Slovenia becomes 1st European nation to end coronavirus & open borders

Slovenia, a mountainous nation of two million people, has become the first European country to proclaim an end to the coronavirus epidemic at home. The European Union state’s government said on Friday the COVID-19 spread is under control and there is no longer a need for extraordinary health measures. After a long time, positive and hopeful news against the Coronavirus…

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13 New Coronavirus cases in Tiruvannamalai: Total cases now at 82 & 1 Dead

Spurt in cases, health officials take up contact tracing Tiruvannamalai district, which had 15 COVID-19 cases till May 2, has seen a spurt in the number in the last 10 days. With 13 new cases reported on Tuesday, the situation has become complicated for health officials faced with the necessity to track every contact of the positive cases. Till May…

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INDIA’S CONTACT-TRACING APP AAROGYA SETU,TOPS 100 MILLION USERS IN 41 DAYS

As most countries across the globe scramble to build an app to trace the spread of coronavirus, India’s solution is growing at an unprecedented scale — despite being dogged by privacy concerns. New Delhi’s contact-tracing app, called Aarogya Setu, has reached 100 million users in 41 days since its release. A representative at think-tank NITI Aayog told TechCrunch that this 100…

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LIVE UPDATE ON US COVID-19 : CORONAVIRUS CASES AT 1.2 MILLION & DEATHS CROSS 77,000

According to the latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University,  In the USA, there have been 1,283,846 cases and 77,178 deaths. 198,993 people have recovered from the virus. Worldwide 3,926,896 cases have been detected, with 274,654 deaths and 1,315, 296 people now recovered. The US vice president’s spokeswoman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for coronavirus, officials said Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at…

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EU climate neutrality goal not negotiable amid pandemic – lawmakers

(Reuters) – European Union lawmakers said on Monday the coronavirus pandemic should not soften the bloc’s long-term climate goals, although some called for a “beefed up” fund to help coal-dependent regions move towards a greener economy. Europe is facing a recession and governments are pumping out cash to keep economies afloat. Still, the EU’s executive Commission has pledged not to…

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Sex Workers in Europe Struggle to Survive Coronavirus Pandemic

Covid-19 presents a new problem for sex workers. In-person sex work is intimate by its very nature, and workers are at heightened risk of contracting the virus if they keep working. But without work, as strip clubs close and clients dwindle, sex workers struggle to survive. In many countries in Europe, sex work is criminalized directly or indirectly through legal…

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TRUMP PREDICTS DEATH TOLL COULD REACH 100,000 IN THE US: SAYS COVID-19 VACCINE WILL COME SOON

Coronavirus deaths in the United States climbed by 1,450 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Sunday, bringing the total number of fatalities to more than 67,600. As the U.S. death toll tops 67,000, the strain the coronavirus pandemic is placing on ordinary Americans has started to emerge. Aging grandparents are being robbed of spending precious…

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LATEST LIVE WORLD CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: GLOBAL CASES AT 3.5 MILLION – DEATHS AT 245,992

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday (May 4), with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from peaks reached last month, a Reuters tally shows. North America and European countries accounted for most of the new cases reported in recent days, but numbers were rising from smaller bases in…

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NAMASTE IS THE NEW HELLO FOR THE WORLD!

The bear hug in which the prime minister loves to smother Western VIPs might strike as theatrical, boastful and, above all, unhygienic, in these stricken times, observes Indianewscaster.com IMAGE: US President Donald J Trump, right, and Irish Prime Minister Dr Leo Varadkar say namaste to each other at the Oval Office last month. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters One aspect of the COVID-19…

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EUROPE CROSSES 10,00,000 CORONAVIRUS POSITIVE CASES -TOTAL DEATHS CROSS 100,000

Europe reaches grim milestone, surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deathsThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has counted a total 1,018,221 cases of coronavirus, more than any other continent, and a total of 98,582 deaths. The top five countries with the most cases are Spain, with 191,726, Italy, Germany, the U.K. and France. Italy leads Europe in deaths with 23,227, followed…

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