BY AND large I resist the temptation to roar at my TV screen but a few days ago, I did just that, when the tearful sister of twins who had died from the virus commented that she could not even be with her parents. Why the hell not? I shouted, feeling close to tears myself.

AT LAST there appears to be some momentum gathering behind what I have been saying for weeks: that it is wrong to lock down people on the grounds of age alone.

THE RISKS of lockdown are threatening to become greater than the risk of catching the coronavirus.The blunt instrument of social and economic shutdown may soon begin to bludgeon more people to death than the microscopic bug it is meant to protect us from.

Gestores já consideram confinamento obrigatório em algumas regiões do país em que sistemas de saúde chegaram a estado de calamidade; segundo especialistas, Brasil ia bem, mas houve erros.

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With theatres closed, Tal Kalai and Yuval Edelman streamed performances online – and ended up on TV.

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Malawi announces cash handouts for the poorest, after the courts blocked the proposed lockdown.

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Leaders across the continent are holding closed ceremonies, without the public in attendance.

Tens of thousands are calling helplines and thousands are going to bed hungry as India shuts down.

The Japanese island, which initially saw a drop in cases, is now facing a bigger wave of virus cases.

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Strengthen protection for high-risk people while easing restrictions for others, scientists say.

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Prof Neil Ferguson, who advised ministers on coronavirus, says he "made an error of judgement".

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Police made a number of arrests and issued fines as they broke up a small anti-lockdown protest in central London.

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