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A doctor diagnosed with coronavirus has been sharing his daily symptoms on Twitter. According to the World Health Organisation, the novel coronavirus is characterized by fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. However, the day to day reality of what it's like is not widely known, but that won't…
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating after his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau started showing signs of a coronavirus infection, it was announced today. Grégoire Trudeau is said to have been exhibiting "mild flu-like symptoms including a low fever" since returning from a speaking engagement in London in the UK.…
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A senior medical chief has warned that people wearing face masks could be "more a risk" of catching coronavirus. The news comes as the novel coronavirus has swept across the globe, prompting people to take a number of protective measures in a bid to keep the pneumonia-like illness at bay…
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Former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide on Wednesday, her lawyers have confirmed, according to the BBC. The publication also reports that police from the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office have confirmed Manning was involved in "an incident" at a detention center in Virginia where…
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The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Originating in Wuhan, China, late last year, it has spread around the globe, putting millions of vulnerable people at risk. With no known cure, many countries have taken increasingly extreme measures to halt its spread,…
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All schools, colleges and childcare facilities in Ireland are set to be shut down tomorrow until the end of the month, the country's leader Leo Varadkar has said. Varadkar announced that the measures - aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus - will come into effect at 6pm today and…
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Per the BBC, President Donald Trump has announced a new set of sweeping travel restrictions from much of Europe to the United States, as coronavirus continues to spread. The "strong but necessary" restrictions do not apply to the United Kingdom, the BBC stated. President Trump announced the restrictions in an…
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A man wearing a coronavirus mask has been filmed licking his hands and wiping them over a subway in Belgium. The footage of the unidentified, allegedly intoxicated man was posted to Twitter on March 9. After the incident took place, the subway was forced into suspension so that it could…
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The World Health Organisation has officially declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic, after a large increase in the number of reported cases. In an official press statement, WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both…
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A man has been freed from death row after 29 years, after new DNA evidence exonerated him of the crime he was originally accused of committing. According to a statement by the Innocence Project, Paul Hildwin was originally sentenced to death in 1985 for the murder of Vronzettie Cox. He…
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As the U.S women's national soccer team (USWNT) continues with their equal pay lawsuit, attornies for the U.S Soccer Federation have put forth the argument that male soccer players carry "more responsibility within U.S soccer" than their female counterparts. The lawsuit, which was filed in March of 2019, in Los…
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A 103-year-old coronavirus patient has recovered from the deadly disease following just six days of treatment in Wuhan, the Daily Mail reports. Zhang Guangfen, who has now taken the record for the oldest patient in China to fight COVID-19, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday. According to the publication, Dr.…
