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The head of the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is a "long way" from being over. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2AHAhIE

People in Afghanistan dared to hope for peace, but they are now fighting both violence and the virus. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Zlee4K

How are emergency services preparing for natural disasters amid the coronavirus pandemic? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2X9L4mA

The Andhra Pradesh medic was suspended after complaining about the lack of protective equipment. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zgtpSi

Campaigners were already at risk but restrictions have left them easy targets for militia groups. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LNC5lU

Education is one of the sectors of the global economy that is being hardest hit by the pandemic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ynWkn2

The coronavirus outbreak in Dagestan in southern Russia saw 10 dying each day at its peak. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3g8aU2S

How the continent's sense of vulnerability may help it adapt to yet another deadly disease. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3gizmPo

Ecuador's largest city allowed some businesses to reopen on Wednesday following a fall in daily deaths from the coronavirus pandemic that had for weeks required the city to remain in quarantine. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3gaCxbx

Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday registered 2,248 new coronavirus infections and an additional 424 fatalities, a record one-day death toll since the start of the pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XjmCiL

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck in the central Mediterranean Sea region early on Thursday, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LI9KgL

Bolivian authorities on Wednesday fired the health minister and opened an investigation of potential corruption over allegations that officials bought ventilators at inflated prices, underscoring the global challenge to prevent graft in the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3cQcCnH

Bars and pubs opened in New Zealand for the first time in months on Thursday, as restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus were eased further and the government looked to revive economic activity. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZmRi5f

Brazil's coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the second-highest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20,000 new infections in a single day. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3bWbBt7

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Elie Seidman discusses the impact of coronavirus and how his dating app will react. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/3cUaWJO

'Human parking spots' in Dolores Park to keep people apart Published on May 21, 2020 at 02:11AM by Dolores Park got a polka-dot makeover on Wednesday morning courtesy of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. To aid social distancing as the summer beckons and the region moves into Stage 2 of Gov. Newsom's statewide reopening plan, white chalk circles were painted across the popular two-block park on the western edge of the city's Mission District.