KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Mahdi Noori, a young Afghan refugee in Iran, was left jobless when the factory where he’d worked cutting stone was shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak. He had no money, was afraid of contracting the virus and had no options. So he headed home. He joined a large migration of […]
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PICRC’s work continues with limit to programs involving the public
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) has taken proactive steps to ensure the safety of staff, visitors, students and community members during the current COVID-19 pandemic. All the Center’s activities that do not involve direct public contact will continue without any changes. As preventive measures, other aspects of the Center’s work that involve gatherings […]
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CDC Recommendation on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings/Masks
Health authorities and researchers continue to study the spread and effects of the new coronavirus/COVID-19 across the world. Recent studies have found that a lot of people with coronavirus do not have symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“presymptomatic”) can spread the virus to others before showing symptoms. This means that […]
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Chinese smartphone health code rules post-virus life
WUHAN, China (AP) — Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen. Green is the “health code” that says a user is symptom-free and it’s required to board a subway, check into a hotel or just enter Wuhan, the central city of 11 million people where […]
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Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdown measures
Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous […]
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“The recovery from the COVID-19 crisis must lead to a different economy”
The world is facing an unprecedented test. And this is the moment of truth. Hundreds of thousands of people are falling seriously ill from COVID-19, and the disease is spreading exponentially in many places, Societies are in turmoil and economies are in a nose-dive. The International Monetary Fund has reassessed the prospect for growth for […]