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A Yanomami mother and baby in Brazil. The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated tribe in South America. They live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. (Photo by Sam Valadi) Photo used under CC BY

Virus pierces Amazon, hits isolated Yanomami tribe

Brazil has announced the first coronavirus case among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and vulnerability to foreign diseases.

Al Jazeera

Uganda faces food shortage as coronavirus disrupts locust fight

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of migrants stuck in Niger amid coronavirus pandemic

Al Jazeera

Pandemic could trigger violent unrest, UN says

The United Nations Security Council was warned that the coronavirus pandemic could trigger violent unrest, undermining efforts to fight the disease that has killed close to 100,000 worldwide.

NBC News

Virus may push half billion people into poverty

The economic fallout from coronavirus could increase global poverty by up to half a billion, Oxfam warns. It will be the first time poverty has risen globally in 30 years.

BBC

How long will lockdowns, travel bans last?

Wuhan’s reopening is offering hope to billions of people chafing under lockdowns, wondering when life will return to a semblance of normality. Experts urge caution, however.

Al Jazeera

Sweden goes rogue, refuses to lock down

CNN

EU finance ministers reach $590B virus deal

NPR

Can a century-old TB vaccine steel the immune system against the new coronavirus?

Science

HUMAN RIGHTS

Food Program to slash aid in Houthi-held areas

The World Food Program is set to halve aid to parts of Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas due to a funding crisis.

BBC News

Syrians grapple with poverty and coronavirus

Collapse of economy leaves the country unable to cope with prospect of a major outbreak.

Guardian

Bangladesh blocks Rohingya camps

Bangladesh has imposed a “complete lockdown” in Cox’s Bazar district – home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar – to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Asia Times Online

Singapore migrant dormitories quarantined

Migrant workers in Singapore live in fear after a surge of COVID-19 infections in their dormitories where they say cramped and filthy conditions make social distancing impossible.

Asia Times Online

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

Panama’s gender-based lockdown rules

Atrans woman and health outreach worker, was distributing food near her home in Panama when she was detained by police for being out on the “wrong day” under the government’s new, gender-based quarantine rules.

CBC News

COVID-19 crisis prolongs Kashmir lockdown

Indian-administered Kashmir has been under a security lockdown since August 2019. When New Delhi finally started to ease measures, the region was hit by coronavirus, jeopardizing Kashmiri’s long-awaited freedom.

Deutsche Welle

Ecuador virus cases surge in absence of testing

In South America, Ecuador is facing a crisis as coronavirus cases surge in the absence of almost any testing.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google, Apple push Bluetooth in new alliance

A blockbuster partnership between Apple and Google to combat the coronavirus pandemic hinges on a common wireless technology found on nearly every smartphone — Bluetooth.

Fortune

There are 32 authorized coronavirus tests so far

Just one month ago, there were only two available COVID-19 tests in the country. Now, that number stands at 32.

Fortune

6 new coronaviruses discovered in bats

Scientists discovered six new coronaviruses lurking in bats in Myanmar as part of a government-funded program called PREDICT to identify infectious diseases that have the potential to hop from animals to humans.

LiveScience

Great apes on lockdown over threat of disease

Gorilla tourism in Africa has been suspended, while sanctuaries for other apes, such as orangutans, have closed to the public.

BBC

Ancient handcraft hints at Neanderthal smarts

What may be the world’s oldest piece of string, made by Neanderthal humans from bark about 50,000 years ago, has been unearthed in a rock shelter in France.

NBC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO urged to declare abortion essential

The World Health Organization is being urged to declare abortion an essential health service during the coronavirus pandemic.

Guardian

COVID-19 fuels a surge in fake medicines

Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization has warned.

BBC

Lockdowns shouldn’t be fully lifted until coronavirus vaccine found, new study warns

CNN

Pope Francis readies for solitary Easter weekend

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Hong Kong pandas ‘get it on’ under lockdown

Two middle-aged giant pandas have finally managed to mate after living together for 10 years in a Hong Kong theme park. The COVID-19 lockdown seems to have brought the iconic Chinese bears months of conjugal harmony.

RFI

Miss England returns to job as junior doctor

Respiratory specialist and reigning Miss England, Bhasha Mukherjee has traveled back from India, where she’d been carrying out humanitarian work, to return to her job as a junior doctor.

BBC

Book aims to help kids cope with COVID-19

Children are among those fighting COVID-19 and those feeling the pain it causes, and a story book wants to help them navigate both.

CNN

S. Korea blazes trail in cyber schooling

Seoul’s anti-virus campaign is being seen as the gold standard globally because it has flattened the country’s national COVID-19 curve, notably due to its testing regimen and its aggressive contact tracing.

Asia Times Online

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

TikTok pledges millions to coronavirus relief

Business Insider

Newspaper delivery man turns into grocery lifeline for nearly 100 people

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Starry skies emerge amid life under lockdown

The absence of most cars and the closure of stadiums, shops and offices has led to a drop in air pollution and revealed awe-inspiring stars that many living in suburban and urban areas could have never seen otherwise.

CBC News

People in India can see Himalayas for first time

People in the northern Indian state of Punjab are reacting with awe at the sight of the Himalayan mountain range, which is now visible from more than 100 miles away due to the reduction in air pollution.

CNN

Fukushima moms record radiation for posterity

A group of more than 10 mothers set up a citizen-led laboratory to monitor radiation levels in Fukushima communities.

Japan Times

Solomon women join forces to fight logging

Women in the Solomon Islands are raising awareness of deforestation and standing up to loggers. The Solomon Islands is one of the poorest countries in the Pacific and logging makes up a big portion of its national income.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Plastics still manage to reach remote regions of Antartica

Time

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Great Depression looms over economies

The specter of the Great Depression some 84 years ago, has been evoked by economists as the COVID-19 disease devastates vast parts of the globe, suffocating economic activity.

Asia Times Online

Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid

Associated Press

Help fight coronavirus in neediest countries

In many parts of the world, diseases as deadly as COVID-19 have struck before. We must act now to keep a COVID-19 tidal wave from killing millions of people in the global south.

Time

Coronavirus curfew creates water shortage for Burkina Faso’s poorest

Reuters

Latin America shelters struggle to help women

Governments including Chile, Argentina and Colombia have expanded hotlines, added messaging services and kept shelters and family courts open to help victims.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

A representative of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission hands out face masks in Baranagar, India, this month. (Photo by Ramakrishna Math and Mission) Photo used under CC BY

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