LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID-19, two of the world’s biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shipments of the raw material - the only ingredient in the toilet paper that people are hoarding to weather quarantines. FILE PHOTO: Toilet paper is seen in this illustration…
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Apr 8, 2020 – 3.34pmWhen the S&P/ASX 200 hit a record high of 7162 points on February 20, stockbrokers could barely see the carnage ahead.CommSec's Richard Burns said:" "The buzz on the floor was quite amazing, not like anything I've experienced in 20 years in digital broking." COVID-19 was still considered China's problem, even after…
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Victoria Craw Three children who are reportedly sick with COVID-19 have been taken from Sydney's Hilton hotel and rushed to hospital. Pictures from Tuesday evening around 10pm show the three children taken in ambulances from the hotel by emergency service workers in protective equipment. Their parents and siblings also got into waiting cars. A police…
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Alberta is on track to hit a staggering 25 per cent unemployment rate as businesses continue to shed jobs amid the global COVID-19 pandemic coupled with historically low oil prices, Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is headed for an unemployment rate of 25 per cent. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)Alberta…
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Over the weekend, a man in North Dakota was arrested for coughing at a local Walmart. The store, like all Walmart stores, was limiting the number of people allowed in at once. The man apparently wasn’t happy to hear that, and intentionally coughed on store employees, the police chief said. He joins a growing list…
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The man who posted a fake video relating to Covid-19, claiming testing kits are possibly contaminated, has been arrested.Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the 55-year-old man was expected to appear in court on Tuesday following his arrest on Monday by police from Parow police station in Cape Town. "The arrest relates to a video disseminated…
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A Texas teen who claimed to have coronavirus and boasted on Snapchat about spreading it is now wanted by local police, authorities said.Lorraine Maradiaga, 18, of Carollton, will be charged with making a terror threat in connection with the alarming social media videos, police posted to Facebook.“We have no confirmation Maradiaga is actually a threat…
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The Duduza Clinic in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, will reopen on Wednesday after a deep clean sparked by a resident nurse testing positive for Covid-19, a statement from mayor Mzwandile Masina said on Monday. The clinic was closed on Wednesday and two mobile clinics were set up to service people while the clinic was sanitised.Of the 55…
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Updated / Tuesday, 7 Apr 2020 07:13 Dublin's Beaumont Hospital currently has the most admitted coronavirus patients in the country New figures seen by RTÉ News have revealed that Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has the largest number of confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 133 patients in the hospital. It is followed by St James's Hospital,…
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Coronavirus: US President Donald Trump said he spoke to PM Modi on Sunday.HighlightsHydroxychloroquine is a key drug used in the treatment of COVID-19 The centre announced a hold on export of hydroxychloroquine on March 25 India is one of the world's largest manufacturers of the medicineWashington/ New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has said "there…
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