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March 25, 2020

Society

Video Coronavirus: The struggle of being a ride-share driver

A stimulus package worth more than $1.8 trillion (£1.5tn) has been agreed by US Senate leaders and the White House to ease the impact of coronavirus.

March 25, 2020

Asia

China’s Wuhan reports ZERO new cases of coronavirus as US sees deadliest day yet with 160+ fatalities

The city of Wuhan is coming back online, with no new cases of Covid-19 reported in the virus’ first epicenter and residents resuming business as usual. But as China recovers, the US has seen its worst day yet, tallying 163 deaths.

Workers wearing face masks remove barriers on a street in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as the city has started to loosen its lockdown, in Hubei province, China, March 21, 2020. © Reuters / China Daily

March 25, 2020

Europe

Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, tests positive for coronavirus

Prince Charles has tested positive for the coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed.

In this March 9, 2020 photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9, 2020. (Kirsty Wigglesworth&#x

March 24, 2020

Entertainment

Big question about celeb diagnoses

There are a host of A-list stars, including Tom Hanks and Idris Elba, who have had coronavirus scares, but there is a big unanswered question about their tests.

Tom Hanks with his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus on the Gold Coast.Source:Instagram

March 24, 2020

Society

Coronavirus: Donald Trumps wants the US open by Easter

While the rest of the world goes into shutdown, US President Donald Trump has made an ambitious pledge to open America again.

US President Donald Trump wants America open by Easter. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

March 24, 2020

Society

Can your marriage survive the coronavirus?

March 24, 2020

Society

Where's Fauci? Doctor's absence is noticed at White House coronavirus briefing

Fauci said he hasn't ever used that term and never will.

March 24, 2020

Asia

Coronavirus updates: China to lift lockdown measures on Wuhan in April

Over one-fifth of the world's population has been ordered or urged to stay home.

Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.

March 23, 2020

United States

Trump Considers Defying Health Experts, Ending Social Distancing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The president is reportedly eager to ease off the COVID-19 guidelines.

March 23, 2020

World

US now has the THIRD most coronavirus infections in the world behind China and Italy, New York State has 6% and NYC has 4%

The US is now the third-most infected country in the world

New York is now testing 16,000 people a day, but long lines of people waiting for the test can still be seen outside facilities like the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (pictured)

March 23, 2020

United States

Coronavirus puts a spotlight on the moral compass of America

The individualism the U.S. was founded on might not serve it well in the current public health crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts angrily to a question from an NBC News reporter asking what he would say to Americans who are feeling scared because of the COVID-19 crisis during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House Friday. (Jonatha

March 23, 2020

Canada

Canadian military units overseas await deployment of their own COVID-19 testing kits

Top general and military surgeon general say they have a plan for if troops get sick in Canada or overseas

A Canadian Armed Forces medical technician works on a simulated patient during a training exercise at the Role 2 combat hospital in Iraq in November 2016. The Department of National Defence says units deployed overseas will have to rely on allies or host

March 23, 2020

Asia

India locks down over 100 million people amid coronavirus fears

The capital New Delhi and over 80 cities and districts shut down as India scrambles to check spread of the pandemic.

People wear protective masks during a one-day nationwide curfew imposed as a preventive measure against COVID-19 on Sunday [Yawar Nazir/Getty Images]

March 23, 2020

Asia

Coronavirus: South Korea reports lowest number of new cases in four weeks

South Korea has reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since infection rates peaked four weeks ago, fuelling hope Asia's worst outbreak outside China may be abating.

EPA / people in Seoul have been disinfecting their own neighbourhoods

March 23, 2020

Entertainment

‘WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT’: Tom Hanks’ virus plea to us all hits home

Two weeks after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus, Tom Hanks has shared an update on his health and given some advice on how we can stop the disease spreading.

March 23, 2020

Middle East

US must lift sanctions if they truly want to help Iran fight against coronavirus pandemic — Rouhani

Washington’s offers to help Tehran against the deadly Covid-19 disease are disingenuous, because it is the US sanctions that undermine people’s access to medical care, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said.

Residents in Tehran, Iran. March 18, 2020. © WANA (West Asia News Agency) / Ali Khara / Reuters

March 22, 2020

Sports

Olympic chiefs set 4-week deadline to decide on fate of coronavirus-threatened Tokyo 2020 Games

Tokyo 2020 organizers have set a four-week deadline in which to decide on a potential postponement of the Games, as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to threaten the event.

March 22, 2020

Sports

Canada & Australia will NOT send teams to Tokyo in 2020 as Japan admits postponing Olympics over Covid-19 ‘may become an option’

The Canadian and Australian Olympic Committees have decided not to send teams to the Tokyo 2020 games, urging the IOC to postpone the event for one year, due to a global health crisis that is "far more significant than sport."

March 22, 2020

People

Idris Elba praises Tom Hanks for 'immediately' sharing coronavirus diagnosis in Oprah COVID-19 interview

Got questions about coronavirus? Don't fret: Oprah Winfrey is here to help.

March 22, 2020

World

Why It’s So Difficult to Stop the Spread

Coronavirus testing in the National Basketball Association backed up findings of scientific studies: Many people with no symptoms are carrying the virus and helping it spread.104

On Dec. 1, 2019, a patient in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of what doctors determined was a new coronavirus. Since then, the virus has spread to infect more than 100,000 people. Here’s how the virus grew to a global pandemic. Photo: Getty I

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