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Prakash Raj Pays His Staff and Film Crew Salaries Till May Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The actor posted on Twitter that he has taken money out of his reserve funds to pay the people working for him so that they do not suffer because of the lockdown.




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Chiranjeevi Concerned About Loss of Telugu Film Industry Due to Coronavirus

Chiranjeevi mentioned that while the cost of the losses caused because of the novel coronavirus can’t be estimated right now, the amount would run into hundreds of crores.




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Coronavirus: Virus takes life of diabetic, 496 cases in Thane




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Dutch Restaurant Trials Glass Booths for Dining Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Organisers call the project 'Serres Séparées' (Separate Greenhouses) because they say it sounds better in French.




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Fear Keeps US Undocumented from Hospitals Despite Coronavirus

New York, where nearly 20,000 people have died of COVID-19, is the epicenter of the US virus pandemic. Latinos and African-Americans are the principal victims, experiencing a mortality rate nearly double of that of white Americans.




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South Korean Findings Suggest 'Reinfected' Coronavirus Cases are False Positives

As more and more South Koreans were released from treatment for Covid-19, authorities discovered some ostensibly cured patients were later testing positive again.




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How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot

The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board.




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New Coronavirus Spread Swiftly Around World from Late 2019, Study Finds

Scientists at University College London's Genetics Institute found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - which the UCL researchers said showed how it is adapting to its human hosts as it spreads.




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Russia Sees Record Rise in Coronavirus Cases with More Than 11,000 New Infections

Russia now ranks fourth in the overall number of reported virus cases in Europe and fifth in the world.




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'Stop Shifting Blame' - China Slams USA after Donald Trump Coronavirus 'Attack' Claim

Tension between USA and China has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have exchanged barbed comments on each other's handling of the coronavvirus.




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Bank of England Sees Worst Slump in 300 Years amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The BoE kept its benchmark interest rate at an all-time low of 0.1% and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds.




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Trump's Admin Shelves CDC's Guide to Reopening Country After Coronavirus Lockdown

The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions.




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US Scientists Scramble to Study Life-threatening Syndrome in Kids Linked to Coronavirus

This emerging syndrome, which may occur days to weeks after a COVID-19 illness, reflects the surprising ways that this entirely new coronavirus infects and sickens its human hosts.




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Sweden Reports over 3,000 Coronavirus Deaths But Insists Situation Manageable

Officials defended their strategy of not imposing strict stay-at-home measures, saying Sweden's healthcare system still had spare capacity.




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Iran Says Coronavirus Outbreak 'Relatively Stable' Despite Uptick

The Islamic republic has battled to contain the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the COVID-19 illness since reporting its first cases in mid-February.




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Saudi Arabia Forms Police Unit to Enforce Coronavirus Curbs on Social Gatherings: Report

The kingdom had previously said such gatherings were prohibited and said on Thursday that those breaching the rules would be punished by law.




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Germany to Apply 'Emergency Brake' if Coronavirus Rebounds

On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and governors of the 16 states agreed to further loosen the rules, albeit with a fallback clause.




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Donald Trump Tests Negative for Coronavirus after White House Military Aide Reports Infection

US Vice-President Mike Pence has also tested negative.




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Moscow Extends Lockdown after Record Increase in Coronavirus Cases

Coronavirus cases have been registered in all of Russia's 85 regions, with Moscow the worst affected by far with 92,676.




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Coronavirus Detected in Semen of Infected Men, Shows Chinese Study

COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets or contact and the virus has also been detected in feces, saliva and urine.




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We Need to Know Where Patient Zero of Coronavirus Came From: Mike Pompeo

The US needs it for all of the epidemiological work that needs to be done to protect Americans today and tomorrow, Pompeo asserted.




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'We are Prisoners': Coronavirus Crisis Leaves Thousands of Cruise Ship Crew Stuck at Sea

The major cruise lines are accused of failing to do enough to get their staff home, ostensibly to save money on pricey charter flights – a claim the companies deny.




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China, US Commit to 'Creating Favourable Conditions' for Trade Deal Implementation Despite Coronavirus Row: Official

Last week, US President Trump threatened new tariffs against China after claiming there was evidence linking Covid-19 to a top-security lab in Wuhan.




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Does Coronavirus Spread by Sex? Virus Found in Patients' Semen in Chinese Study

The virus that causes COVID-19 can be found in semen, Chinese researchers report in a small study that doesn't address whether sexual transmission is possible. Doctors detected the virus in semen from six of 38 men hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Four were still very sick with the disease while two were recovering.




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'The Govt is Failing Us': Laid-off Americans Struggle in Coronavirus Crisis

Alejandra has not heard anything from the state -- though she has gotten a fundraising email from Republican Senator Rick Scott, who set up the current unemployment system during his tenure as governor.




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New Study Finds No Benefit from Malaria Drug HCQ for Coronavirus Treatment

Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.




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Most Coronavirus Patients May Lose Sense of Smell by Third Day of Infection, Reveals New Study

The findings indicated that a decreased sense of smell may be an indicator of patients early in the disease course as well as those who may go on to develop more severe symptoms.




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Solemn Europe to Mark World War II Anniversary Despite Coronavirus Damage

Large-scale parades that had been envisaged to commemorate the victory over the Nazis have been downsized as the world grapples with coronavirus crisis.




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Singapore Coronavirus Infections Touch 21,707 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry

Singapore on Friday reported 768 new cases of coronavirus, mostly among the foreign nationals living in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 21,707 with 20 deaths, the health ministry said.




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In a Town Split by a Border, Coronavirus Rules Vary From Door to Door

As European countries begin to ease their restrictions on public life at a varied pace, with some allowing businesses to reopen while others remain on lockdown, the different rules are sowing confusion for travelers.




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Afghanistan Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Afghanistan has recorded more than 100 deaths from the virus out of more than 3,700 confirmed cases.




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Iranians Urged to Take Coronavirus 'Seriously' as Cases Stay High

Experts and officials both in Iran and abroad have cast doubts over Covid-19 figures, saying the real number of cases could be much higher than reported.




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Wuhan Market Had Role in Coronavirus Outbreak, But More Research Needed, Says WHO

It was not clear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers may have brought the virus into the market, a WHO expert said.




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Milan a Ticking Coronavirus 'Bomb', Viroligist Warns

Lombardy region, which has recorded more than 80,000 infections, is the epicentre of Italy's outbreak, one of the worst in Europe in terms of deaths and infections.




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South Africa to Grant 19,000 Inmates Parole to Curb Coronavirus Spread

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the parole would apply to low-risk inmates who have passed their minimum detention period.




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Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 20.5 Million US Jobs in April in Historic Collapse

The job loss according to the US Labor Department destroyed nearly all the positions created in the prior decade




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Chinese Envoy Says Open to Probe of Origins of Coronavirus: Report

China has dismissed as groundless U.S. and Australian questioning of how it had handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had been open and transparent, despite growing scepticism about the accuracy of its official death toll.




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Spanish Cat Who Died of Pre-existing Respiratory Condition Tests Positive for Coronavirus

The cat, named Negrito, was the sixth feline to be detected with the disease globally. It belonged to a household in the Barcelona area where several family members had caught the virus.




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Coronavirus Could Kill 1,90,000 Africans and 'Smoulder' Across the Continent for Years

As many as 44 million of the continent's 1.3 billion people could be infected during the same period, the UN health agency estimated, based on its prediction model of 47 African countries.




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Coronavirus-hit Iran Holds Friday Prayers For First Time in Months

Iran urged citizens to take social distancing 'more seriously' as it announced more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus infection.




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Shortages of Coronavirus Test Materials 'Critical': UN Lab Chief

The tests the lab sends out use the nuclear-derived RT-PCR technology, which is now common for new coronavirus detection and can give results within hours.




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Japan Lowers Bar to Coronavirus Testing, Drops Temperature Guideline

Japan's guidelines had previously specified that those who had had a fever of 37.5 Celsius or more for four consecutive days.




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Trump Offers Biden Rapid Coronavirus Testing System to Help Him Return to Campaign Trail

Trump, who this week made his first trip out of Washington in more than a month, relies on a federal supply of coronavirus tests so that he can maintain a more traditional schedule, while Biden has been isolating at home for nearly two months.




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UK Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 31,000, Confirms British Govt

The number of fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community rose by 626 on the previous day to reach 31,241.




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New York Child Dies from Rare Inflammatory Disease Linked to Coronavirus, Says Governor

Andre Cuomo said there have been 73 reported cases in NY state of children getting severely ill with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome.




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Aide to US Vice President Mike Pence Tests Positive for Coronavirus

On Thursday, White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump's valets tested positive for the coronavirus.




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Italy Becomes Third Country to Record 30,000 Coronavirus Deaths, New Cases Edge Down

Italy's total death toll from COVID-19 since its outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 30,201. Only the United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus.




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Brazil has One-day Record of 751 Coronavirus Deaths, 10,222-plus New Cases

More than 145,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported so far, with 10,222 added in the last 24 hours.




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US Tightens Visa Rules for Chinese Journalists amid Coronavirus Tensions

In issuing the new regulation on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security cited what it called China's "suppression of independent journalism."




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'Never Despair': Queen Elizabeth Tells Coronavirus-hit Britain on 75th anniversary of WW2 End

Her message was filmed at Windsor Castle, where she and her husband Prince Philip have been staying since the coronavirus outbreak began.