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Robots construct Model S sedans at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. Robots are sure to become a bigger part of the workforce throughout and beyond the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) Photo used under CC BY

Increased use of robots to continue after crisis

Demand for robots is expected to remain high as COVID-19, which has sickened more than 2 million people globally and killed over 135,000, overloads health care and public sector resources around the world.

South China Morning Post

Vietnam set to be big post-pandemic winner

Through early and efficient border closures, uncharacteristic official transparency and strategic COVID-19 diplomacy, communist-run Vietnam is fast emerging as a likely post-pandemic winner.

Asia Times Online

US sends COVID-19-infected migrants back to Guatemala

The U.S. is deporting illegal immigrants infected with COVID-19 to Guatemala, the country’s president says. The Guatemalan Health Minister said 75 percent of passengers on a deportation flight from the U.S. had tested positive for the coronavirus.

New York Post

Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by about 50 percent

FOX News

Trump suggests China may be ‘knowingly responsible’ for virus

Bloomberg

World held hostage by hit-or-miss COVID-19 tests

Asia Times Online

Denmark allows haircuts as it eases lockdown

It began with schools for young children this week - now Denmark will allow beauty salons, hairdressers and tattoo parlors to reopen. Denmark moved fast to tackle the outbreak.

BBC

Americans, Brazilians protest lockdowns

Hundreds of people in trucks, cars and motorcycles, are taking to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and the capital of Brasilia, calling for governors to resign over lockdown measures.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown

As governments around the world try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, India has launched one of the most draconian social experiments in human history, locking down its entire population.

Associated Press

Chilean health workers harassed, threatened

As healthcare workers battle on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic, many are being applauded for their work, while others become the targets of abuse.

Al Jazeera

Migrants in Tunisia feel pinch of lockdown

With Covid-19 yet to spread widely, business closures are already causing hardship for people dependent on casual work.

Guardian

COVID-19 takes a toll on LGBT+ Africans

LGBT+ Africans suffer persecution and hardships as coronavirus cases rise.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

Women, class and discrimination in India

Since India went into lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, families who live in a hilltop village in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, have been barred from going down the hill, even to purchase food and medicine.

CNN

Declining US consumer demand hurts Mexico

Mexico’s dependence on tourism and complex supply chains makes its economy especially vulnerable to coronavirus shocks.

Al Jazeera

Food prices rocket amid DRC lockdown

Residents in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, feel the strain as coronavirus-related restrictions heap further pressure on the economy.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Astronauts return to Earth amid pandemic

After more than 200 days in space, astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka returned to a planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC News

Investigating the origin of the outbreak

Investigating the origin of the COVID-19 outbreak. A closer look at the risk “wet markets” allegedly pose.

ABC News

Uncertainty over antibody protection

The World Health Organization is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood gives full protection against reinfection with the new coronavirus.

Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID-19 criss hampering migrant rescues

Non-governmental organizations are accusing Italy and Malta of using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for closing ports to private rescue vessels. They say the lives of migrants are being put at risk.

Deutsche Welle

Cape Town’s homeless being kept in camp

In Cape Town a number of homeless are being taken from the street against their will. The organization Doctors Without Borders warns the danger of a coronavirus infection is greater in the camp than on the streets.

Deutsche Welle

COVID-19 deaths in Africa could reach 300,000

Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the COVID-19 this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report that cites modeling from Imperial College London.

Time

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GOOD NEWS

Safari operator feeding thousands of families

Safari operator Pankaj Shah is spearheading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of families left penniless when the new coronavirus devastated the economy.

Reuters

War veteran ‘Captain Tom,’ 99, raises $15 million for NHS as he completes garden challenge

CNN

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Uber driver donates $12K in food to hospital

An Uber driver recently went the extra mile to ensure that the front line workers at her local hospital taking care of others amid the coronavirus pandemic were also being cared for themselves.

People

Doctors test underserved communities

MyCovidMD is a new task force of the Shared Harvest Fund. Founded by three black women doctors who want to get health services and testing to the people who don’t have access to health care, are uninsured and under-insured.

NPR

SNL’s Michael Che pays rent for everyone in building his grandmother lived in before she died of COVID-19

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Deaf workers wean capital city off plastic bags

Ethiopian paper bag firm employs 18 deaf workers who use sign language to persuade clients to choose greener alternative.

Guardian

Environment thrives as people follow stay-at-home orders

TODAY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

COVID-19 exposes internet access as privilege

NBC News’ Jacob Ward examines how families and students are struggling to do school work and stay connected without equal access to the internet.

NBC News

Italian boy drives miles to study in the middle of nowhere

Reuters

Poor areas struggle to ease virus restrictions

As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, want to do it too, but they cannot afford the luxury of any missteps.

PBS NewsHour

Photo of the Day

Ranchers outside Sisters, Oregon, USA, have placed masks on the cowboys, horses and dogs that make up a familiar lawn ornament. (Photo by Bonnie Moreland) Photo used under CC BY

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