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9 votes
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A Perth man has become the first person in Australia to be jailed for breaching emergency coronavirus laws after he repeatedly snuck out of his hotel room while he was supposed to be in quarantine
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US President Donald Trump halts funding to World Health Organization, criticizing group's pandemic response
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Australian government plans to bring in mobile phone app to track people with coronavirus
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Saudi Arabia races to contain epidemic in Islam’s holiest city
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California, Oregon & Washington announce Western States Pact
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Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic
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America: 200 years of responding to epidemics from The Saturday Evening Post
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The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response: Testing and tracing were the key to slowing the spread of coronavirus
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion for COVID-19 relief worldwide
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China ends Wuhan lockdown after more than ten weeks, but normal life is still a distant dream
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New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it
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The bar necessities: Five ways to understand coronavirus graphs
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New Zealand Health Minister David Clark demoted after driving 20km to beach, breaking lockdown rules
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Now that Australia appears to have got the coronavirus under control, it faces an even more disturbing choice on how to end the epidemic
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Novelist Arundhati Roy on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next
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Australia should be moving to utilise people who have recovered from coronavirus and developed immunity against the virus to bolster essential services, a leading expert says
8 votes -
Scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown
8 votes -
Will the American economy/coronavirus affect Trump's chances in November?
8 votes -
Scientists in Melbourne are testing a drug used to fight parasitic worms and bugs – in the hope of destroying coronavirus
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Australians advised not to wear face masks amid coronavirus pandemic
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'We will now see the benefits': Case increase in Australia slows as lockdown takes effect
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Searching for the small wins is getting me through this pandemic
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The coronavirus pandemic is reminding us to look inwards and self reflect
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How the coronavirus travels through the air and whether masks are effective have become some of the most divisive debates in this pandemic
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Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures?
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Australian Federal Government offers $130bn in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers
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Coronavirus anxiety: Recognising the impact a pandemic can have on your mental health
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Japan as a coronavirus outlier: Conspiracy, good fortune, or efficacy?
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New social isolation rules implemented in Australia
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new...
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new restrictions in a nice simple format.
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All gatherings, whether indoors or outdoors, are limited to 2 people. Exceptions apply for people you're living with (you're already sharing germs with them). However, previous limits of 5 people for weddings and 10 people for funerals still apply.
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People should only leave the house for necessary activities, such as: shopping for supplies, exercising, medical care, work, school.
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Elderly people should stay home and self-isolate. This applies to: healthy people over 70; unhealthy people over 60; indigenous people over 50. (And if we ever needed evidence that indigenous people have worse health than everyone else, this announcement proves it.)
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Public playgrounds, outside gyms, and skate parks will close.
These rules are all advisory, rather than legal. However, individual states can choose to enforce them legally.
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How soon will COVID-19 peak? (And how to tell)
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Coronavirus has upended our world. It's okay to grieve
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Orleans Parish has highest per-capita coronavirus death rate of American counties -- by far
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How the pandemic will end: The US may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out
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Sudden spike in new Tokyo virus cases brings dire warning for Japan
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The US now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases
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Coronavirus stimulus package worth $84 billion passed without objection by Australian Parliament
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When it comes to the pandemic, scared is good
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Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: ‘We’re going to be fine’
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How the 1957 flu pandemic was stopped early in its path
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The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours
News article: The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours in...
For non-Australians: New South Wales and Victoria are Australia's two most populous states. Between them, they contain about 60% of the Australian population. They naturally also have the highest number of coronavirus cases.
The Australian Capital Territory is a land-locked region totally surrounded by NSW. It's the home of our capital city, Canberra. It's small in population but, if NSW is clamping down, the ACT pretty much has to follow.
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Can I cycle outside?
Sorry for the low effort post but my computer is broken and my smartphone is crap. My city in Brazil is basically closed for business. My mother was supposed to be in another continent but,...
Sorry for the low effort post but my computer is broken and my smartphone is crap.
My city in Brazil is basically closed for business. My mother was supposed to be in another continent but, THANKFULLY, flight restrictions prevented her from traveling.
The downside is that she’s making me crazy like mothers do.
I’m going bananas here, and cycling makes me sane. I also need the exercise. Am I crazy for wanting to get on my bike once a day? The streets are not totally empty, but a lot less populated.
I’m in Salvador, Bahia. My state has 33 cases now.
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What we know so far about SARS-CoV-2
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Coronavirus: The hammer and the dance
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Magical Realism in times of Covid-19? Nicaragua fights virus fears with massive public rallies.
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New blood tests for antibodies could show true scale of coronavirus pandemic
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Yes, young people are falling seriously ill from Covid-19
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Wanting to play Pandemic during the pandemic
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Testing the efficacy of homemade masks: Would they protect in an influenza pandemic?
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Iran faces catastrophic death toll from coronavirus
9 votes