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Chinatown, San Francisco, in February 2020. Local and state governments in California responded to the coronavirus outbreak faster than New York authorities — and their response is proving effective. (Photo by Daniel Arauz) Photo used under CC BY

San Francisco’s alacrity flattened COVID-19 curve

Bay Area authorities issued a stay-at-home order on March 16, an unprecedented move at the time. New York, the current U.S. epicenter for the pandemic, didn’t issue a stay-at-home order until almost a week later. The difference in outcomes is stark.

The Independent

For Argentine farmers, pandemic threatens livelihoods and upends gaucho traditions

Reuters

US holds firm on Iran, Venezuela sanctions

At a time when all of humanity is facing a common enemy, the Trump administration is intensifying punitive measures on the two nations it has identified as America’s greatest enemies: Iran and Venezuela.

Guardian

Trump threatens heavy price if Iran conducts ‘sneak attack’ on US troops

CNN

China aims to test coronavirus vaccine abroad

China hopes to test a possible COVID-19 vaccine abroad as scientists look to carry out large-scale trials to test its effectiveness.

South China Morning Post

China acknowledges underreporting coronavirus cases in official count

New York Post

China seizes Covid-19 advantage in South China Sea

Asia Times Online

Why does Germany have such a low coronavirus death rate?

CBSN

African women, girls at elevated risk of infection

allAfrica.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

India criticized for lack of planning for homeless

In a densely packed neighborhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and peas from a vat in the back of a van. Only a handful of the people in the crowd wore masks.

CBC News

Singapore activists ask court to legalize gay sex

Singaporean gay activists have turned to the country’s highest court to overturn a colonial-era ban on sex between men, a lawyer says, after they failed in a legal challenge this week.

CBC News

Ugandan police using lockdown to target LGBT

Ugandan police have charged 20 LGBT people with disobeying rules on physical distancing and risking the spread of coronavirus, in what campaigners say is authorities abusing new restrictions to target sexual minorities.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

Brazil rejects calls to end quarantine

Governors responsible for more than 200 million Brazilian citizens have refused to relax social distances measures despite the insistence of the country’s president amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus.

ABC News

Fear and social unrest mount in Italy

Three weeks into Italy’s lockdown, the singing has stopped and social unrest is mounting as a significant part of the population, especially in the poorer south, realize that everything is not all right.

Guardian

EU warns Hungary over outbreak power grab

Brussels has warned EU member states that emergency measures cannot undercut democracy. Hungary’s parliament this week passed a bill that gives Prime Minister Viktor Orban sweeping powers.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists discover protein nowhere on Earth

On a meteorite, scientists believe they have discovered the first complete extraterrestrial protein that could define life’s origins on earth.

Witsnews

Wild animals also practice social distancing

Social distancing is not a novel concept in the natural world, where infectious diseases are commonplace. In fact, several social species will expel members within their own community if they are infected with a pathogen.

National Geographic

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mass disinfections pose health hazard

A drone dispersed clouds of disinfectant in the sky above Indonesia’s second-largest city Surabaya, a response to the coronavirus pandemic which is catching on around the world despite warnings from health experts.

Japan Times

Coronavirus looms over fragile Afghan system

Since late February, more than 115,000 Afghans have returned home through the border crossing in Herat province in what has been the biggest inwards migration wave in Afghanistan’s recent history.

Guardian

Chinese babies may be infected in womb

Three babies in China may have contracted coronavirus in the womb before birth. Experts say the evidence in these cases is inconclusive and does not prove coronavirus can pass from mother to child during pregnancy.

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

IKEA makes masks to help fight coronavirus

Furniture giant IKEA is producing face masks and other protective gear for hospitals, joining a growing list of companies branching out of their normal business areas to help meet equipment shortages to fight coronavirus.

Reuters

James Dyson invents ventilator in 10 days

After Boris Johnson called Sir James Dyson saying they needed ventilators. Dyson refocused resources and worked with The Technology Partnership, to design and build an entirely new ventilator, The CoVent.

Forbes

CBS News’ Steve Hartman is teaching thousands of kids online about different kinds of heroes

CBS News

Coronavirus: Creativity, kindness and canals offer hope amid outbreak

BBC

Dr. Fauci doughnuts are selling like hotcakes at Donuts Delite

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Ford and GE will produce 50K ventilators

Ford’s partnership with GE Healthcare expects to produce 50,000 simplified ventilators by July 8 to help critically ill coronavirus patients, with cranked-up production of 30,000 per month after that as needed.

Forbes

George Soros ‘gifts’ $1M to Budapest

George Soros will contribute $1.1 million to help Budapest, Hungary, prepare for the coronavirus pandemic.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Antarctica was warm enough for rainforest

At the time of the dinosaurs the continent was covered in swampy rainforest. Now, experts have found the most southerly evidence yet of this environment in plant material extracted from beneath the seafloor in west Antarctica.

Guardian

Oceans can be restored within 30 years

The glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, says a new review. It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the US and green turtles in Japan.

Guardian

‘Cocaine hippos’ helping river ecosystems

Hippos that were brought to Colombia decades ago by Pablo Escobar, the notorious cocaine kingpin, are now thriving in the country’s river ecosystems. Scientists suspect that river habitats may benefit from their presence.

LiveScience

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Will coronavirus hurt African startups?

African startups have a better chance than their peers in the US or India. But it varies significantly across the continent. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak will hurt African tech firms.

Deutsche Welle

In Zimbabwe, either coronavirus or starvation

As the country enters a “total lockdown”, social distancing is pushed aside in the struggle to obtain food, cash, cheap public transport, even clean water.

Associated Press

Huge crowds as India lockdown sparks mass migration

BBC

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A man and a woman practice self-isolation amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Drug Addiction Clinic Vita) Photo used under CC BY

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