos, where thousands of migrants are crammed in overcrowded camps or living rough.




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Coronavirus: Football stars past and present unite to spread the message

FIFA and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have teamed up by launching a new awareness campaign where world stars call on people around the globe to follow five key steps to combat the virus.




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SPITTING could be banned in football when sport returns in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus

With football in England nearing a return with clubs slowly returning to training, Michel D'Hooghe has warned that footballers will have to change their mannerisms on the pitch for health reasons.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson won't shut schools to halt spread

Boris Johnson is chairing the emergency Cobra committee later where the UK's tactics will shift from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread.




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Angela Merkel's interior minister REFUSES to shake her hand over fears of spreading coronavirus

Horst Seehofer rebuffed the chancellor's outstretched hand at a summit in Berlin this morning - refusing to make an exception to a self-imposed handshake ban.




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Taliban pledges not to kill healthcare workers as fear of a coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan 

A Taliban spokesperson said they will cooperate and coordinate with international health organisations and WHO to combat the virus. Afghanistan currently has 22 confirmed virus cases.




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World-leading Australian scientists say a vaccine may be ready for widespread use at start of 2021

The Australian scientists from the University of Queensland said the fast-tracked timeline was  'incredibly ambitious' but reflected overwhelming success in pre-clinical trials.




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How news of the German surrender spread around the world

On 8 May, 1945, news of the German surrender slowly spread around the world. Here, details on how it was greeted in New York, Paris and Berlin.




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Britain's first coronavirus 'super-spreader' helped scientists develop £10 immunity test

British businessman Steve Walsh was one of Britain's first coronavirus superspreaders and his movements were analysed by scientists to help develop an immunity test.




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State of Origin will be CANCELLED if coronavirus continues to spread around Australia

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys told Sky News on Monday morning the event may have to be moved later in the year. The first game is at the Adelaide Oval on 3 June.




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Qantas coronavirus cluster continues to grow as the spread is linked to 13 sick baggage handlers 

Six Adelaide airport employees tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday after several new cases appeared in South Australia. More were confirmed on Wednesday.




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How Qantas's coronavirus cluster spread from a single baggage handler to dozens in just weeks

A mysterious COVID-19 cluster at Adelaide Airport that started with one infected employee on March 27 swelled to 34 cases within weeks. 




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Are your linens clean enough to stop the spread of coronavirus?

According to UK-based expert Helena Mead at Christy England, who supply the towels to Wimbledon and the Royal family, people should be washing their bedding every week.




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Coronavirus UK: Panic-buyers could spread infection in queues

Tesco and Sainsbury's are limiting customers to only buying three or any grocery item, while Asda and Morrisons are restricting purchases across 1,250 regularly-bought lines.




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Coronavirus UK: Are supermarkets the new superspreaders?

Shoppers were pictured squeezing together at supermarkets up and down the country this morning, ignoring social distancing rules from the government amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Aldi and Asda issue 'no touch' warnings for products and trolleys to prevent spread of coronavirus

The supermarkets chains are asking shoppers to only touch what they plan to buy or use in 'no touch' policy aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus and protecting staff and customers.




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Coronavirus UK: Failure to quarantine arrivals led to spread

Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs.a large number of cases in early March were from Europe and 'seeded right the way across the country' because Brits arriving back were allowed to return home.




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Children CAN spread coronavirus, studies claim as NIH launches trial to track pediatric infections 

One Chinese study found school closures can lower a peak in coronavirus cases by 40% to 60% and a Germany study found children carry as high levels of the virus as adults can.




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Chinese province forces residents to stand back to back in the lift to stop the spread of COVID-19

Local authorities from the north-eastern Chinese province Heilongjiang has issued a new set of guidelines as precautions against the spread of the killer bug in lifts and escalators.




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Coffey Anderson's wife's stage 4 colon cancer has spread

Mom-of-three Criscilla was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 2018. She was told in the last few weeks that the disease has now spread. She pictured with her husband main and kids inset.




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Wuhan biosafety expert admits widespread security and maintenance concerns

International pressure was last night building on Beijing following the leak of a bombshell intelligence dossier which accuses China of having lied about the origins of Covid-19.




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Rebecca Judd says foot-taps should replace handshakes to stop coronavirus spread

Rebecca Judd stocked up on toilet paper amid coronavirus fears on Monday. 




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Australia's coronavirus crisis escalates as government orders new measures to combat spread

Scott Morrison announced the new rules on Sunday which will come into force from midnight aiming to restrict social interactions and lower the risk of widespread outbreak.




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Starbucks CEO says spread of coronavirus may force the coffee chain to shut some stores

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced the company may shut down some stores due to the spread of the coronavirus,  and limit sales to those made by mobile apps and drive thrus.




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Uber Pool is suspended in London to limit the spread of coronavirus

Uber has suspended its Pool service, which lets users share a ride with strangers who are travelling in the same direction, in London to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.




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Uber suspends its pool option in US and Canada to limit the spread of coronavirus 

Uber Pool has been suspended in the US and Canada to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. As of Tuesday, the option is 'unavailable' in the app for both countries.




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West Brom show how fast coronavirus spreads by using goal video

West Brom have come up with an inventive way to show how the coronavirus can spread if people don't stay at home.




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Liverpool REFUSE to refund Atletico fans who didn't travel for fear of spreading coronavirus

The visitors went on to win the game on March 11 and advance to the quarter-final stage of the Champions League - but there were concerns pre-match that it should not have been held.




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Red herring photo of lookalike of one of the Canadian murder suspects spreads online

The image first appeared on Snapchat but was screen-shotted and shared on Facebook and Twitter on Thursday night. Police have confirmed it is not Kam McLeod, despite the uncanny resemblance.




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People are arguing over the right amount of Vegemite to spread on toast

Vegemite lovers have been locked in heated debate over the perfect amount to spread on toast after a photo showing six options was shared on the social media forum Reddit.




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Experts to monitor the spread of fake and real coronavirus news

Researchers from the Open University will compare COVID-19 posts on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit against fact-checked articles from verified sources.




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Google CANCELS one of its biggest annual events amid fears over the spread of coronavirus

The company announced that its annual in-person I/O conference is being cancelled more than two months before it's slated to take place, as the global death toll from coronavirus ramps up.




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Government could regulate prices of key goods to stop profiteering as coronavirus spreads

The goods affected could include everything from hand sanitiser, toilet paper and painkillers to food staples including pasta and rice. The Competition & Markets Authority wants to stop profiteering.




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NASA engineer demonstrates how quickly germs spread with special glow powder

In his new YouTube video, Mark Rober, 40, sprinkled Glo Germ powder on a third-grade teacher and one of her students to show how germs can spread.




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Novel coronavirus fear now spreads to the start-up ecosystem in India

Around half a dozen Chinese venture capital firms with active presence in India have postponed their trips to the subcontinent




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BJP spreading communal prejudice, hatred; should worry every Indian: Sonia

Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, Gandhi said this should worry every Indian and the Congress will have to work hard to repair this damage




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China fabricated info about COVID-19 spread, say experts

Experts have criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping for concealing, destroying and fabricating information about the rampant spread of COVID-19 and suppressing the data by silencing and criminalising dissent.In a report published by The Times of Israel, Human Rights Advocate Irwin Cotler said, "There is authoritative and compelling evidence -- including a study from the University of Southampton -- that if interventions in China had been conducted three weeks earlier, the transmission of COVID-19 could have been reduced by 95 per cent".The daily reported that Dr. Ai Fen, Director of the Emergency Department at the Central Hospital of Wuhan disseminated information about the novel virus to several doctors, one of them being Li Wenliang in late December last year. Wenliang passed away after contracting the contagion in February while Ai has recently disappeared."On January 1, 2020, Dr. Li Wenliang -- the "hero" and "awakener" -- was reprimanded for spreading rumours, and was summoned ..




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Assembly elections 2016 results: BJP spreads wings, Congress shrinks

BJP wins in Assam, opens account in Kerala; Congress loses two states; Left sweeps Kerala; Mamata decimates Opposition in West Bengal




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Seoul shuts down nightclubs after virus spread

Seoul has shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs, hostess bars, and discos after dozens of infections were linked to clubgoers who went out last weekend as the country relaxed social distancing guidelines. The measures imposed by Mayor Park Won-soon on Saturday came after the national government urged entertainment venues around the nation to close or otherwise enforce anti-virus measures, including distancing, temperature checks, keeping customer lists and requiring employees to wear masks. Park said that the entry bans on the facilities will be maintained until the city concludes the infections risks as meaningfully lowered. South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier said 18 fresh cases were reported in the 24 hours to midnight Friday, all but one of them linked to a 29-year-old man who visited three clubs in Seoul's Itaewon district last Saturday before testing positive on Tuesday. But Park said 16 more cases were confirmed in Seoul alone in the following hours .




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Maha govt must tackle COVID-19 spread at Arthur Road Jail: HC

The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to take an appropriate policy decision to tackle the spread of COVID-19 at Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai. At least 77 inmates and 26 personnel of Arthur Road Jail tested positive for coronavirus early this week. Justice Bharati Dangre on Friday was hearing a bail application filed by Ali Akbar Shroff, one of the inmates at the prison, seeking temporary bail on medical grounds. In his order, Justice Dangre noted that the situation was precarious and in such a contingency, the state government and the policy makers should take a decision. "If it is true that more than 100 patients have tested positive in Arthur Road Jail, then it is for the authorities to ensure that other inmates, who are presently lodged in the jail, are not infected by the virus on account of overcrowding," the court said. The authorities must remember that inmates had the right to a safe and healthy environment even when they were ...




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Centre lauded performance of Pondy in checking spread of COVID-19: Min

Puducherry Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on Saturday said the Centre has lauded the performance of the territorial administration in keeping the spread of COVID-19 at bay as there had been only two to three active cases of the infection. Talking to reporters here, Rao said the Joint Secretaries of the Union Health Ministry had contacted him seeking to clarify as to whether Puducherry was "really having such a small number of active cases." The officials also wanted to know whether the figures furnished were really "correct." They raised eyebrows largely because of the high incidence of the pandemic in the neighbouring districts of Villupuram and Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, he said. Rao said he had told them that the team work done by departments of Health, Police, Revenue and Disaster Management, Public Health and other line departments here has been chiefly responsible for the good achievement of Union Territory. He said he had apprised the officials of the meticulous




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KMC forms special committee to contain COVID-19 spread in city

A special committee has been formed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for containing the spread of COVID-19 in different parts of the city, a member of the panel said. Chairperson, caretaker board of administrators of the civic body and Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim, former deputy mayor Atin Ghosh, four community medicine experts and KMC health officials are members of the newly formed committee. The panel was formed after Hakim assumed charge as chairperson of the caretaker board of administrators (BOA) of the KMC on Friday. The state government appointed the board since elections could not be held to the KMC owing to the coronavirus outbreak. The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the BOA to act as the KMC's caretaker board for a month. Ghosh told PTI on Saturday, "We will sit every afternoon to take stock of the situation and decide accordingly. "Apart from containment zones, we will review the situation in other areas of the city as well. There ...




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Guj: four held for spreading rumour about Amit Shah's health

Four persons were detained by Ahmedabad police on Saturday for allegedly spreading misinformation about Union Home Minister Amit Shah's health by creating a fake Twitter account in his name. Earlier in the day, Shah had issued a statement saying that rumours about his health were being spread through social media, and he was in good health and not suffering from any disease. The local crime branch detained four persons for spreading misinformation about Shah's health, special commissioner of police (crime) Ajay Tomar said. A screenshot of a fake Twitter account in Shah's name with his photo, claiming that he was suffering from a serious ailment, had gone viral on social media platforms, Tomar said. The suspects were detained from Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar and they were being questioned, he said. A case has been registered in this regard under sections 66(c) (punishment for identity theft) and 66(d) (cheating by personation using computer resource) of the Information ...




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Punjab CM warns Pak against attempts to spread 'narco terrorism'

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned Pakistan on Saturday against its "persistent attempts" to spread narco-terrorism in India, asserting that the police force was "keeping a close watch" on anti-national activities across the border even during a crisis. Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing, Singh said, hours after the NIA arrested a "notorious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups. The central agency said in a statement that it, along with the Punjab and Haryana police, arrested Ranjit Singh alias Cheeta, a resident of Amritsar, from Haryana. It said investigation in a drug case against Singh showed Pakistan-based outfits were using narcotic trade to generate funds for terror activities in India. Assuring people that no matter how much the force has been busy with Covid duties, the Punjab chief minister said, the police was keeping a watch on the borders. "Pakistan is not letting up on its attempts to push drugs, weapons and drug ...




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Trump Announces New Guidelines to Slow Coronavirus Spread

The White House announced new guidelines Monday to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, and asked the public to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people. Photo: Erik S. Lesser/Shutterstock




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Cruise Ship Partied On as Coronavirus Spread

Jennifer Catron boarded Carnival’s Costa Luminosa on March 5 for a transatlantic cruise. Her video diaries provide a window into life on board the ship as the coronavirus scare became a full-blown pandemic.




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Looking beyond the spread on our tables


Overcoming our ignorance of the richness of traditional food options, and imbibing the culinary cultures of those who live in harmony with nature could signify a giant step towards food and nutritional security, says Devinder Sharma after his visit to a tribal food fest.




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Janaagraha spreads out


With many of its regular programmes running smoothly, Bangalore's pioneering civil society organisation turns to newer ways of engaging citizens. Rasika Dhavse reports.




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‘No sign of community spread in Ganjam yet’




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No option but to end life: Kharra man blamed for Covid spread