2020-04-02: Social Media Postees

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[Editorial] COVID-19 will not leave behind refugees and migrants
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Never has the “leave no one behind” pledge felt more urgent. As nations around the world implement measures to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including lockdowns and restrictions on individuals’ movements, they must heed their global commitments. When member states adopted the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they promised to ensure no one will be left behind. Chief among the world’s most vulnerable people are refugees and migrants. The COVID-19 crisis puts these groups at enormous risk.
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[Editorial] Redefining vulnerability in the era of COVID-19
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
What does it mean to be vulnerable? Vulnerable groups of people are those that are disproportionally exposed to risk, but who is included in these groups can change dynamically. A person not considered vulnerable at the outset of a pandemic can become vulnerable depending on the policy response. The risks of sudden loss of income or access to social support have consequences that are difficult to estimate and constitute a challenge in identifying all those who might become vulnerable. Certainly, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable groups are not only elderly people, those with ill health and comorbidities, or…
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[World Report] Developing antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2
Anna Petherick | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Laboratories and diagnostic companies are racing to produce antibody tests, a key part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna Petherick reports.
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[Comment] The COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: what might we expect?
Gerardo Chowell, Kenji Mizumoto | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
As of March 19, 2020, 191‚Äà127 cases of, including 7807 deaths attributed to, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide.1 The incidence of reported cases in China has dramatically reduced to tens per day as a result of strict social distancing measures; however, the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is now generating sustained transmission in many countries including the USA. In The Lancet, Isaac Ghinai, Tristan D McPherson, and colleagues2 report details of the first known human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA, which was…
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[Comment] A planetary health perspective on COVID-19: a call for papers
Alastair Brown, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
It is natural during the unfolding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to focus on emergency response planning, including containment, treatment procedures, and vaccine development, and nobody would doubt the need for these measures. However, an emergency can also open a window of opportunity for reflection and learning. We live in increasingly global, interdependent, and environmentally constrained societies and the COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies these aspects of our world. We would therefore be wise to take a broad integrated perspective on this disease, the impacts of which are already spilling over in…
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[Correspondence] Education and research are essential for lasting peace in Yemen
Fathiah Zakham, Olli Vapalahti, Hilal A Lashual | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Yemen, known to many as the land of Sheba, and Manhattan of the desert, is now referred to only as one of the poorest countries on Earth. The name Yemen has become synonymous with cholera, famine, death, instability, and war. The war continues to erase the lives, history, and the future of Yemenis, and meaningful aid and peace have yet to reach Yemen.
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[Correspondence] Mass drug administration: time to consider drug pollution?
Gorka Orive, Unax Lertxundi | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mass drug administration is the strategy recommended by WHO to control or eliminate many neglected tropical diseases that cause devastating consequences worldwide. This strategic approach, which has produced unquestionable benefits, consists of treating every person, infected or not, living in a defined geographical area at approximately the same time.1 In 2017, more than 1 ∑7 billion treatments (mainly albendazole, mebendazole, ivermectin, azithromycin, and praziquantel) were delivered to 1 ∑04 billion individuals.
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[Correspondence] Authoritarianism and the threat of infectious diseases
Juan M Pericà s | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Punitive social policy, encompassing the dismantling of the welfare state with the expansion of the penal state and its associated institutions, as nicely stated by Elias Nosrati and Michael Marmot in their Perspective,1 might indeed be considered an upstream social determinant of health. Nosrati and Marmot’s analysis relates to the findings described by Navarro and colleagues,2 linking political ideology with policies aimed at reducing social inequalities such as welfare state and labour market policies.
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[Editorial] Open versus endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
When the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released draft guidelines on the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms in May, 2018, it caused outcry. By recommending that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of unruptured aneurysms should not be offered–even in patients for whom open surgical repair was contraindicated–critics said that many patients would be denied life-saving treatment and that the guidelines were unworkable.
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[Correspondence] Chagas disease: still a neglected emergency?
Renato D Lopes, Claudio Gimpelewicz, John J V McMurray | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
10 years after highlighting the health consequences for millions of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, a 2019 report from the Pan American Health Organization concluded that there has been little progress in the prevention and treatment of Chagas disease, a problem that now extends beyond Latin America.1…
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Guselkumab in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER-2): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1126–36–In this Article, the following sentence from the Participants section has been corrected as follows: “Patients were permitted, but not required, to continue stable use of selected standard treatments, including NSAIDs or other analgesics up to the regional marketed dose approved; oral corticosteroids (‚â§10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose); or non-biologic DMARDs (limi…
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[World Report] 2020 Canada Gairdner Award winners announced
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
On March 31, the Gairdner Foundation announced the winners of its annual prizes in biomedical science and global health. Talha Burki spoke with the laureates.
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Biswal S, Borja-Tabora C, Martinez Vargas L, et al. Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; published online March 17. dox.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30414-… appendix of this Article has been corrected as of April 2, 2020.
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[Obituary] Philip Leder
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Molecular geneticist and genetic code breaker. He was born in Washington, DC, USA, on Nov 19, 1934, and died from complications of Parkinson’s disease in Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, on Feb 2, 2020, aged 85 years.
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[Perspectives] Face transplants as surgical acts and psychosocial processes
Fay Bound Alberti | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
In 2017 the face of Katie Stubblefield made headlines. Not the face she was born with or the face that emerged after 22 reconstructive surgeries. This was another face altogether: a transplant that Stubblefield would receive from Adrea Schneider. There have been 46 recorded face transplants in history. Katie’s was the 40th–only the third to have taken place at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, which also undertook the first face transplant in the USA, on Connie Culp, in 2008. According to the Cleveland Clinic, it took 11 surgeons and staff from 15 specialties more than 31 hours to transplant Stubblefield’s new…
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[Comment] Offline: COVID-19–what countries must do now
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
How should countries plan for the approaching health crisis caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, himself struck down with infection, has written to every household warning that, “we know things will get worse before they get better”. The UK Government is right to prepare the public for the coming human catastrophe. All governments have a responsibility to do the same. But this advice does not go far enough. Here are five critical actions that need to be considered immediately.
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[Perspectives] Man up
Tom Shakespeare | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography explores half a century of photographic representations of men–their bodies, their identities, and their social roles. Contemporary politics is full of powerful men–Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan–behaving in stereotypically dominant ways. You could be forgiven for thinking that the more things change, the more things remain the same. But #MeToo is here to say it can’t go on like this, in the wake of the conviction of Harvey Weinstein.
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[Correspondence] Obsolete medical law in Japan harms doctors’ health
Genichi Sugihara, Nori Takei | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Japan has achieved one of the most successful health-care systems in the world.1 Under the nation’s insurance scheme, Japanese citizens have taken for granted that anyone can choose any health-care facility and receive the most advanced medical care across the nation. However, little attention has been paid to the fact that such a health system is supported by dedicated and self-sacrificing medical professionals. Such overloaded expectation is especially high in rural areas where the number of doctors remains low.
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In meeting with Bezos, Amazon executives conspired to smear fired worker who led protest over Covid-19 safety conditions
rt.com | 2020-04-03
Amazon’s top lawyer crafted a strategy to scapegoat the man who organized a protest at a New York warehouse, calling the African-American ex-employee ‘not smart, or articulate.’ President Obama’s ex-spokesman helped carry it out. | Chris Smalls was fired on Monday, after he led up to 50 of his colleagues at a Staten Island warehouse to walk out in protest over what they described as unsafe working conditions at the mammoth facility, including the lack of protective gear for the workers. A number of political and media figures, including the Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) condem…
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‘Missing in action’: Trump savages Schumer in scathing letter after criticism of Covid-19 response
rt.com | 2020-04-03
US President Donald Trump has penned a blistering letter slamming Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) as “missing in action” during the Covid-19 pandemic, firing back after the lawmaker attacked the federal response to the crisis. | “Thank you for your Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites, which are wrong in every way,” the missive begins, responding to the Senate minority leader’s appeal earlier on Thursday for the appointment of a coronavirus “czar” amid what…
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Fox News Has Been Lying Its Aging Viewers Into Early Graves
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
That moment when you step back from yourself and realize every cell and fiber in your body is a gusting scream of fury and fear so encompassing that you are thrumming on a subharmonic level, yet simultaneously you are so quiescent that the purring cat asleep on your chest has no idea of your condition

It’s Time to Clean Ecofascism Out of Environmentalism
Stephen Corry | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
The coronavirus pandemic is lethal, but could there be a silver lining beyond the pain? Social media is awash with how the newly cleaned environment is hosting wildlife not seen for years. Dolphins are swimming in Venetian canals: except they aren’t, they’re really near Sardinia as usual. Swans? Yes, but they’ve always been there. The…
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It’s Time to Clean Ecofascism Out of Environmentalism
Stephen Corry | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
The coronavirus pandemic is lethal, but could there be a silver lining beyond the pain? Social media is awash with how the newly cleaned environment is hosting wildlife not seen for years. Dolphins are swimming in Venetian canals: except they aren’t, they’re really near Sardinia as usual. Swans? Yes, but they’ve always been there. The…
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Cuomo presses forward with Medicaid cuts as New York City health care system overwhelmed by pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Even though New York City’s hospitals and medical workers are overwhelmed by the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing forward with planned cuts to Medicaid.
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US Becomes First Country to Report 200,000 Coronavirus Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
The United States became the first nation with more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University. | RELATED: | Nearly 60% in US Believe System Made Solely to Serve Rich | The U.S. has confirmed 215,417 COVID19 cases, with 5,116 deaths, according to the latest tally updated by the university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. | New York state has recorded 83,712 diagnoses and 1,941 deaths, both the highest among U.S. state…
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We Need a Coronavirus Truce
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-04-02
International cooperation needs to take priority right now, and countries must stop their wars against one another and against their own populations…
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Appeal for Humanitarian Diplomacy in the Korean Peninsula
Simone Chun | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
External threats such as pandemics remind all of us the need for global solidarity. The more we cooperate, coordinate, and share information and resources the safer we all are. In times of international health emergencies, adversaries should put down their sabers and be willing to find ways to work together. As we put aside hostilities…
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US: Three Migrant Children Test Positive for Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
Three migrant children under state institutions custody in the U.S tested positive for the COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. The minors contracted the virus in a facility located in New York. | RELATED: | US Becomes First Country to Report 200,000 Coronavirus Cases | According to the relocation office’s report, 18 children were tested after showing symptoms like fever, dry cough, and difficult breathing. After the analysis, 11 of them were considered negative, 4 were waiti…
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Fighting for immigrant rights during a pandemic
Katrina Huber | splcenter.org | 2020-04-02
As people across the country are confined to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, little attention has been given to a group of people whose health is in danger because they are locked away from the outside world

Pandemic Highlights India’s Class Divide as 1.3 Billion Lock Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
In India, 1.3 billion people have been locked down for more than a week to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The country reports nearly 2,000 cases and at least 50 deaths. Millions living in poverty and migrant workers were stranded far from home when the lockdown was announced, and some have reportedly died making the perilous journey home. More than 80% of India’s workforce is informal, with most living off daily wages often less than $2 or $3 a day

Modi government represses desperate migrant workers amid calamitous coronavirus lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
People across India and around the world have been shocked and outraged by the pictures of poor migrant workers caught up in the Indian government’s ill-conceived and socially reckless 21-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
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These Migrant Workers Did Not Suddenly Fall from the Sky
Vijay Prashad | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-02
Madness engulfs the planet. Hundreds of millions of people are in lockdown in their homes, millions of people who work in essential jobs

As COVID-19 pandemic exposes failure of capitalism, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shifts to the right
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Ocasio-Cortez is increasingly lining up behind the Democratic Party establishment at the very point that the coronavirus catastrophe is demonstrating the failure of the capitalist system and discrediting all of its political parties and representatives.
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Could COVID-19 Reshape Global Leadership?
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-02
Photo Credit: CODEPINK As U.S. COVID-19 cases double every few days and the death toll mounts, the U.S. seems to be caught in a “worst of both worlds” predicament: daily life and much of the U.S. economy is shut down, but no real progress has been achieved in its efforts to contain or eradicate the …
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US pushes conspiracy theory on China’s coronavirus death toll to deflect from Trump administration failures
Ajit Singh | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-02
A widely disseminated and highly dubious story asserting China concealed tens of thousands of deaths originated from a US government…
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Facemask shortage and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: Reflections on public health measures
Huai-liang Wu, Jian Huang, Casper J.P. Zhang, Zonglin He, Wai-Kit Ming | thelancet.com | 2020-04-02
Implementing a universal facemask wearing policy in the whole of China could lead to severe facemask shortage. Without effective public communication, a universal facemask wearing policy could result in societal panic and subsequently, increase the nationwide and worldwide demand for facemasks. These increased demands could cause a facemask shortage for healthcare workers and reduce the effectiveness of outbreak control in the affected regions, eventually leading to a pandemic. To fight novel infectious disease outbreaks, such as COVID-19, governments should monitor domestic facemask supplies and give priority to…
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[Research Paper] Survey of major trauma centre preparedness for mass casualty incidents in Australia, Canada, England and New Zealand
Belinda J. Gabbe, William Veitch, Kate Curtis, Kate Martin, David Gomez, Ian Civil, Chris Moran, Warwick J. Teague, Andrew J.A. Holland, Fiona Lecky, Mark Fitzgerald, Avery Nathens, Anthony Joseph | thelancet.com | 2020-04-02
The disaster preparedness of MTCs was high for communication, safety and security but there was clear need for improvement in other areas including surge capacity, human resources and post-disaster recovery.
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[Editorial] During a world health crisis: A personal view
thelancet.com | 2020-04-02
Like many of you, I am struggling to go about my daily work routine. I am unfocussed and distracted. I am supposed to write an editorial now and the deadline is approaching faster than originally planned. We need more time with production, now that the workload and the amount of time-sensitive studies have increased. Everyone’s day-to-day workflow has changed, and we are doing our best to adjust, manage, and to keep things going.
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A Russian firewall for Venezuela against U.S. sanctions
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-04-02
The optics of the Russian oil leviathan Rosneft’s decision to sell its subsidiary Rosneft Trading SA and sell all its assets in Venezuela after the US Treasury sanctioned its trading arm two weeks ago as part of Washington’s regime change project to oust president Nicolás Maduro, may not look good to the uninformed outside observer.
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A university professor reveals a shocking fact about Matt Hancock’s coronavirus ‘strategy’ live on TV
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
A university professor has revealed a shocking fact about the UK government’s coronavirus ‘strategy’, live on TV. | Prof Mark Harris said that universities sent details of their laboratory staff who could help with coronavirus testing to Matt Hancock’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) “a couple of weeks ago”. But “nothing has yet happened”, he said. | The government’s ‘strategy’ for ‘ramping up’ testing

New Reports Place Israel Among World’s 25 “Declining Democracies”
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-02
Both Freedom House and V-DEM’s Annual Democracy Report shows Israel is experiencing a precipitous decline in democracy. Thought that would hardly be surprising to the 2 million Arab citizens that live there.
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Tunisia Leads the Way: New Report Exposes Israel’s False Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-02
Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world’s most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. While Tunisians can be …
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How COVID-19 Changed Our Lives: a Report From Beijing
Liu Jian | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
On January 18, after attending a meeting in Hangzhou, I planned to return to my home in Beijing. At that time, the Spring Festival in China was approaching. Although I had started buying tickets one week in advance, I still did not get a high-speed train ticket from Hangzhou to Beijing so I had to…
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COVID-19 infections hit Australian health workers
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Medical professionals across the country have made ongoing complaints that they lack sufficient quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks.
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Puerto Rico confronts COVID-19 alongside natural disasters and predatory debt
Carol Ramos Widom | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
When goods supplier Luis Rivera leaves his home in Puerto Rico each morning to make his rounds of sales and deliveries to food markets throughout the island, he double-checks that he is carrying the documents that identify him as an essential worker. “If police stop my car on the road, and I don’t have proof …
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Spain: Catalonia Wants Cuban Health Workers to Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
Catalonia’s Health Minister Alba Verges asked Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa that Cuban medical teams can join the fight against COVID-19 in her autonomous territory. | RELATED: | Spain Exceeds 9,000 Dead and 100,000 COVID-19 Cases | She also requested a rapid recognition of Cuban doctors’ professional degrees so that they can work in Catalonia, as they are already doing in Andorra or Italy. | If accepted, the recognition of professional credentials would benefit all Cuban doctors re…
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19,000 ambulance workers strike in Northern India to demand protective gear
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The strike by Indian ambulance workers is part of the militant class response by the working class against the capitalist governments that have endangered the lives of workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What We Should Do About COVID-19
P. Sainath | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
With his first speech on the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got us to scare evil spirits away by having people bang the hell out of their pots and pans. With his second, he scared the hell out of all of us. With not a word on how the public, particularly the poor, are to…
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Philippines: New People’s Army orders COVID-19 monitoring in Davao areas
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-02
The communist-led New People’s Army (NPA) command in South Mindanao (SMR) has ordered its units to closely monitor and immediatly report of cases of COVID-19 infection in their respective areas of responsibility. The NPA-SMR command covers Davao City and other Davao regions which are dominated by the Duterte family dynasty. Cases of local transmission have been reported recently in the region. | In an April 1 statement, Rigoberto Sanchez, NPA-SMR spokesperson, ordered all NPA units in the region “to assist all organs of political power and revolutionary organizations in addressing the health crisis in their areas…
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Britons cite ‘shocking’ lack of medical checks and advice after landing back in UK
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
Britons returning to the UK from abroad have lambasted the “shocking” lack of testing and medical advice upon arriving back on home soil following the coronavirus outbreak.Some passengers told the PA news agency other countries appeared to be taking the Covid-19 pandemic much more seriously, with medical questionnaires and health checks at land borders and travel terminals.They said there was a chronic lack of similar measures upon landing in the UK, with air passengers breezing through security as though it was “a normal working day” and being left clueless about whether to go into quarantine.Mete Coban, a 27-ye…
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Prisons are a COVID-19 Petri Dish
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
Now is the time to empty the prisons. With over two million people incarcerated, the vast majority for nonviolent crimes, prisoners are packed like sardines, their overcrowding perfect for mass infection and spread of the Covid-19 pestilence. Nonviolent drug offenders, people who couldn’t make bail, people within six months of release, the elderly and infirm

John Whitehead: The Attack on Civil Liberties in the Age of COVID-19
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-02
In an exclusive for MintPress, constitutional attorney John Whitehead warns that the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to bring the American Police State out into the open on a scale we’ve not seen before.
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Medical Staffing Company Slashed Benefits for Doctors, Nurses Fighting COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
Emergency room doctors and nurses many of whom are dealing with an onslaught of coronavirus patients and shortages of protective equipment

COVID-19 voter suppression: Trump admits GOP can’t win if many vote
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
Can democracy be protected during a pandemic? Even under the best-case scenario now being presented by officials, the United States may lose up to 100,000 people to the deadly COVID-19 virus. In the midst of this outbreak, it has become painfully clear that President Donald Trump has no intention of mounting a truly national response …
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Trump Backs Pharma Company’s Exclusive Patent on Possible COVID-19 Treatment
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
As the United States leads the world in coronavirus cases, the nation’s healthcare system is already stretched to capacity and protective gear in short supply. President Trump and his health advisors say more than 100,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus in the next two weeks. Meanwhile, millions of people have lost their jobs, and a record 6.6 million unemployment claims were filed this week, on top of last week’s 3.3 million claims. For more on the economic impacts of the coronavirus, a…
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A chronically ill boy’s story sums up the coronavirus lockdown torture for millions of missing people
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
Note: the author’s partner lives with the disease discussed in this articleAnyone who is chronically ill or disabled may be facing bigger challenges during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. And there’s one group of people who are more at risk than others. Yet the government is still refusing to acknowledge that these people are extremely vulnerable. One family’s story, however, shows why these millions of missing people are so vulnerable.Myalgic encephalomyelitis:
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U.S. Communists demand Trump use Defense Production Act, say coronavirus exposes capitalism’s failings
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
U.S. Communists are condemning the Trump administration’s bungled COVID-19 response and say that the health crisis has quickly morphed into an economic and political one. It’s not just Trump that’s coming in for criticism, however. In a statement issued Tuesday–just a day before the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States passed the …
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Trump to Hold In-Person Meeting With Big Oil CEOs to Discuss COVID-19 Relief
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
President Donald Trump on Friday is reportedly set to hold an in-person White House meeting with top executives from some of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world

Facebook Removes Bolsonaro Videos for ‘Misinformation’
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
Facebook followed in the footsteps of Twitter Monday by removing video posts in which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro challenged the isolation measures defended by the health authorities to combat the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Brazil Confirms First COVID-19 Case in Isolated Tribe | In a statement, Facebook reported that it decided to delete…
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Amid growing anger over criminal response to COVID-19 crisis, Washington threatens war
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Trump issued threats against Iran and Venezuela yesterday, both weaponizing the pandemic and desperately seeking to divert mounting social tensions in the US itself.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/pers…

Ten New York City transit workers die of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
More New York City transit workers are sick and dying as work continues without protective equipment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/nyct…

Bolsonaro is leading Brazil to coronavirus catastrophe
Fiona Edwards | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro is pushing Latin America’s largest nation to the brink of catastrophe. In a country of over 210 million people, Bolsonaro’s inaction and outright denial of the real threat that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic presents is risking the premature and unn…
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Argentina: President Fernandez Prohibits Layoffs for 60 Days
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez Tuesday published a decree that prohibits the layoffs and suspensions of workers for 60 days. This decision is part of a package of measures aimed at sustaining economic activity amid mandatory quarantine. | RELATED: | Covid-19’s Effects Put Argentina on the Verge of a Debt Default | More specifically, the decr…
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Prisons are a COVID-19 Petri Dish
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
Now is the time to empty the prisons. With over two million people incarcerated, the vast majority for nonviolent crimes, prisoners are packed like sardines, their overcrowding perfect for mass infection and spread of the Covid-19 pestilence. Nonviolent drug offenders, people who couldn’t make bail, people within six months of release, the elderly and infirm

Some Covid-19 patients could have treatment withdrawn to save others
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
Coronavirus patients could have their treatment withdrawn and offered to others who are more likely to survive, new guidance for doctors has warned.The British Medical Association’s (BMA) latest ethics advice said health professionals could be forced to make “grave decisions” should hospitals become overwhelmed with patients.The document warns that decisions around rationing scarce resources, such as ventilators, could determine whether large numbers of patients will receive life-saving treatment or not.It comes as the UK experienced its biggest day-on-day rise in deaths so far, with the government now facing inc…
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Spain’s coronavirus death toll hits 10,000 as global infections near a million
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-02
Over 10,000 people in Spain have died after testing positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), as the global number of infections moves closer to a million. Around 50,000 people around the world have died so far during the pandemic. The real figures are believed to be much higher because of testing shortages, differences in counting the dead, and large numbers of mild cases that have gone unreported. | Europe: | Spain reported a new record in virus-related deaths on Thursday, with 950 in 24 hours although the growth in infections is wani…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/0…

Andorra’s Diplomat Rejects US Limitations on Cuban Medical Aid
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
Foreign Minister of Andorra Maria Ubach denounced U.S. pressure to prevent Cuba’s medical collaboration with the small European country of Andorra. Cuban doctors are providing assistance to those facing the COVID-19 in Andorra. | RELATED: | Nearly 60% in US Believe System Made Solely to Serve Rich | “I am aware of the position of the United States, but we are a sovereign country and we can choose the partners with whom to have a collaboration”, Ubach declared to local news media. Wi…
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Alabama prisons hold more than 1,100 older people at greater COVID-19 risk
Kathryn Casteel and Will Tucker | splcenter.org | 2020-04-02
More than 1,100 people age 65 or older are locked away in Alabama prisons, putting a group already highly susceptible to the deadly COVID-19 virus at an even greater risk, according to an SPLC analysis of the state’s prison system.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/02/alabama-pr…

Stop Trump’s anti-Asian Racism; Speak out against hate crimes!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 29 statement from the Twin Cites based Anti-War Committee. | Racism against Asian Americans is on the rise with 650 attacks reported this last week of March, 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic deepens, Donald Trump is PURPOSEFULLY inciting these attacks. President Trump is using anti-Asian racism to distract from his bungled COVID-19 response and to demonize China. Despite the fact that Trump previously praised China’s transparency and heroic efforts to curb the pandemic, he is now maliciously labeling the coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.” | Trump has repea…
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We Are Facing a Resurgence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Amid the Pandemic
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the critical importance of a robust and prepared public health infrastructure that can support people with limited income and resources

A lesson in handling crisis from Major League Baseball
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
The collective mood across America is dour. How could it not be? The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities. The incoherent, and obscenely self-obsessed, daily briefings from the White House have led to several cable news networks to stop airing Trump’s coronavirus briefings. And Thursday’s jobs report only confirms the economic impact we already knew was coming–over 6.65 million …
peoplesworld.org/article/a-lesson-in-han…

Hospital closures continue in Germany despite COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Although every hospital bed in Germany is needed because of the coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals are facing closure, especially in more rural areas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/germ…

China Scientists Seek Possible COVID-19 Antibodies Treatment
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-02
A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are “extremely effective” at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells, which eventually could help treat or prevent COVID-19. | RELATED: | US Blockade Prevents Medical Supplies From Reaching Cuba | Zhang Linqi at Tsinghua University in Beijing said a drug made with antibodies like the ones his team has found could be used more effectively than the current approaches, including what he cal…
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US Navy aircraft carrier commander seeks evacuation of entire crew to stem outbreak of coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The crisis on the USS Theodore Roosevelt is only the most acute indication of the serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of the American military machine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/carr…

Stock Sales by GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler Trigger Allegations of Insider Trading
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-02
An ethics watchdog called for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., to be investigated by “any federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction over insider trading” after a new report revealed the lawmaker unloaded millions of dollars in stocks from industries hit hard by the economic fallout over the coronavirus pandemic as she publicly downplayed the extent of the outbreak. | The largest transactions from Loeffler’s most recent financial disclosures were three sales between Feb. 26 and March…
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The Coronavirus Rained on Trump’s Easter Charade
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump was hell-bent on loosening social restraints so that churches could be “packed” on Easter (April 12). Never mind that health care experts warned that such a premature move would worsen the spread of the virus, overwhelm hospitals with patients, lead to countless deaths and result in…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-coronavi…

Alberta’s right-wing UCP government exploits coronavirus pandemic to lay off at least 20,000 education workers
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government slashed all non-teacher salary funding to Alberta school boards Saturday, which will force the layoff of at least 20,000 teaching assistants, cleaners, and other support staff.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/albe…

Trump regime’s threat to suspend Constitution draws flak
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
WASHINGTON–The GOP Trump administration’s reported threat

New jobless claims skyrocket to 6.648 million, double last week
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-02
WASHINGTON–Welcome to the rerun of the Great Recession, if not the Great Depression, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its spread through the U.S. The lines of jobless people seeking unemployment benefits doubled in the week ending March 28, to 6.6 million, the Labor Department reported on April 2. Since March began, 10.2 million people …
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Trillions in Disaster Relief for Corporations and Banks, Spare Change for the People, Hospitals, Small Businesses, State and Local Governments
Jane Biral | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-02
Our doctors and nurses are being thoroughly mobilized and worked to limit… Many cases receive no attention at all.

US Conference of Mayors survey shows severe lack of equipment to combat coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
As the US death toll nears 5,000, a report to the federal government from mayors of 213 cities showing a desperate shortage of lifesaving equipment has fallen on deaf ears.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/usco…

The Future May Be Female, But the Pandemic is Patriarchal
Rebecca Gordon | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
Before I found myself “sheltering in place,” this article was to be about women’s actions around the world to mark March 8th, International Women’s Day. From Pakistan to Chile, women in their millions filled the streets, demanding that we be able to control our bodies and our lives. Women came out in Iraq and Kyrgyzstan,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-future-m…

Indonesian government declares “national emergency” after downplaying coronavirus threat
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
A University of Indonesia report has warned that 240,000 people may die in the pandemic this month without a substantial government intervention.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/indo…

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa exceeds 6,000 with more than 200 deaths
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The UN recently warned that half of all jobs could be lost on the African continent due to the disruption caused by the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/afri…

US Bureau of Prisons implements 14-day national lockdown as coronavirus pandemic takes hold
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The death of another inmate at the Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution in Louisiana was confirmed Wednesday, taking the total of deaths among those incarcerated at the prison to three.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/pris…

Alliance for the Wild Rockies Sues Feds to Stop a Project That Will Kill 72 Yellowstone Grizzly Bears in Wyoming’s Upper Green and Gros Ventre Rivers
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
Once over 50,000 strong in the lower 48 states, grizzlies were reduced to less than 1,000 bears. Grizzly bears were eliminated from Texas by 1890, California by 1922, Utah by 1923, Oregon by 1931, New Mexico by 1933, and Arizona by 1935. Thus, in a historical blink of an eye, from the 1800s to the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/alliance-for…

The Swedish Alternative: Coronavirus as a Grand Gamble
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
As draconian lockdowns, punitive regimes and surveillance become the norm of the coronavirus world, Sweden has treaded more softly in the field. This is certainly in contrast to its Scandinavian cousins, Denmark and Norway. The rudiments of a life uninterrupted generally remain in place. Cafes, restaurants and shops, for the most part, remain open and…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-swedish-…

The Temple of Self-Gratification
Jason Hirthler | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
Author David Foster Wallace once said that America is, “One enormous engine and temple of self-gratification and self-advancement.” The spectacle of American consumerism comes galloping to mind. But the pageant of gluttony with which we sate ourselves on a weekly basis is a pale reflection, at least in its intensity, of American foreign policy. Like our national addiction to guns mirrors our international addiction to bombs, so too our appetitive instincts at home merely reflect those same greedy impulses writ large in the global arena. From the soul of the gourmand to the surface-to-air missile, the attitude to…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-temple-o…

An Open Letter to My Landlord #CancelRent
David Rovics | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
We will not be paying rent for April, and we thought we’d let you know why. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Just to let you know, since we’ve never met, I’m one of your many residential tenants. I imagine that between you and your corporation, the Randall Group, and then between that and its subsidiary,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/an-open-lett…

The Return of Infrastructure Week
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump is calling for a fourth stimulus package, which he wants to be “very big and bold,” and to focus on infrastructure. He argued that this is a good time to do this, since interest rates are very low. It’s good to see that Donald Trump has discovered infrastructure…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-return-o…

The Relative Generosity of the Economic Rescue Package: Boeing vs. Public Broadcasting
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
The media have been engaged big time in the numbers without context game, throwing out really big numbers faster than anyone can catch them. (For the biggest, the overall size of the stimulus, given the time frame, we are looking at a stimulus that is about five times as large as the Obama stimulus.) While…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-relative…

The Dark Secrets in the Fed’s Last Wall Street Bailout Are Getting a Devious Makeover in Today’s Bailout
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-02
From December 2007 to November 10, 2011, the Federal Reserve, secretly and without the awareness of Congress, funneled $19.6 trillion in cumulative loans to bail out the trading houses on Wall Street. Just 14 global financial institutions received 83.9 percent of those loans or $16.41 trillion. (See chart above.) A number of those banks were insolvent at the time and did not, under the law, qualify for these Fed loans. Significant amounts of these loans were collateralized with junk bonds and stocks, at a time when both markets were in freefall. Under the law, the Fed is only allowed to make loans against “good”
counterpunch.org/2020/04/02/the-dark-sec…

One hundred years since Germany’s Kapp Putsch
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The Kapp Putsch is of burning contemporary relevance at a time when Germany’s bourgeoisie is once again turning to militarism, a right-wing extremist party is represented in the federal parliament and all state parliaments, and far-right terrorist networks operate unhindered within the state apparatus and the army.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/kapp…

China and Cuba’s medical internationalism is a shining example of global solidarity
Danny Haiphong | mronline.org | 2020-04-02
China sends medical equipment abroad, Cuba sends doctors and cutting-edge drugs, but the U.S. fails to provide its people, doctors and nurses with basic tools and protection.
mronline.org/2020/04/02/china-and-cubas-…

You Don’t Need to Believe China About China’s Coronavirus Success
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-04-02
Accusing China of deception provides a ready excuse for the Trump administration’s failures: “The reality is that we could have been better off if China had been more forthcoming,” says Vice President Mike Pence (Bloomberg, 4/1/20). | Bloomberg News ( 4/1/20) reported that anonymous US officials say that a secret US intelligence report says that China’s statist…
fair.org/home/you-dont-need-to-believe-c…

Without work and regular paycheck millions of Americans at risk of eviction as rent comes due
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
In New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic, up to 40 percent of tenants are expected forgo rent payments this month.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/rent…

Coronavirus freezes Democratic presidential campaign as states postpone primaries
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
Fourteen states have either delayed presidential primaries or extended deadlines for voting by mail.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/prim…

The Coronavirus depression requires a new approach to budgeting
Nathan Tankus | mronline.org | 2020-04-02
Congress recently passed a 1.5-1.7 Trillion dollar stimulus bill (as I wrote about last week, the reported headline number is including a useless accounting gimmick which provides no additional support to the U.S. economy). Part of the reason we can report such an exact number is congress budgets in exacts.Take a look at these two …
mronline.org/2020/04/02/the-coronavirus-…

Nightingale field hospital completed in London to cope with mass coronavirus deaths
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
While clearly the new hospital is a much-needed facility, given the criminal starving of resources in Britain’s health care system, for many who are taken there it will be little more than a waiting room for the dying.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/nigh…

War Profiteering in the Time of Corona
Christian Sorensen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-02
On 11 March, executives from the war corporation CACI, which sells goods and services to CIA, NSA, and the U.S. Armed Forces, rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. That ceremony embodies the war industry’s business as usual approach to the coronavirus. Industry executives are doing their best to keep the gears …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/war-profiteer…

Stock market sell-off resumes
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
The renewed market downturn followed statements by President Trump that US deaths from the coronavirus could be 240,000 while hinting that the toll could be even higher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/mark…

Open Letter to My Landlord
David Rovics | zcomm.org | 2020-04-02
If there is to be a class war in America, it is people like you who started it. We are only responding to your mindless greed and the broken system which people like you broke and make sure stays broken…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/open-letter-to-my-…

Tennessee governor’s delay in issuing stay-at-home order means thousands more will die, physicians warn
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
“This is not a mandated shelter in place order, but it is a strong urging for Tennesseans to stay at home,” Gov. Lee said during his daily media briefing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/tenn…

Clemency: A prison warden with a civil war inside her
wsws.org | 2020-04-02
A sober, hard-hitting drama about capital punishment in the US, Clemency contains sequences harrowing and difficult to watch. They constitute an indictment of a social order capable of organizing such barbarism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/02/clem…

US unemployment may be much worse than expected
rt.com | 2020-04-02
As the coronavirus continues rapidly spreading across the US, economists expect initial jobless claims to hit new multi-decade highs for the second week in a row, with estimates ranging from four to nine million. | Fresh data set to be released by the US Labor Department later on Thursday is expected to show an even more dire situation in the country’s labor market and economy than last week, when the filings rose to a record 3.28 million. However, those figures may be corrected and turn out to be even higher as some states were overwhelmed with applications and couldn’t properly process them, according to Reu…
rt.com/business/484765-us-jobless-claims…

UN envoy ‘in talks’ with Yemen warring parties for nationwide ceasefire
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said on Thursday he was engaged in talks with the country’s warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire to help counter the threat of the coronavirus. The envoy’s office said he is discussing “concrete steps” with the warring sides despite a recent escalation in the long conflict. | Yemen has so far not recorded any case of COVID-19. However, aid groups are concerned that when or if it does hit, the impact will be catastrophic for a country already facing what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, AFP said. | Griffiths is in daily consultations aimed…
rt.com/newsline/484812-un-yemen-nationwi…

Modern-day slavery, corruption & deaths: RT doc looks into desperate African migrant journeys to Europe through Libya
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking slavers and the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to get to Europe

Greece quarantines first migrant camp after 20 asylum seekers test positive for coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Athens has quarantined a migrant camp after 20 asylum seekers tested positive for coronavirus, the first such facility in Greece to be hit since the outbreak of the disease. Any movement in or out of the Ritsona camp, which is 75km (45 miles) northeast of Athens and hosts hundreds of people, will be restricted for 14 days. | Tests on 63 people were conducted after a 19-year-old female migrant who gave birth in an Athens hospital was found to be infected. This was the first recorded case among thousands of asylum seekers living in overcrowded camps across Greece. | None of the confirmed cases showed any symptom…
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EU’s top court says eastern states broke law by refusing to host refugees
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The European Union’s top court has ruled that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on Greece and Italy after a surge in migrant arrivals from 2015. | “By refusing to comply with the temporary mechanism for the relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfill their obligations under EU law,” the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU said on Thursday. | The decision underscores Europe’s divisions over migration. However, the three ex-communist nations face no immedia…
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Serbian govt to revoke coronavirus information control decree
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Serbia’s government will revoke a decree giving it control over information on the coronavirus outbreak. The decision follows protests and the detention of a journalist for reporting that a major hospital lacked protective gear and properly trained staff, Reuters reports. | Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the decree, which came into force on Saturday, would be revoked on Thursday “so not a shadow could be cast on our work.” | The emergency measure, which said information about the coronavirus outbreak could only come from Brnabic or those authorized by her, had drawn criticism from the Organization for Securit…
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‘Criminal blockade’: Cuba outraged as delivery of Covid-19 aid from Alibaba chief aborted ‘at the last minute’ due to US sanctions
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Cuba has slammed the US’ “criminal blockade” of the country after the embargo stood in the way of the delivery of Covid-19 test kits and ventilators donated by Chinese e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma. | “The criminal blockade of the imperial government violates the human rights of the Cuban people,” President Miguel Diaz-Canel tweeted on Wednesday. | #NoMásBloqueo #CubaSalvaVidas The criminal blockade of the imperial government violates the hu…
rt.com/news/484743-cuba-covid19-us-block…

Sad Covid-19 record for Russia: 771 new cases registered across the country
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has grown by 771 in Russia on Thursday, marking the biggest single-day increase in patients since the start of the outbreak. | Over the past 24 hours, 771 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Russia, bringing the total number of cases reported nationwide to 3,548, the country’s disease response officials say. | Six more patients have died, bringing the total death toll from Covid-19 to 30. | The majority of the new cases

Pentagon seeks 100,000 body bags as Covid-19 fatalities top 5,000 in US after deadliest day to date
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The Pentagon is looking to hand out 100,000 body bags as hospitals and morgues are overrun with coronavirus fatalities, with the US breaking its daily death toll record yet again, surpassing 5,000 in total. | The Defense Department will first distribute military-style “Human Remains Pouches” from a stockpile of 50,000 units to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and will later seek to purchase more, Pentagon officials told several media outlets on Wednesday. | The request from FEMA comes as the US sees its Covid-19 outbreak accelerate across all 50 states, counting nearly 1,000 new deaths on Wednes…
rt.com/usa/484739-pentagon-coronavirus-b…

European hospitals ‘running out’ of essential ICU meds for Covid-19, group warns
rt.com | 2020-04-02
European hospitals are running critically low on crucial medicines needed to treat Covid-19 patients in intensive care and some expect to run out of the necessary supplies in less than two weeks. | In a statement, the European University Hospital Alliance called on European governments to “intensify collaboration and coordination” for the supply of medical goods. | In addition to the need for more ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers, it said the “most urgent need” is now for the drugs to treat ICU patients. | A survey of EUHA members found existing hospital stocks of muscle r…
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EU Commission apologizes to Italy for ‘lack of solidarity’ in tackling its Covid-19 crisis
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The head of the European Commission apologized to Italy on Thursday for a lack of solidarity from Europe in tackling its coronavirus crisis, promising greater help in dealing with the economic fallout. | There has been widespread dismay in Italy over Europe’s response to the pandemic, starting with an initial failure to send medical aid, Reuters said. It was followed by a refusal among northern nations to endorse joint bonds to mitigate the cost of recovery. | In a letter published in the Italian daily La Repubblica, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said too many EU countries had initially fo…
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Spain reports 110,238 coronavirus cases, almost reaches Italy’s numbers
rt.com | 2020-04-02
A total of 950 Covid-19 patients have died in Spain in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll from the coronavirus to over 10,000 people. | With 10,003 deaths from Covid-19 as of Thursday, Spain has become the second European nation, after Italy, where the disease has killed more than 10,000 patients. | The number of confirmed cases across the country has grown by 8,102, bringing the total to 110,238. Nearly 27,000 people have recovered since the start of the outbreak. | Spain, where the disease has been raging since February, remains Europe’s second hardest-hit country, with the daily death rat…
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UN postpones global climate summit in Glasgow until 2021
rt.com | 2020-04-02
This year’s United Nations global climate summit will be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain has said. The UK government said the meeting, due to take place in November in Glasgow, Scotland, will now be held next year at a date still to be determined. | The government said in a statement on Wednesday that “in light of the ongoing, worldwide effects of Covid-19, holding an ambitious, inclusive COP26 in November 2020 is no longer possible.” The meeting is formally known as the 26th Conference of the Parties. | The decision was made by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change,…
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Covid-19 cases reach 1 MILLION worldwide, 50,000 dead as pandemic continues to ravage the globe
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The coronavirus pandemic has passed its landmark moment, as over one million people worldwide have tested positive for the disease, according to figures from multiple sources. | The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases hit the 1 million mark on Thursday, according to tallies by both the AFP news agency and Johns Hopkins University in the US. Over 51,000 people have died worldwide from the virus. | The novel coronavirus outbreak was first recorded in December 2019, in the city of Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province. The number…
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Netanyahu, just out of isolation, goes back in after health minister tests positive for Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-02
On Wednesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended his self-isolation period, but now he has to go back into quarantine after another senior official tested positive for Covid-19. | Netanyahu is one of several top government officials who will be quarantined following the positive test of Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. Others include Yossi Cohen, the head of the Israeli spy agency Mossad, National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, and several leadership-level figures in the Health Ministry who all recently came into contact with Litzman. | The 71-year-old health minister and his wife Chava…
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‘We are not at the beginning of the end’: Greek PM warns of ‘most critical month’ ahead in battle against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned that Greece is facing its “most critical month” in the struggle against the coronavirus pandemic amid lockdown measures set to help tackle the spread of the deadly disease. | As of now,”We’re not at the beginning of the end, we are probably at the end of the beginning,” according to the PM. | April, we’re being told by all the experts, will be the most critical month. If we become complacent, we will pay for it and we can’t let that happen. | Easter is very popular among Greeks as they tend to travel to the countryside and the islands with their families to attend chur…
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More than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Europe: AFP tally
rt.com | 2020-04-02
There are now more than 500,000 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus across Europe, according to the latest tally by the AFP news agency. | The new count comes as the death toll from the virus has topped 10,000 in Spain, with confirmed cases there surging to over 110,000. French health officials confirmed 509 deaths from the virus yesterday, taking the country’s death toll to more than 4,000. | The UK also saw its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths this week, with 563 new fatalities reported on Wednesday. Confirmed cases of the infection have been soaring in the UK, with almost 30,000 testing positive f…
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‘No humanism or democracy’: Russian Foreign Ministry slams West, US for wanting to ‘exploit’ Covid-19 crisis in Venezuela
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Certain political groups in the West will not hesitate to use the difficulties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic to carry out their long-lasting plans to topple the Venezuelan government, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. | “Unfortunately, we are seeing how certain countries

Covid-19 deaths in Belgium top 1,000 as worldwide cases approach one million
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Belgium’s death toll from the Covid-19 virus has topped 1,000, officials have confirmed, with 183 new deaths in the last 24 hours. | As of April 2, Belgium, which has a population of 11.4 million, has recorded more than 15,300 cases of the coronavirus infection. | Health officials in the country said earlier this week that a 12-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 had died of the illness, noting that such a young fatality is a “very rare occurrence.” | Belgium is one of many countries in Europe on an almost total lockdown to battle the coronavirus crisis. Belgians are only allowed to leave their homes to buy e…
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PM Johnson may come out of isolation despite still experiencing Covid-19 symptoms
rt.com | 2020-04-02
British PM Boris Johnson could be poised to end his 7-day isolation period on Friday despite continuing to have “mild symptoms” of the coronavirus, with his spokesperson insisting there has been “no change” to official guidelines. | As the UK’s coronavirus death toll rises to 2,921 after 569 patients died in 24 hours

Emmy-winning musician & co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, Adam Schlesinger, dies of coronavirus at 52
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Award-winning songwriter and musician Adam Schlesinger has passed away after contracting Covid-19 and spending several days on a ventilator, according to his attorney. He was 52 years old. | The musician died in a New York Hospital on Wednesday, his lawyer Josh Grier told the Associated Press. Winning three Emmy awards and one Grammy, Schlesinger was perhaps best known for his work with the New York City-based band Fountains of Wayne and its Grammy-nominated single ‘Stacy’s Mom’. | He also wrote music for a number of films and television shows, including the 1997 comedy ‘That Thing You Do’

Solidarity (in)action: EU Commission head apologizes to Italy, pledges ‚Ǩ100bn Covid-19 relief fund… that may not happen
rt.com | 2020-04-02
EU Commission chief apologized to Italy for the bloc’s sloppy coronavirus response, pledging ‚Ǩ100 billion to help one of the worst-hit nations. Yet the help might never arrive, as mutualizing debt is opposed by EU fat cats. | “Today Europe is mobilizing alongside Italy. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case,” Ursula von der Leyen said in a letter published by Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper on Thursday. | It must be recognized that in the early days of the crisis, in the face of the need for a common European response, too many have thought only of their own home problems. | After…
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Half of humanity being asked to isolate themselves at home to fight the spread of Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Half of the world’s population is being told to stay home in an effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic, according to a staggering new tally, as the virus continues to hit countries worldwide and crumbles their economies. | More than 3.9 billion people across the globe have been ordered or asked to remain at home except in emergencies and to obtain essential supplies. | AFP’s database estimates that curfews and/or confinements have been ordered in more than 90 countries or territories in order to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Thailand’s announcement of a curfew

Moscow extends coronavirus lockdown until May 1 as Putin prolongs paid leave period
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Moscow, Russia’s worst affected city during the current Covid-19 pandemic, has extended its strict home isolation regime until the end of April following President Vladimir Putin’s decision to extend nationwide paid leave. | All restrictions imposed in the Russian capital will stay in force until May 1, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced on his official blog, as the city struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus. | Moscow has already lived under a strict social distancing regime since last weekend. All residents are requested to stay at home and to go out only when absolutely necessary. Public venues, includ…
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UK to remain in coronavirus lockdown until after Easter as government confirms ‘further steps could be taken if needed’
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Boris Johnson’s spokesman has said social distancing measures will remain in place in the UK until after the Easter holiday, and that even harsher steps could be implemented if the situation continues to deteriorate. | “The Prime Minister has said we will at all times follow the scientific and medical advice and if we need to take further steps we won’t hesitate to do so,” the announced. | The spokesman also refused to confirm whether the PM would end his isolation tomorrow, a week after he tested positive for Covid-19. | Boris Johnson appeared to be unwell in a video he posted on Twitter yesterday, and Number…
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Gold rush amid coronavirus & economic uncertainty leads to shortage in small bars & coins
rt.com | 2020-04-02
As Covid-19 disrupts the global economy, people are snapping up small gold bars and coins, confirming once again the yellow metal’s safe haven reputation during times of uncertainty. | The price of gold hit a seven-year high of more than $1,700 per troy ounce on March 9, as a result of the deepening economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. | “People want to buy, not to sell, gold,” Mark O’Byrne, the founder of GoldCore, a dealer based in Dublin, told Bloomberg. “We have a buyers’ waiting list and we emailed our clients seeing who wished to sell their gold. At this time there are roughly only one or two sel…
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Red states ‘slower to respond’ to Covid-19 as they listened to Trump, Axios founder claims…except blue states have been worst hit
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Axios co-founder Jim VanderHei politicized the coronavirus crisis by claiming red states have been “slower” responding because they’ve been “listening to President Trump,” but he ignores why blue states have been hit harder. | Speaking to MSNBC’s Morning Joe and name-dropping Georgia and Florida as states that waited longer than others to implement stay-at-home orders, VanderHei said “information inequality” is to blame for states not acting as one in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. | “It’s because they were listening to President Trump up until the last five or six days. They were watching Fo…
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‘Deepest crisis ever’: Covid-19’s effect on airlines dwarfs 9/11 fallout, says industry
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The coronavirus has devastated airlines worldwide even more than the aftermath of 9/11, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said, warning that air carriers are set to lose at least $250 billion. | “Airlines are desperately trying to survive in the most difficult times imaginable,” said IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac. “We have the people and the experience to see this through. But, to be perfectly frank, we don’t have the money.” | Global demand for flights fell by 14.1 percent in February compared to the same period in 2019, in the “steepest decline in traffic since 9/11.” The drop-off was fue…
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Los Angeles man tries to RAM train into ‘suspicious’ US Navy hospital ship ‘to wake people up’
rt.com | 2020-04-02
An engineer in Los Angeles was charged after attempting to ram a train at full speed into a Navy hospital ship sent to assist with the Covid-19 pandemic, in a bizarre effort to “wake up” Americans to a vague government conspiracy. | …
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Putin speaks to Russians with update on fight against Covid-19 (WATCH ADDRESS)
rt.com | 2020-04-02
President Vladimir Putin is delivering a televised address to the nation as the country faces a growing number of Covid-19 cases, which have seen a record-breaking increase since the previous day. | Putin made a similar address last Wednesday to announce new measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus epidemic and mitigating the damage it was doing to the Russian economy. | The previous package included a week of paid leave for employees in non-essential positions which people were expected to use to self-isolate, a boost to various social benefits, and new revenue taxes for the richer Russians. | Think your fri…
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Putin extends paid holiday period in Russia until end of April as Covid-19 cases spike
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Russia’s week-long paid leave will be extended until the end of the month, President Vladimir Putin has announced in a national address. The country is bracing for the possible rapid growth of Covid-19 cases. | The move comes a day after the President acknowledged that the situation with COVID-19 in Russia was becoming “complicated,” during a meeting with officials, conducted remotely. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova used the opportunity to suggest extending the paid time off. | Putin said the peak of the coronavirus epidemic is yet to come both globally and in Russia. Moscow, which is the hardest hit R…
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German tabloid Bild in hot water for giving airtime to Covid-19 testing firm currently under investigation
rt.com | 2020-04-02
German tabloid Bild has come under fire after airing an interview with an ex-Playboy model who founded a controversial online startup selling pricey coronavirus home test kits. The company appeared to raise many red flags. | “Now, you can get coronavirus tests delivered right [to your] home,” a smiling presenter happily tells Germans in a video titled ‘You have to pay attention to it! This is how a coronavirus home test wo…
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Russian billionaire banker Tinkov says he will step down as chair of Tinkoff Bank amid health issues & US extradition battle
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Russian banker Oleg Tinkov, who is currently facing potential extradition to the US from the UK on allegations of underreporting his income, has announced he will resign from the board of directors of the bank he founded. | Tinkov, one of Russia’s top 50 businessmen, said he would leave the board of the Tinkoff Bank in the coming weeks. The banker explained his decision by his wish to “focus on his health.” Earlier, the 52-year-old Tinkov revealed that he was suffering from an acute form of leukemia. | “I have always considered my stake in Tinkoff as a long-term strategic asset that my family and I want to kee…
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Oil price war: Is it game over for Trump?
rt.com | 2020-04-02
As the US government tries to convince Russia and Saudi Arabia to put an end to the oil price war, it might just be too little, too late for the Trump Administration. | Saudi Arabia has already hired additional supertankers and a wave of additional supply is about to set sail, according to Bloomberg. In the last week of March, exports rose to 9 million barrels per day (mb/d), up from a rate of 7 mb/d earlier in the month. | Saudi Aramco has also apparently f…
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Kremlin says no talks with Saudi Arabia happened, after Trump’s tweets claim Moscow and Riyadh will cut oil production
rt.com | 2020-04-02
US President Donald Trump has said he expects that Russia and Saudi Arabia could drastically curtail their oil output after a conversation between the two nations’ leaders. Moscow denies that any talks took place at all. | Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to relay some “great” news for the oil and gas industry, as he expressed his hopes for some supposedly upcoming cuts in crude oil production by Saudi Arabia and Russia which could reverse the current plunge in oil prices. According to the president, oil production could be scaled back by as many as 10 million barrels in total

Democratic Party delays US presidential convention until August over coronavirus crisis
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The US Democratic Party has postponed its presidential nominating convention by a month until August, citing the coronavirus health crisis. The delay is the latest sign the coronavirus pandemic is having a profound impact on the presidential race and will continue to do so for months to come, Reuters said. | Democrats will use the convention in Milwaukee to formally pick their nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November election. It had previously been scheduled for July. | “In our current climate of uncertainty, we believe the smartest approach is to take additional time to monitor…
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Thousands of quarantined sailors from USS Theodore Roosevelt to be temporarily housed in Guam hotels
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Sailors from a coronavirus-infected US aircraft carrier are to occupy hundreds of hotel rooms in Guam as the US Navy expedites blanket testing of the crew. Earlier, the captain of the ship wrote a scolding memo on the evacuation. | USS Theodore Roosevelt had to cut short its mission in the South China Sea and dock in Guam last week due to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus on board. The ship herself is unsuitable for proper quarantine measures, while Naval Base Guam doesn’t have the capacity to house enough crew members in quarantine. So Navy leaders are in talks with Guam hoteliers and preparing to occupy v…
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Trump gives $25bn in emergency cash to coronavirus-hit public transit systems
rt.com | 2020-04-02
US President Donald Trump is delivering $25 billion in emergency funding to transit systems in some of the hardest-hit coronavirus hotspots in the nation, including New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Chicago. | The president announced the sizable grants in a statement on Thursday, naming Washington DC, San Francisco, and a handful of other cities among the recipients of the much-needed emergency cash. | New York

US small business bailout program may doomed to flop before it starts, as banks balk at terms
rt.com | 2020-04-02
A $350 billion small business bailout, a vital fiscal lifeline for millions of enterprises facing certain doom at the hands of coronavirus-inspired lockdowns, may be dead on arrival due to fears of banks doing the lending. | Thousands of banks expected to participate in the Trump administration’s coronavirus stimulus loan program for small businesses are getting cold feet at the eleventh hour, representatives from those banks told a handful of media outlets on Thursday. If they pull out, the entire future of the program is uncertain

Trump gives $25bn in emergency cash to coronavirus-hit public transit systems
rt.com | 2020-04-02
US President Donald Trump is delivering $25 billion in emergency funding to transit systems in some of the hardest-hit coronavirus hotspots in the nation, including New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Chicago. | The president announced the sizable grants in a statement on Thursday, naming the cities worst hit by coronovirus among the recipients of the much-needed emergency cash. | New York – the epicenter of the US’ coronavirus outbreak – will receive $5.4 billion for its public transit system, Trump said in the statement. The city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority was already in poor shape…
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Basketball in ballrooms? Empty Las Vegas casinos ‘literally’ hold hoop dreams as NBA considers playoffs at single-site quarantine
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Basketball could return with a truncated round of playoff games held in ballroom casinos in Las Vegas as the NBA plots a makeshift conclusion to the season in the midst of the continuing coronavirus crisis in the US. | As the public health crisis deepens across every state, association officials remain hopeful of resuming the regular season in late June, holding the playoffs at a single site where teams would be quarantined in a bid to avoid the outbreak of player infections that led to the current campaign being suspended on March 11. | Adrian Wojnarowski, an NBA insider whose insights into how the sport migh…
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Britain’s Johnson vows massive increase in coronavirus tests as deaths rise 24% to 2,921
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ramp up coronavirus testing after the British government faced criticism for being slower than some European peers. | “We’re also massively increasing testing,” Johnson said in a video message from a flat in Downing Street where he is self-isolating after testing positive himself. “This is how we will unlock the coronavirus puzzle, this is how we will defeat it in the end.” | While Germany has been testing about 500,000 people a week, Britain’s current capacity is about 13,000 a day, a figure the government said it was aiming to double by mid-April, Reuters said. | The…
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Coronavirus in check: World chess champion fights sports shutdown with $250k online ‘Magnus Carlsen Invitational’
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Champion, is fighting back against the shutdown of sports worldwide forced by Coronavirus by staging his own $250,000 super-Grandmaster tournament against seven of his closest rivals

US jobless claims surge to record 10 MILLION amid coronavirus lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Over 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending March 28. The number of claims has grown to 10 million over the last two weeks. | The released figures are much higher than forecasts cited by various media, as economists expected the number of claims to stand at around four million. | “In the week ending March 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 6,648,000, an increase of 3,341,000 from the previous week’s revised level,” the US Labor Department said in…
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Ireland’s restrictions may go beyond April 12, deputy PM says
rt.com | 2020-04-02
The highly restrictive measures Ireland put in place last week to slow the spread of coronavirus may well be extended beyond the initial deadline of April 12, Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday. | Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar significantly ramped up previous restrictions last Friday when he ordered citizens to stay home and only leave to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise or make absolutely essential family visits, Reuters said. Coveney says “people do need to realize that these restrictions may go on for some time.” | “We’ve set an initial period but I think…
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‘How Does It Feel to Sell Your Soul to the World’s Richest Man?’: Obama Aide Turned Amazon Exec Ripped Over Fired Workplace Organizer
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-02
“Your boss is the richest person on Earth, and he just became $3.4 billion richer last month dumping stock in anticipation of this pandemic. How much does he pay you to pretend he can’t afford to give his workers PPE and a sane paid sick leave policy?” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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