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Doorknobs, handrails and shopping trolleys should be coated in copper to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to a top British scientist. Research has shown the deadly infection can survive and remain contagious on steel and plastic for three days. But the coronavirus is killed off within four hours on copper because of the metal's antibacterial properties. People can catch the illness by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching their face, allowing the virus to enter their mouth or nose. William Keevil, a senior microbiologist at the University of Southampton, said the UK lagged behind other countries when it came to using copper in communal areas. He suggested door...

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Orange vest protestors have taken to the streets of Italian cities to demonstrate against the Government's strict Covid pandemic lockdown, claiming the virus 'does not exist'. The anti-lockdown group are demanding for Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's Government to be replaced by a national Government and the 'return to the Italian lira'. Italian businesses have only recently been allowed to reopen after more than two months of a nationwide lockdown meant to curb the spread of the virus, but hundreds took to the streets in Rome and Milan to demand an immediate end to the restrictions. The country has confirmed 232,664 coronavirus cases and a death toll of 33,340, having at one point...

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Donald Trump said the United States is severing all ties with the World Health Organisation and announced other steps intended to punish that group and China for what he dubbed a “cover up” of the coronavirus outbreak on Chinese soil – but he abruptly ended what he dubbed a press conference before he could face questions about the killing of a black man in Minnesota by a white police officer. “The world deserves answers,” the president said about WHO and Chinese officials’ actions when the Covid-19 virus went public in China – then infected millions across the world. He blamed Chinese officials for, in his words, having...

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In Mumbai’s Sion hospital emergency ward there are two people to a bed. Patients, many with coronavirus symptoms and strapped two to a single oxygen tank, were captured lying almost on top of each other, top-to-toe on shared stretchers or just lying on the floor, in footage shared on social media in India this week. Mumbai, a city of more than 20 million people, is weeks into the pandemic, but with new cases showing no sign of slowing down the city’s already weak healthcare system appears to be on the brink of collapse. State hospitals such as Sion, overcrowded in normal times, are overrun. With frontline doctors and nurses falling sick with the virus in their droves,...

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Coordinating Legal, Political, and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD is under fire from women’s groups and the public over a sexist remark, in which he compared the coronavirus to wives. On Tuesday, during a virtual teleconference with Sebelas Maret University faculty, the man who was one step away from becoming the country’s vice president casually joked that trying to control the coronavirus outbreak is like a husband trying to control his wife.  “The other day I received a meme from a friend, from [Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister] Luhut Pandjaitan. It said, in English, ‘Corona is like your wife. You try to control it, then...

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A mob of monkeys stormed a lab worker in India and snatched several coronavirus-positive blood samples — causing outbreak-fearing neighbors to go ape, according to a report Friday. In the totally bananas attack, the laboratory technician was carrying boxes of the blood across the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, near Delhi, when the primates pounced, according to Reuters. “Monkeys grabbed and fled with the blood samples of four COVID-19 patients who are undergoing treatment,” said S. K. Garg, a top official at the college. “We had to take their blood samples again.” The mischievous mammals scampered into a tree and began nibbling a...

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For 64 days, Kevin Smith had shut down the Liberty Tree Tavern to comply with government orders. Now he was cleaning and disinfecting and removing stools to cut seating by three-quarters as he prepared to reopen the bar. Plexiglass screens had gone up at the supermarket checkout. His neighbors in Elgin, Tex., were still wearing masks outside, even after it was no longer mandated by the county. He did not think such a response was necessary, he said, and he wanted to push back. “Sorry, no mask allowed,” read the poster taped to the front door of his bar Friday. “Please bare with us thru the ridiculous fearful times.” As statewide coronavirus orders are easing, many...

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South Korea will again ask people in the Seoul metropolitan area to stay at home starting Thursday as new clusters of coronavirus infections raise concerns about a second wave. The country reported 79 new cases on Wednesday, marking the first time in three weeks that the daily tally has risen above the government's limit of 50. Authorities are urging Seoul-area residents to work from home and avoid going out through June 14. Public facilities such as museums and parks will be closed, and businesses such as cram schools and internet cafes are being required to implement thorough anti-infection measures. Tougher measures will be imposed if new cases exceed 50 per day for a week. New...

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China's Premier Li Keqiang has said that the country supports an international inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus after Beijing was accused of preventing foreign scientists from investigating the critical matter. Premier Li Keqiang told reporters today that China also believed that it was essential to get 'a clear idea' of the source of the pathogen, which has killed more than 355,000 people globally. US leaders, including President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo, have claimed that the virus might have escaped from a virus lab in Wuhan during experiments with bats. Premier Li also defended the Communist Party's response to the pandemic, claiming his nation has...

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New Zealand has nobody in hospital with coronavirus and has not discovered a new case for five days, the health ministry said today. The last remaining hospital patient was discharged in Auckland overnight in the latest mark of success for New Zealand's widely-praised response to the pandemic. New Zealand only confirmed its first case on February 26, but had shut its borders by March 19 and started imposing a full-scale lockdown on March 26. The country's success means the lockdown could be virtually scrapped within weeks, with gatherings of up to 100 already permitted and plans being made to re-open travel to Australia. The official tally of 1,504 infections has not budged since last...

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