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A cottage industry worker at her loom in Mayapur, West Bengal, India. Women are a huge part of the workforce responding to the pandemic, but the gender pay gap and the large burden of unpaid child care and housework mean women will suffer disproportionately in the coming recession, experts say. (Photo by Vrindavan Lila) Photo used under CC BY

Coronavirus recession to hit women harder, experts warn

Women are a huge part of the workforce responding to the coronavirus pandemic, but on average, they are paid less than men and poised to lose more from the continuing economic fallout, according to an analysis by the World Economic Forum.

Al Jazeera

Captain Tom, 99, wins hearts in UK fund drive

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has raised more than $18.7 million for the UK’s National Health Service by completing 100 laps of his garden. Captain Tom Moore completed the feat with a special guard of honor.

Yahoo! News UK

Half the world has asked IMF for a financial bailout

Half of the world’s countries have approached the International Monetary Fund for emergency loans to weather the financial crisis sparked by the global coronavirus pandemic.

CNN

COVID-19 lockdowns imperil street children

As the pandemic takes hold across the globe, few groups are as vulnerable as the children who rely on the streets for food and shelter, who risk being further stigmatized and criminalized when cities lock down.

Guardian

State of emergency declared throughout Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extended a state of emergency across the entirety of the nation as officials warn that coronavirus infections in the country could be spiking.

The Hill

Brazil president fires health minister over crisis

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his health minister after weeks of conflict over the country’s coronavirus strategy.

CNN

Hindu nationalists blame Muslims for India’s outbreak

NPR

Australia’s shutdown to continue for at least 4 weeks

Sydney Morning Herald

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrants running away from quarantine camps

Thousands of Indians who fled cities to return to their villages after the government imposed a coronavirus lockdown have been running away from quarantine centers.

BBC

US deportations driving up COVID-19 cases

Guatemala’s health minister said that deportees from the United States were driving up the country’s COVID-19 caseload, adding that on one flight some 75% of the deportees tested positive for the virus.

Associated Press

Immigrant women detained during pandemic speak out

CBS News

Virus imperils Amazon deforestation, indigenous tribes

Al Jazeera

India extends lockdown, leaving migrant workers in limbo

Deutsche Welle

More women killed by men in UK lockdown

Nearly three times as many women were killed by men during three weeks of coronavirus lockdown in Britain than the average for the same period over the last decade.

CBS News

Fear pandemic will worsen medical biases

With a shortage of life-saving equipment, and doctors say they may be forced to decide who lives and who dies. People with disabilities worry those judgments will reflect a prejudice that their lives hold less value.

NPR

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

China’s top HK official pushes security law

Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong has called for controversial national security laws, shelved since 2003, to be urgently passed to combat radical violence, foreign interference and pro-independence forces in the region.

Guardian

Fear lingers after Ethiopia’s campus wars

On a December morning last year, students at Ambo University in Ethiopia’s Oromia region awoke to find threatening notices pinned to the walls of their dormitories. The message was simple: boycott classes.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The many languages missing from the internet

English and a handful of other languages dominate the internet, but this is leaving indigenous cultures without a voice online. Now they are fighting to get their own languages on the Web.

BBC

Which lab animals can help beat coronavirus?

Dozens of groups are racing to develop animal models that can help find effective COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and clarify precisely how SARS-CoV-2 causes disease.

Science

Rethinking food system to halt next pandemic

How do we stop this from happening again? By doing all we can to prevent such pathogens infecting humans in the first place. And that means taking a long, hard look at our relationship with the natural world.

Time

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global race is on to roll out COVID-19 vaccine

Up to 70 “candidates” across the globe are working on a vaccine for Covid-19. At stake are millions of lives and the chance to stop the world from suffering an estimated US$9 trillion dip in GDP during the next two years.

Asia Times Online

Africa uses Ebola lessons to fight COVID-19

African countries previously hit by deadly Ebola outbreaks are using the lessons they learned to fight the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.

NBC News

Is DNA driving COVID-19 severity?

A vast store of DNA is being used to study why the severity of symptoms for coronavirus varies so much. UK Biobank — which contains samples from 500,000 volunteers — is now adding COVID-19 data.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

99-year-old WWII vet beats coronavirus

Second Lieutenant Ermando Piveta, who served in the Brazilian artillery in Africa during World War II, was brought out of the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia to a burst of trumpet music and applause.

MSN

NYC group helps feed city’s homeless

Good Morning America

Gardening, farming booms during pandemic

As people pick up new hobbies while they remain in self-quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in gardening and farming is experiencing a boom among Americans.

MSN

Refugee chefs feeding health care workers

Despite facing hardship, a team of refugees has been delivering food to hospital staff in Malaysia’s capital during the pandemic.

Guardian

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Man deliverers hundreds of meals to seniors

Zellie Thomas delivers fresh meals to seniors who are unable to go to the grocery store or go to restaurants due to their high risk of contracting the coronavirus.

Good Morning America

Community creates pantry to help neighbors

A rural community created a pop-up pantry to help provide everyday essentials for neighbors in need amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ABC News

Kenyan safari operator feeds 24,000 families

Safari operator Pankaj Shah normally is showing tourists the beauty spots of his native Kenya. Instead, he is leading a volunteer effort to feed families left penniless when covid19 devastated the economy.

MSN

Toys for Tots gives 2M toys, books and games

Toys for Tots, a non-profit that normally provides toys for needy families in the U.S. around Christmas, has decided it can’t wait until then due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MSM

ENVIRONMENT

German zoo may feed animals to each other

Zoos are now hard-up and asking for donations, as the coronavirus lockdown bites. A zoo director in northern Germany has even admitted that some animals might soon have to be fed to others, if the zoo is to survive.

BBC

Scientists confirm melting of Greenland ice

There was a dramatic melting of Greenland’s ice sheet in the summer of 2019, researchers have confirmed, in a study that reveals the loss was largely down to a persistent zone of high pressure over the region.

Guardian

Flash floods sweep through Yemeni capital

The floods can wreak havoc on the country‘s infrastructure, already damaged by war, and could also mean dangers for the country’s sanitation system.

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Argentina’s poorest face COVID-19, hunger

The pandemic exposed deep socioeconomic fault lines in Argentina, which already has high inequality, and was in a painful recession. Eight million needed food assistance before the pandemic. Now, it is 11 million.

Al Jazeera

Virus choking off Africa’s food supply

Lockdowns in at least 33 of Africa’s 54 countries have blocked farmers from getting food to markets and threatened deliveries of food assistance to rural populations.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

A Czech woman sews a medical protective mask in March 2020. The Czech government requires everyone venturing out to wear a face mask to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Because medical settings need all the manufactured face masks they can get, people must make their own or accept them as gifts from volunteers. (Photo by Tadeáš Bednarz) Photo used under CC BY

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