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14 votes
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How the ‘1984’ scenario failed in Moscow
9 votes -
Victoria has recorded just one new coronavirus case in the past 24 hours
6 votes -
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
3 votes -
Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears
5 votes -
How the anti-vaccine community is responding to COVID-19
9 votes -
A failure, but not of prediction
7 votes -
Copper-coated doorknobs to kill COVID? It makes sense, say scientists
9 votes -
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
5 votes -
Australian government plans to bring in mobile phone app to track people with coronavirus
3 votes -
Saudi Arabia races to contain epidemic in Islam’s holiest city
5 votes -
South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots
8 votes -
Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic
7 votes -
The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response: Testing and tracing were the key to slowing the spread of coronavirus
5 votes -
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion for COVID-19 relief worldwide
13 votes -
For jobless Americans, Obamacare is still a potential lifeline
3 votes -
I have asthma. Am I more at risk of having a severe coronavirus infection?
Here's the article: I have asthma. Am I more at risk of having a severe coronavirus infection? Here's the key point: at this stage, there's no evidence to indicate that people with asthma — even...
Here's the article: I have asthma. Am I more at risk of having a severe coronavirus infection?
Here's the key point:
at this stage, there's no evidence to indicate that people with asthma — even those with severe asthma — are more prone than others to becoming seriously ill with a COVID-19 infection
7 votes -
China ends Wuhan lockdown after more than ten weeks, but normal life is still a distant dream
8 votes -
New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it
21 votes -
The bar necessities: Five ways to understand coronavirus graphs
4 votes -
Now that Australia appears to have got the coronavirus under control, it faces an even more disturbing choice on how to end the epidemic
8 votes -
Read about a new COVID-19 treatment study? It probably won't work
5 votes -
Acting US Navy Secretary: 'I stand by every word I said' after leak of carrier speech
11 votes -
Novelist Arundhati Roy on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next
5 votes -
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 -
Scientists in Melbourne are testing a drug used to fight parasitic worms and bugs – in the hope of destroying coronavirus
3 votes -
Australians advised not to wear face masks amid coronavirus pandemic
3 votes -
'We will now see the benefits': Case increase in Australia slows as lockdown takes effect
5 votes -
New US face mask guidance comes after battle between White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10 votes -
Social distancing is going to get darker
3 votes -
The coronavirus pandemic is reminding us to look inwards and self reflect
4 votes -
How the coronavirus travels through the air and whether masks are effective have become some of the most divisive debates in this pandemic
10 votes -
Brazil’s densely packed favelas brace for coronavirus: ‘It will kill a lot of people.’
7 votes -
Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures?
5 votes -
COVID-19 cases reported on both US aircraft carriers in western Pacific
8 votes -
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public
10 votes -
Larry Hogan, Ralph Northam, Muriel Bowser order residents in Maryland, Virginia, DC to stay at home
7 votes -
Coronavirus anxiety: Recognising the impact a pandemic can have on your mental health
4 votes -
Japan as a coronavirus outlier: Conspiracy, good fortune, or efficacy?
9 votes -
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.
10 votes -
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Coronavirus patients in California’s ICU beds double overnight
3 votes -
How soon will COVID-19 peak? (And how to tell)
7 votes -
Coronavirus has upended our world. It's okay to grieve.
10 votes -
Orleans Parish has highest per-capita coronavirus death rate of American counties -- by far
8 votes -
Airbnb asks its US hosts to provide 100,000 free rentals to first responders
6 votes -
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
20 votes -
Sudden spike in new Tokyo virus cases brings dire warning for Japan
8 votes -
The US now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases
19 votes -
As the coronavirus crisis heats up, why isn't America hearing from the CDC?
17 votes