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A TEACHER is suspected to have died of coronavirus after struggling to breathe and then collapsing during a Zoom lecture. Paola De Simone, 46, a professor at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aries, died on Wednesday. The professor complained she was not feeling very well and was suffering breathing difficulties as she taught a lesson on Zoom, reports Diari Mes. Her condition then worsened and soon students were begging her to give them her home address so they could send an ambulance. De Simone reportedly however on managed to gasp "I can't" before collapsing in the middle of the lecture. In the days leading up to the tragedy she had expressed concerns about her...

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After losing nearly all of his fingers due to complications from COVID-19, a California man is warning Americans to take the virus seriously. Gregg Garfield, 54, was one of the first COVID-19 cases in California after catching the virus in February during a ski trip with his friends to the Italian Alps. All 13 people in his group tested positive for COVID-19, but Garfield had the worst case, and doctors gave him a 1 percent chance of survival. “Medically speaking, I should not be here,” he told KTLA. “From MRSA, to sepsis, to kidney failure, to liver failure, pulmonary embolisms, burst lungs — four of them.” Known as “patient zero” at...

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A man was arrested after he allegedly coughed at train passengers and refused to wear a mask. A video showed a police officer asking the man to wear a face-covering on a Wirral line service at Lime Street Station in Liverpool on Wednesday. He refused after claiming he had a ‘medical condition’. He then struggled with the policeman while being detained before he was pepper-sprayed. The man was later restrained when other officers arrived. British Transport Police said in a statement: ‘A man has been charged with threatening behaviour and assaulting a police officer on a Merseyrail train to Liverpool Lime Street station. ‘The incident happened at around 3.20pm on...

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PUTRAJAYA — Malaysia has barred the entry of foreigners from countries with more than 150,000 Covid-19 cases, said the country’s senior minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. This ban is effective Monday (Sept 7). Among the high-risk countries on the list are the United States, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Bangladesh. On Tuesday, citizens from three other countries — India, Indonesia and the Philippines — were similarly barred from travelling into Malaysia. “We will add to this list of high-risk countries,” said the defence minister on Thursday. The ban involves six categories of pass holders, namely those with...

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Indonesia has taken its obsession with deathly elements in its fight against COVID-19 to another level after Jakarta introduced a new punishment for mask violators. Yesterday, public order officials in East Jakarta’s Kalisari sub-district, Pasar Rebo had several violators go into an open casket coffin and told them to contemplate their wrongdoing. The punishment was introduced as an alternative to community service, the latter of which usually involves cleaning public facilities. “Many people were queueing [for community service], and it so happened that officials in Pasar Rebo brought along an open casket coffin. So we asked the violators if they wanted to go into the coffin...

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Long, relaxing bathroom breaks that allow people to read the news or get up to date with their social media feed may be coming to an end due to a new and controversial toilet seat design that is supposed to make sitting on the toilet for more than seven minutes becomes uncomfortable. Called the Standard Toilet, the new design thought up by English consulting engineer Mahabir Gill slopes at a downwards angle of 13 degrees forcing the person who is sitting on it to use their leg muscles in order to keep from sliding off. According to its creator, the longest someone can comfortably sit on such a toilet seat is 5 to 7 minutes. Gill said that the 13 angle slant is ideal, as it’s enough...

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Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a prototype of a rapid COVID-19 test using a simple-to-use portable instrument for reading the results with a smartphone in 30 minutes, an innovation that may enable point-of-care diagnosis without needing to send samples to a lab. According to the study, published in the journal PNAS, the new technology may help overcome bottlenecks in supplies and laboratory personnel which have led to long waiting times for COVID-19 test results in several parts of the world amidst the ongoing pandemic. "If such a device and test were available, we could test for COVID-19 at public events, auditoriums, large gatherings and potentially even at...

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Here’s a Grasshopper’s Dream, a cafe at the Gujeol-ri train station near Jeongseon, South Korea. Housed in a train, the cafe is the shape of a grasshopper. Also, there is another cafe in the shape of female grasshopper. The Grasshopper’s Dream is a cafe with a difference located near the Gujeol-ri train station which is along the popular Auraji rail bike route near Jeongseon, South Korea. Housed in a train, the cafe is the shape of a grasshopper. It takes the form of two green grasshoppers whose legs support two old cars reworked and remodeled, serving as bodies to two insects, from which we can also see the antennae. The construction is along a famous bike path, on...

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An advert for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual extra feature for free - her hand in marriage. The Internet ad reads for the most part like a regular house listing, saying that the single-storey property has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a parking space and a fish pond. But it also proposes to buyers a "rare offer" - "when you buy this house, you can ask the owner to marry you", alongside a picture of Wina Lia, a 40-year-old widow and beauty salon owner, leaning against a car in front of the house. The ad said that terms and conditions apply, and notes the offer is "for serious buyers and non-negotiable". The house in...

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