Fauci and heads of CDC and FDA potentially exposed to coronavirus; Boris Johnson to announce UK lockdown changes

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Three members of the White House coronavirus taskforce have placed themselves in self-quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. It comes as the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, prepares to unveil his “roadmap” to a new normality in a national broadcast and global infections pass four million.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, are all expected to work remotely due to potential exposure to Covid-19.

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South Australia has established a rapid response team to deal with any coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes.

Twenty-seven of the 97 people to die in Australia after testing positive to Covid-19, died in nursing homes.

The dedicated SA Pathology team has been assembled to provide greater protection for some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens.

If an outbreak occurs, the team will immediately test everyone in the facility, helping to quickly identify cases, limit the spread and protect both residents and staff.

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The test, which involves swabbing the inside of the nose, can produce results in minutes.

All three officials serve on the White House coronavirus task force.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and undisputed media star of the COVID-19 White House press briefings, is going into “modified quarantine” after making a “low risk” contact with an White House staffer who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The member of the White House’s coronavirus […]

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Sure, it’s great to have clear blue skies but for most of the world the pandemic spells famine and disease, not the planet fighting back

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Cormorants are hunting fish in the now clear waters of Venice. Wild boars roam the avenues of Barcelona and wild goats the streets of Llandudno. Above Los Angeles are blue skies. From smogless Delhi, you can once more glimpse the Himalayas.

“The Earth is healing, we are the virus,” runs the meme spreading fast across the internet. It’s a sentiment echoed by many policymakers, commentators and celebrities.

The patient's front door has become the district nurse's front line.

Dr Anthony Fauci is one of the task force members who are self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive.

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Gold Coast skipper David Swallow has added his voice to football’s flu shot debate, saying players should not be forced to be immunised before the AFL season starts.

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Mike Tyson once threatened to beat up Michael Jordan over their romantic history with the same woman, the boxer’s former manager has claimed.

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says the team are keen to secure a new deal with Daniel Ricciardo for 2021.

Adelaide Crows players in quarantine are now training as individuals so as to take out any possibility of further breaches of coronavirus training protocols.

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Sonny Bill Williams would happily jump in the ring with Mike Tyson, but the former heavyweight champ will only make a sensational ring return to fight “another bona fide boxer.”

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The former member for Eden-Monaro is now working for the CIA-linked security technology firm, after resigning from the seat in late April.

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After the contact, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn immediately took a diagnostic test for COVID-19 and tested negative. He wrote a note to staff that he is in self-quaratine for the next 2 weeks.
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Trade groups expect the government to roll out new coronavirus travel restrictions, including a quarantine for out-of-country arrivals, on Sunday. And they're already pushing back publicly.

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force — FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, CDC Director Robert Redfield and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci — are isolating themselves for two weeks.

The agency announced approval for the diagnostic method on Saturday. Cheaper and easier to administer than genetic tests for the virus, it could potentially expand to daily testing of millions.

Three senior officials guiding the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for the disease, their agencies and spokesmen said.

Growthwell plans to use the funding to expand its alternative protein product range, among others.

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The fund will support initiatives that respond to community needs in Singapore amidst virus outbreak.

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It was the company’s first bond sale since a $5 billion offering in March 2015.

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The labourers, rendered jobless due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, had set off for their homes on foot along the rail tracks apparently to escape police attention. Sixteen migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks while returning to Madhya Pradesh were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Friday.

“Let shopkeepers sell their wares and provide services. Let construction workers return to building sites. Allow farmers to harvest their crops and to transport them to be sold on the open market,” the authors wrote, while arguing that restrictions should be placed only in clusters which report higher number of cases.

His remarks came a day after Tamil Nadu moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay against a Madras High Court order directing closure of liquor shops in the state.

Currently, banks are offering an extra line of credit of 10 per cent based on working capital limits, which the government intends to increase further.