2020-04-03: Social Media Postees

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[Editorial] COVID-19 will not leave behind refugees and migrants
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Never has the "leave no one behind" pledge felt more urgent. As nations around the world implement measures to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including lockdowns and restrictions on individuals' movements, they must heed their global commitments. When member states adopted the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they promised to ensure no one will be left behind. Chief among the world's most vulnerable people are refugees and migrants. The COVID-19 crisis puts these groups at enormous risk.
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[Perspectives] Face transplants as surgical acts and psychosocial processes
Fay Bound Alberti | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
In 2017 the face of Katie Stubblefield made headlines. Not the face she was born with or the face that emerged after 22 reconstructive surgeries. This was another face altogether: a transplant that Stubblefield would receive from Adrea Schneider. There have been 46 recorded face transplants in history. Katie's was the 40th–only the third to have taken place at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, which also undertook the first face transplant in the USA, on Connie Culp, in 2008. According to the Cleveland Clinic, it took 11 surgeons and staff from 15 specialties more than 31 hours to transplant Stubblefield's new…
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[Comment] The COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: what might we expect?
Gerardo Chowell, Kenji Mizumoto | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
As of March 19, 2020, 191‚Äà127 cases of, including 7807 deaths attributed to, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide.1 The incidence of reported cases in China has dramatically reduced to tens per day as a result of strict social distancing measures; however, the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is now generating sustained transmission in many countries including the USA. In The Lancet, Isaac Ghinai, Tristan D McPherson, and colleagues2 report details of the first known human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA, which was…
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[World Report] Developing antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2
Anna Petherick | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Laboratories and diagnostic companies are racing to produce antibody tests, a key part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna Petherick reports.
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[World Report] 2020 Canada Gairdner Award winners announced
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
On March 31, the Gairdner Foundation announced the winners of its annual prizes in biomedical science and global health. Talha Burki spoke with the laureates.
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[Correspondence] Authoritarianism and the threat of infectious diseases
Juan M Pericà s | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Punitive social policy, encompassing the dismantling of the welfare state with the expansion of the penal state and its associated institutions, as nicely stated by Elias Nosrati and Michael Marmot in their Perspective,1 might indeed be considered an upstream social determinant of health. Nosrati and Marmot's analysis relates to the findings described by Navarro and colleagues,2 linking political ideology with policies aimed at reducing social inequalities such as welfare state and labour market policies.
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Biswal S, Borja-Tabora C, Martinez Vargas L, et al. Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; published online March 17. dox.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30414-1–The appendix of this Article has been corrected as of April 2, 2020.
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[Correspondence] Mass drug administration: time to consider drug pollution?
Gorka Orive, Unax Lertxundi | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mass drug administration is the strategy recommended by WHO to control or eliminate many neglected tropical diseases that cause devastating consequences worldwide. This strategic approach, which has produced unquestionable benefits, consists of treating every person, infected or not, living in a defined geographical area at approximately the same time.1 In 2017, more than 1 ∑7 billion treatments (mainly albendazole, mebendazole, ivermectin, azithromycin, and praziquantel) were delivered to 1 ∑04 billion individuals.
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[Editorial] Open versus endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
When the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released draft guidelines on the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms in May, 2018, it caused outcry. By recommending that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of unruptured aneurysms should not be offered–even in patients for whom open surgical repair was contraindicated–critics said that many patients would be denied life-saving treatment and that the guidelines were unworkable.
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[Comment] A planetary health perspective on COVID-19: a call for papers
Alastair Brown, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
It is natural during the unfolding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to focus on emergency response planning, including containment, treatment procedures, and vaccine development, and nobody would doubt the need for these measures. However, an emergency can also open a window of opportunity for reflection and learning. We live in increasingly global, interdependent, and environmentally constrained societies and the COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies these aspects of our world. We would therefore be wise to take a broad integrated perspective on this disease, the impacts of which are already spilling over in…
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Guselkumab in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER-2): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1126–36–In this Article, the following sentence from the Participants section has been corrected as follows: "Patients were permitted, but not required, to continue stable use of selected standard treatments, including NSAIDs or other analgesics up to the regional marketed dose approved; oral corticosteroids (‚â§10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose); or non-biologic DMARDs (limi…
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[Obituary] Philip Leder
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Molecular geneticist and genetic code breaker. He was born in Washington, DC, USA, on Nov 19, 1934, and died from complications of Parkinson's disease in Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, on Feb 2, 2020, aged 85 years.
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[Correspondence] Chagas disease: still a neglected emergency?
Renato D Lopes, Claudio Gimpelewicz, John J V McMurray | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
10 years after highlighting the health consequences for millions of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, a 2019 report from the Pan American Health Organization concluded that there has been little progress in the prevention and treatment of Chagas disease, a problem that now extends beyond Latin America.1…
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[Correspondence] Education and research are essential for lasting peace in Yemen
Fathiah Zakham, Olli Vapalahti, Hilal A Lashual | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Yemen, known to many as the land of Sheba, and Manhattan of the desert, is now referred to only as one of the poorest countries on Earth. The name Yemen has become synonymous with cholera, famine, death, instability, and war. The war continues to erase the lives, history, and the future of Yemenis, and meaningful aid and peace have yet to reach Yemen.
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[Comment] Offline: COVID-19–what countries must do now
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
How should countries plan for the approaching health crisis caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, himself struck down with infection, has written to every household warning that, "we know things will get worse before they get better". The UK Government is right to prepare the public for the coming human catastrophe. All governments have a responsibility to do the same. But this advice does not go far enough. Here are five critical actions that need to be considered immediately.
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[Perspectives] Man up
Tom Shakespeare | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography explores half a century of photographic representations of men–their bodies, their identities, and their social roles. Contemporary politics is full of powerful men–Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan–behaving in stereotypically dominant ways. You could be forgiven for thinking that the more things change, the more things remain the same. But #MeToo is here to say it can't go on like this, in the wake of the conviction of Harvey Weinstein.
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[Editorial] Redefining vulnerability in the era of COVID-19
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
What does it mean to be vulnerable? Vulnerable groups of people are those that are disproportionally exposed to risk, but who is included in these groups can change dynamically. A person not considered vulnerable at the outset of a pandemic can become vulnerable depending on the policy response. The risks of sudden loss of income or access to social support have consequences that are difficult to estimate and constitute a challenge in identifying all those who might become vulnerable. Certainly, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable groups are not only elderly people, those with ill health and comorbidities, or…
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[Correspondence] Obsolete medical law in Japan harms doctors' health
Genichi Sugihara, Nori Takei | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Japan has achieved one of the most successful health-care systems in the world.1 Under the nation's insurance scheme, Japanese citizens have taken for granted that anyone can choose any health-care facility and receive the most advanced medical care across the nation. However, little attention has been paid to the fact that such a health system is supported by dedicated and self-sacrificing medical professionals. Such overloaded expectation is especially high in rural areas where the number of doctors remains low.
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Germany marked an increase in violent attacks on refugees in 2019
wsws.org | 2020-04-03
The Left Party has been instrumental, along with the country's other political parties, in creating a hostile climate and the corresponding explosion of violence against refugees and immigrants.
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"He's Got Eight Numbers, Just Like Everybody Else"
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-03
On April 4, 2020, my friend Steve Kelly will begin a third year of imprisonment in Georgia's Glynn County jail. He turned 70 while in prison, and while he has served multiple prison sentences for protesting nuclear weapons, spending two years in a county jail is unusual even for him. Yet he adamantly urges supporters …
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Tunisia Leads the Way: New Report Exposes Israel's False Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-03
Tunisia is the Middle East's greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world's most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. While Tunisians can be…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/03/tunisia-leads-the-way-new-report-exposes-israels-false-democracy/

"He's Got Eight Numbers, Just Like Everybody Else"
Kathy Kelly | zcomm.org | 2020-04-03
On April 4, 2020, my friend Steve Kelly will begin a third year of imprisonment in Georgia's Glynn County jail…
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Coronavirus and Georgia's Kemp: How the GOP Stupidocracy will Kill us All
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-03
I don't think Kemp is stupid in the sense of lacking intelligence. I think he is stupid in the sense of letting things get in the way of his intelligence– whether they be ridiculous ideological commitments or slavish obedience to campaign donors or fear of angering Donald Trump…
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The Tories are probably hoping we're too distracted to notice the investigation into EU election spending
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-03
The Conservative Party is probably hoping that we're all too distracted by the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic to notice the party is under investigation over their campaign spending during the European Parliament elections.The Electoral Commission said five parties are being examined after submitting spending reports which were missing information that would give voters a "complete picture of their campaign spending".It added that parties are required by law to provide complete lists of all campaign payments and supporting invoices or receipts for payments of more than £200.It confirmed two investigations…
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Europe: Over 520,000 coronavirus cases and almost 38,000 deaths
wsws.org | 2020-04-03
With 4,199 new deaths yesterday, 37,864 have already perished in Europe from COVID-19.
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Russia Extends Paid Leave Nationwide to End of April
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-03
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday an extension of paid leave for all Russians to April 30 due to COVID-19. | RELATED: | Russia Sends Medical Supplies for Fighting COVID-19 in the U.S. | "If the situation allows, we will adjust the announced period of forced non-working days in the direction of its reduction," Putin said in a televised address to the nation. | The country's regions, depending on the objective situation, would decide which institutions and organ…
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Coronavirus cases in Russia increase by 601, surpass 4,100
rt.com | 2020-04-03
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has increased by 601 over the past 24 hours, amounting to 4,149 in 78 regions. A total of 281 patients have recovered, 34 people have died, the coronavirus crisis center said on Friday. | "Four coronavirus patients have died over the past 24 hours. In total, 34 people have died," the center said. Fatalities have been recorded in Komi Region (2), Moscow (1) and Perm Region (1), TASS reports. | New coronavirus cases have been recorded in 32 regions over the past 24 hours, including Moscow (448), Moscow Region (34), Krasnodar Region (17), Penza Region (11), Leningrad Regi…
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Russian declaration aimed at stopping sanctions amid coronavirus crisis REJECTED at UN General Assembly
rt.com | 2020-04-03
The US, UK, and EU, as well as Ukraine and Georgia, rejected a Russian draft declaration calling for unilateral sanctions to be lifted to fight Covid-19. | Moscow's permanent mission to the UN issued a statement on Thursday questioning why Ukraine, Georgia, the UK, US, and EU had shot down its proposal, arguing that these nations "refused to cast aside politicized approaches and interests," and that their decision could negatively affect "a great number of people"

Trump doubles down on 'hopes' that Russia & Saudi Arabia will agree on oil production cut after Kremlin denies talks
rt.com | 2020-04-03
Upping the ante on his expectations but not ready to offer concessions, US President Donald Trump said it "would be great" if Saudi Arabia and Russia reached a deal on cutting oil production "soon" to stabilize the global market. | "It would be great for Russia, it would be great for Saudi Arabia… hopefully they announce something soon," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I hope they can make a deal, they both want to make a deal." | Reiterating that he expects an oil output cut of 15 million barrels per day, Trump said he spoke personally with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Pri…
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Germany's Merkel ends self-quarantine, returns to work at chancellery
rt.com | 2020-04-03
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self-quarantine and returned to the chancellery on Friday after testing negative for coronavirus several times, according to her spokesman. | Merkel had been self-quarantining and working from home after receiving a vaccination on March 20 from a doctor who was later found to have coronavirus. | On Wednesday, Merkel said Germany will extend social distancing measures introduced last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus to April 19. The government will re-evaluate the situation after the Easter holiday, Reuters quoted her as saying.
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American Un-Exceptionalism in the Time of Coronavirus
James Carden | thenation.com | 2020-04-03
American Un-Exceptionalism in the Time of Coronavirus…
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Lockdown in Italy 'will probably continue' beyond May 1, civil protection chief says
rt.com | 2020-04-03
Italy's national lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus will probably continue beyond the start of May, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the Civil Protection Agency, said on Friday. | The government extended the lockdown this week. Severe restrictions were imposed on movement and all services and firms not deemed essential to Italy's supply chain were shuttered until April 13. | Answering a question about whether the measures would need to remain in place many more weeks, Borrelli said in a radio interview with state broadcaster RAI: "Unfortunately they will." | "I don't believe this situation… wi…
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Spain surpasses Italy in confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 7,000+ people reported ill on Friday
rt.com | 2020-04-03
Spain now has more confirmed cases of Covid-19 than Italy, with the number of infections soaring to over 117,000 on Friday

New grim record: US becomes 1st country to report 1,000+ Covid-19 deaths in single day as global infections top 1 million
rt.com | 2020-04-03
The United States has reached yet another dark milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, counting over 1,000 fatalities in the span of 24 hours and shattering the global record for daily deaths as worldwide cases soar past 1 million. | Surpassing both its own one-day record

Spanish parking lot converted into huge makeshift morgue as Covid-19 deaths surge (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-03
An indoor parking lot in Barcelona has been converted into a makeshift extension of the morgue, as the city struggles to cope with the death toll from the novel coronavirus. | Memora funeral home will be the largest field morgue in Spain, with the capacity for almost 2,000 coffins. | Fernando Sanchez, the director of communications for the facility in Barcelona, said on Thursday, "We have the possibility to increase the capacity here and in other big funeral homes we have around the city, so the capacity will be very, very high." | In comparison, two new morgues set up in Madrid combined only have the capac…
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OPEC+ set to hold urgent meeting to stabilize oil market
rt.com | 2020-04-03
The members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and major oil producers are set to hold their first meeting after the collapse of the previous deal, non-OPEC member Azerbaijan has announced. | During the talks, which are set to be held on Monday via video conference, the participants will discuss the situation in the oil market and the new declaration of cooperation, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Friday. It added that the meeting will be held on the invitation of the de facto leader of the oil alliance, Saudi Arabia, which called for an urgent meeting "to tr…
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Heavy blow inflicted on YPG/PKK terrorists in March
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
A total of 111 terrorists, including group's senior members, were neutralized as part of counter-terrorism efforts of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) to thwart attacks seeking to disturb the peace and unity of the country.On March 9, two terrorists

No quick deliveries of COVID-19 ventilators, EU says
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
The European Union will struggle to get hold of large numbers of ventilators quickly to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 due to the complexity of the machines and high demand for them, the executive European Commission said on Friday.With medical equipment in short supply as Europe battles the pandemic, the Commission launched a joint procurement procedure on March 17 to buy ventilators on behalf of the bloc's 26 member states, in a bid to cut prices and reduce competition among states seeking the machines.The Brussels-based Commission said suppliers had been selected and it was sending contracts out to the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/no-quick-deliveries-of-covid-19-ventilators-eu-says-3515873

Femicide down 22% in first quarter of year in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
Turkey's femicide rate has decreased by 22% in the first quarter of the year compared to last year, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Friday.According to the statement, 64 women were murdered over the past three months, while in January-March 2019, 82 had been killed.The ministry said this decrease was the result of its struggle against violence towards women and domestic violence, conducting research and instituting preventative measures against perpetrators to protect women who had been victims.As part of this struggle, 157,367 such preventive measures had been placed in the first three months of 202…
yenisafak.com/en/news/femicide-down-22-in-first-quarter-of-year-in-turkey-3515882

Turkey starts evacuating citizens from Algeria
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
Turkey started Friday evacuating almost 1,200 citizens from Algeria amid coronavirus pandemic.Turkish citizens will be brought back to home via Turkish Airlines and Air Algeria through Sunday.As a part of the evacuation process, three airplanes belonging to the Algerian airline carry 555 Turkish citizens to Samsun province, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and it will take Algerian citizens in Karabuk back home.The evacuated citizens will be put into 14-day quarantine in the northern Tokat and Amasya provincesThe rest of the citizens in Algeria will be brought back to Turkey via Turkish Airlines over the weekend…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-starts-evacuating-citizens-from-algeria-3515870

Dutch coronavirus deaths rise to 1,487
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
The Netherlands announced a further 148 deaths linked to the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the country's total to 1,487.It also confirmed 1,026 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall tally of infections to 15,723, according to the daily report from The National Institute for Health.
yenisafak.com/en/world/dutch-coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-1487-3515881

Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi dies from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with the coronavirus, the mayor of the designer's home town said on Friday.Italy has recorded more deaths from coronavirus than any other country in the world, with 13,915 fatalities as of Thursday. The elderly have been particularly hard hit.Rossi died on Thursday in the small town of Cesena in central Italy."He was among the founders of the high-end women's footwear district in the area of Forlਠand Cesena in the mid-20th century," said Luciana Garbuglia, mayor of San Mauro Pascoli, where Rossi was born in 1935 and where he fou…
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Coronavirus cases continue rising in Belgium
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
More than 1,400 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed in Belgium and 132 people lost their lives in the past 24 hours, health authorities announced on Friday.The latest data by the Federal Public Service of Health brought the total number of infections to 16,770, and the death toll to 1,143 since March 15.Some 5,500 patients are currently treated at hospitals, with 1,205 of them being treated at intensive care units. 45% of intensive care beds are still available.So far, more than 2,800 people were discharged from healthcare facilities after treatment.Six out of 10 coronavirus patients are from the northern region…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-cases-continue-rising-in-belgium-3515877

Hospitals are 'at maximum stress' in Spain's second worst-hit region by coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-03
Hospitals in Catalonia, Spain's second worst-hit region by the coronavirus pandemic, are at "maximum stress", the regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday.Spain's second most populous region has the highest number of coronavirus patients in intensive care in the country – 2,053, according to the latest data – and has registered 2,335 fatalities, second only to the Madrid region."At the hospital level we are being able to give response to all the cases that are arriving but we are at the limit, we are at maximum stress," Catalan regional government chief Torra said in an interview. He added that the main…
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Iran's UN Envoy Says 'No One Fooled' by American Lies as Pompeo Accuses Tehran of Killings Abroad
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-03
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged than Iran has been using 'agents of terror' disguised as diplomats in a string of assassinations and bomb plots across Europe. Pompeo made the claims in the wake of a report citing US intelligence alleging that Iranian intelligence had killed a dissident journalist in Turkey in November.
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Coronavirus Patient Monitoring System Launches in Moscow
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-03
The day before, the Moscow authorities extended restrictions on public events and ordered the closure of all non-essential shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars until May 1 as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease.
sputniknews.com/russia/202004031078818537-coronavirus-patient-monitoring-system-launches-in-moscow/

Miss Russia-2015 Sofia Nikitchuk Rejects Reports She Has COVID-19 Symptoms
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-03
Currently, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Russia stands at 4,149, with 34 deaths, according to the country's Health Ministry.
sputniknews.com/russia/202004031078819197-miss-russia-2015-sofia-nikitchuk-rejects-reports-she-has-covid-19-symptoms/

US-Jailed Russian Pilot Yaroshenko Has Dry Cough, COVID-19 Confirmed Among Cellmates – Wife
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-03
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Sputnik) – Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is imprisoned in a US penitentiary facility with confirmed COVID-19 cases, is suffering from dry cough and a slight fever, his wife Viktoria said on Friday.
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Up to One in 15 Londoners May be Infected With COVID-19, Study Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-03
On Thursday, the United Kingdom reported its largest day-on-day increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and the resultant death toll, as the total number of positive tests since the start of the outbreak soared past 30,000.
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'Everyone at risk' as coronavirus cases tick up among migrants and refugees sheltering in Greece
news.un.org | 2020-04-02
With 23 migrants at an open accommodation site in central Greece testing positive for COVID-19, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sounded the alarm on Thursday over conditions in crowded reception centres on five Greek islands where the virus risks taking hold.
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2020-04-02: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-02). Spain reports 110,238 coronavirus cases, almost reaches Italy's numbers. rt.com A total of 950 Covid-19 patients have died in Spain in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll from the coronavirus to over 10,000 people. | With 10,003 deaths from Covid-19 as of Thursday, Spain has become the second European nation, after Italy, where the disease has killed more than 10,000 patients. | The number of confirmed cases across the country has grown by 8,102, bringing the total to 110,238. Nearly 27,000 people have recovered since the start of the outbreak. | Spain, where the disease has been raging since February, remains Europe's second hardest-hit country, with the daily death rat…

RT (2020-04-02). Covid-19 deaths in Belgium top 1,000 as worldwide cases approach one million. rt.com Belgium's death toll from the Covid-19 virus has topped 1,000, officials have confirmed, with 183 new deaths in the last 24 hours. | As of April 2, Belgium, which has a population of 11.4 million, has recorded more than 15,300 cases of the coronavirus infection. | Health officials in the country said earlier this week that a 12-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 had died of the illness, noting that such a young fatality is a "very rare occurrence." | Belgium is one of many countries in Europe on an almost total lockdown to battle the coronavirus crisis. Belgians are only allowed to leave their homes to buy e…

RT (2020-04-02). EU's top court says eastern states broke law by refusing to host refugees. rt.com The European Union's top court has ruled that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on Greece and Italy after a surge in migrant arrivals from 2015. | "By refusing to comply with the temporary mechanism for the relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfill their obligations under EU law," the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU said on Thursday. | The decision underscores Europe's divisions over migration. However, the three ex-communist nations face no immedia…

RT (2020-04-02). Hungary emergency measures 'went too far' — EU's von der Leyen. rt.com European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed concern that coronavirus restriction measures taken by Hungary go "too far" and insisted they should be time-limited and subject to scrutiny. | On Monday, Hungary's parliament granted Prime Minister Viktor Orban an open-ended right to rule by decree. It also introduced jail sentences for anyone hindering measures to curb the spread of the virus or spreading false information about the pandemic, Reuters said. | "I am concerned that certain measures go too far and I am particularly concerned about the situation in Hungary," von der Leyen told repor…

RT (2020-04-02). More than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Europe: AFP tally. rt.com There are now more than 500,000 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus across Europe, according to the latest tally by the AFP news agency. | The new count comes as the death toll from the virus has topped 10,000 in Spain, with confirmed cases there surging to over 110,000. French health officials confirmed 509 deaths from the virus yesterday, taking the country's death toll to more than 4,000. | The UK also saw its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths this week, with 563 new fatalities reported on Wednesday. Confirmed cases of the infection have been soaring in the UK, with almost 30,000 testing positive f…

RT (2020-04-02). Serbian govt to revoke coronavirus information control decree. rt.com Serbia's government will revoke a decree giving it control over information on the coronavirus outbreak. The decision follows protests and the detention of a journalist for reporting that a major hospital lacked protective gear and properly trained staff, Reuters reports. | Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the decree, which came into force on Saturday, would be revoked on Thursday "so not a shadow could be cast on our work." | The emergency measure, which said information about the coronavirus outbreak could only come from Brnabic or those authorized by her, had drawn criticism from the Organization for Securit…

RT (2020-04-02). Ireland's restrictions may go beyond April 12, deputy PM says. rt.com The highly restrictive measures Ireland put in place last week to slow the spread of coronavirus may well be extended beyond the initial deadline of April 12, Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday. | Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar significantly ramped up previous restrictions last Friday when he ordered citizens to stay home and only leave to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise or make absolutely essential family visits, Reuters said. Coveney says "people do need to realize that these restrictions may go on for some time." | "We've set an initial period but I think…

RT (2020-04-02). Greece quarantines first migrant camp after 20 asylum seekers test positive for coronavirus. rt.com Athens has quarantined a migrant camp after 20 asylum seekers tested positive for coronavirus, the first such facility in Greece to be hit since the outbreak of the disease. Any movement in or out of the Ritsona camp, which is 75km (45 miles) northeast of Athens and hosts hundreds of people, will be restricted for 14 days. | Tests on 63 people were conducted after a 19-year-old female migrant who gave birth in an Athens hospital was found to be infected. This was the first recorded case among thousands of asylum seekers living in overcrowded camps across Greece. | None of the confirmed cases showed any symptom…

RT (2020-04-02). Oil price war: Is it game over for Trump? rt.com As the US government tries to convince Russia and Saudi Arabia to put an end to the oil price war, it might just be too little, too late for the Trump Administration. | Saudi Arabia has already hired additional supertankers and a wave of additional supply is about to set sail, according to Saudi Aramco has also apparently f…

RT (2020-04-02). Sad Covid-19 record for Russia: 771 new cases registered across the country. rt.com The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has grown by 771 in Russia on Thursday, marking the biggest single-day increase in patients since the start of the outbreak. | Over the past 24 hours, 771 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Russia, bringing the total number of cases reported nationwide to 3,548, the country's disease response officials say. | Six more patients have died, bringing the total death toll from Covid-19 to 30. | The majority of the new cases — 595 — have been reported in Moscow, while 43 were recorded in the region around the capital, and 22 in Russia's second-largest ci…

RT (2020-04-02). Saudi Arabia won't undermine Russia-US energy deal & risk facing oil price war on two fronts — market analyst to RT. rt.com If Moscow and Washington strike a deal to boost the sinking oil markets, Saudi Arabia had better stay out of their way, according to analysts who spoke to RT. | The US and Russia agreed to engage in energy talks earlier this week, as both the global coronavirus crisis and the oil row between Russia and Saudi Arabia sent crude prices into a tailspin. International benchmark Brent and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crashed to 18-year lows on Monday, but they have slightly recovered since then with the news of a possible deal. | The prices could plunge lower if no agreement is reached, analysts have told RT. Ac…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-02). Tunisia Leads the Way: New Report Exposes Israel's False Democracy. dissidentvoice.org Tunisia is the Middle East's greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world's most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. While Tunisians can be …

Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-02). The Swedish Alternative: Coronavirus as a Grand Gamble. counterpunch.org As draconian lockdowns, punitive regimes and surveillance become the norm of the coronavirus world, Sweden has treaded more softly in the field. This is certainly in contrast to its Scandinavian cousins, Denmark and Norway. The rudiments of a life uninterrupted generally remain in place. Cafes, restaurants and shops, for the most part, remain open and

WSWS (2020-04-02). One hundred years since Germany's Kapp Putsch. wsws.org The Kapp Putsch is of burning contemporary relevance at a time when Germany's bourgeoisie is once again turning to militarism, a right-wing extremist party is represented in the federal parliament and all state parliaments, and far-right terrorist networks operate unhindered within the state apparatus and the army.

WSWS (2020-04-02). Hospital closures continue in Germany despite COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org Although every hospital bed in Germany is needed because of the coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals are facing closure, especially in more rural areas.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). EU Court Adviser Says 'Public Interest' Trumps Right To Short-Term Renting During Crisis. sputniknews.com An ongoing case between Parisian authorities and apartment owners has brought this highlighted the tension between major capital cities and house-sharing companies such as Airbnb, who they have accused of worsening the housing crisis for low-income residents.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). WWII Bomb Found in Bonn Hospital With COVID-19 Patients, Prompts Evacuation – Report. sputniknews.com While some residents from the neighboring districts were slated to be evacuated due to the threat posed by the bomb, others were told to remain indoors during the defusing process.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). Russian Crude Urals Falls to $10.54 Per Barrel, Lowest Since March 1999 – Argus. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The price for Urals oil blend for delivery to North-Western Europe fell on Wednesday to its lowest in more than two decades, the Argus agency, which tracks regional prices, reported on Thursday.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). Twitter Takes Down 20,000 Accounts Allegedly Linked to Saudi, Egyptian, Serbian Governments. sputniknews.com The US-based microblogging and social networking service regularly responds to requests to delete content and accounts, including information posted by officials or media services of countries with whom Washington has strained relations.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). US Paid for Half of Coronavirus Aid Delivered to Country by Russia – Moscow. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, a Russian An-124 (Ruslan) plane arrived in New York to deliver medical equipment to the US amid the coronavirus pandemic. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US has exceeded 216,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). Russian An-124 Cargo Plane With Medical Aid Arrives in New York – Video. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, a An-124 (Ruslan) plane arrived in New York with medical equipment from Russia. On board, as noted by Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, were disinfectants, glasses, respirators and masks, as well as other equipment.

sputniknews (2020-04-02). Oil Prices Jump 10 Percent After Trump Raises Hope for Russia-Saudi Truce. sputniknews.com Donald Trump, who has seen the worst-ever slump in oil demand rattle the American shale industry, has claimed that Russia and Saudi Arabia are close to a deal on output cuts.

yenisafak (2020-04-02). COVID-19: Study suggests Italy death toll much higher. yenisafak.com An independent study published in an Italian newspaper has suggested that the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the country's worst-hit region might be higher than what the official data showed.According to the study by data analysis firm InTwig, whose findings were published in local daily L'Eco di Bergamo, about 4,500 people have died from COVID-19 in March around the northern city of Bergamo. That is more than double the official data of 2,060 deaths provided by Italy's Civil Protection Department.The northern Lombardy region

yenisafak (2020-04-02). From chatbots to online markets, Africans craft weapons against coronavirus. yenisafak.com From a WhatsApp chatbot to a self-diagnosis tool, Africans are devising mobile tech solutions to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid fears it could have disastrous effects for the continent's most vulnerable.Africa has not been as badly hit by coronavirus as other continents so far – with roughly 6,000 people infected, according to a Reuters tally, compared to about 500,000 in Europe.But experts fear the respiratory disease could have a catastrophic impact on a continent with shaky healthcare systems and where soap and clean water for hand washing are out of reach for many.Governments, charities and entrep…

yenisafak (2020-04-02). Euro zone bond yields rise with new supply due from Spain, France. yenisafak.com Euro zone government bond yields rose on Thursday as some investors moved back into riskier assets, with demand for new bonds issued by Spain and France expected to offer a gauge of current market sentiment.Stocks were mostly mixed as data suggested the pace of new coronavirus infections was slowing in some countries, but the economic toll of the shutdowns was growing.A jump in oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their oil price war did improve the general tone in markets.The 10-year German government bond yield rose 4 basis points to -…

yenisafak (2020-04-02). Coronavirus: Global tally of recoveries surpass 200,000. yenisafak.com The global tally of people who recovered from deadly coronavirus exceeded 200,000 on Wednesday, quadrupling of the death toll.According to the running data of U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University, a total of 202,342 recoveries recorded across the globe, while over 48,200 people have died from the epidemic and cases surged to nearly 952,000.The highest number of recoveries are registered in China, the ground zero of the virus, with 76,571. Spain, one of the most affected countries from COVID-19, and Germany followed China with 26,743 and 19,175 recoveries, respectively.In recent days, according to the Johns Hopkin…

yenisafak (2020-04-02). INFOGRAPHIC: COVID-19 claims life of prominent Turkish doctor Cemil Ta≈ücƒ±oƒülu. yenisafak.com Cemil Ta≈ücƒ±oƒülu, a Turkish doctor with decades of experience who died on Wednesday after contracting the novel coronavirus from a patient, was the first-ever doctor in the country to succumb to the virus.Ta≈ücƒ±oƒülu was a professor of internal medicine at Istanbul University.He is also the doctor who diagnosed the first patient with the disease, officially known as COVID-19. After being infected, he was admitted to Istanbul University's Medical School on March 16 with symptoms of fever, cough, and respiratory distress.Born in Turkey's Black Sea…

Tim Dahlberg (2020-04-01). A century ago, sports rises from ravages of war and disease. peoplesworld.org The world in 1919 was hardly a place for fun and games. A war like no other had ravaged Europe, killing untold millions and leaving the continent devastated. The Spanish flu pandemic was waning but still wreaking its horrors, with some 50 million people dead worldwide, including 675,000 in the United States. But hundreds of …

RT (2020-04-01). Cruise ships ordered by US Coast Guard to remain at sea & prepare to treat coronavirus-stricken passengers themselves. rt.com The US Coast Guard has warned cruise ships stuck at sea that they could be "sequestered" indefinitely during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and must be equipped to take care of ill passengers on board until permitted to dock. | The new directive released on March 29 was signed by Coast Guard Rear Admiral Eric Jones, whose district includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico. The measure applies to all ships — not just cruise liners — carrying more than 50 people. | Under the new rules, cruise ships are required to give daily reports on their coronavirus caseload, and vessels registered…

Victor Grossman (2020-04-01). What will the coronavirus do to Germany's political future? peoplesworld.org BERLIN — This city, like many of your hometowns, is a ghost city. Except for those offering groceries, medicines or medical care, everything is shut tight. Luckily, no-one here has to stay inside, we can stroll around outside but, aside from families, we may not "assemble" in groups of more than two — the rules …

Nafeez Ahmed (2020-04-01). Former WHO Director: 8-Week Suppression Strategy Could Stop US COVID Crisis in Its Tracks. counterpunch.org "We know we can get this under control," says Dr Anthony Costello, a former Director at the World Health Organization (WHO) where he headed up maternal, child and adolescent health. "The problem is that Europe has been too slow to act compared with Asia; and America is now facing a huge crisis." Costello, who is

Sebastiaan Faber (2020-04-01). Spain Nationalized Private Clinics To Fight COVID-19. zcomm.org Spain faced the second worst infection rate in Europe, and took control of the country's private health care companies to improve its response. What does this mean for Spain's public health care system going forward?

teleSUR (2020-04-01). First Case of COVID-19 in a Refugee Camp in Greece. telesurenglish.net A woman who recently gave birth in Greece has become the first refugee to have contracted the coronavirus in the country, Greece's Migration Ministry said Tuesday. | RELATED: | The unidentified woman lives at Ritsona, a refugee camp some 80 km (50 miles) north of Athens and, according to local media, she could be of African origin. | She had given birth last week in a hospital near the camp, which has a population of abo…

teleSUR (2020-04-01). Spain Exceeds 9,000 Dead and 100,000 COVID-19 Cases. telesurenglish.net Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa informed that his country reached 102,136 COVID-19 cases, 9,053 of which have died. In the last 24 hours, 864 deaths and 7,719 new cases were registered, which represents an increase of 8.2 percent concerning the previous day. | RELATED: | This percentage shows that "we are still in a phase of stabilization of the pandemic", the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies h…

Susan Price (2020-04-01). European leaders clash over economic response to COVID-19 crisis. greenleft.org.au

Susan Price (2020-04-01). Macron and France in the deluge. greenleft.org.au Two presidential speeches, on March 12 and 16, have trans…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-04-01). New Evidence Shows Trump—Who Says He Knew Covid-19 'Going to Be Horrible'—Allowed Exports of Crucial Supplies to Continue. commondreams.org While countries in Europe and Asia spent the first several weeks of the year preparing their healthcare systems and populations for the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration spent that same time sending dozens of medical shipments overseas. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1215578016_1.jpg …

RT (2020-03-31). 'Happily surprised'? Trump says Russia sent US 'very, very large' aid package to combat Covid-19. rt.com US President Donald Trump has praised Moscow for sending a 'very large planeload of things' to help fight the spread of the coronavirus and treat sickened patients, noting that China and other nations had also chipped in. | UPDATE: "We've had great relationships with a lot of countries," the president told reporters at his daily Covid-19 briefing on Monday, adding: "China sent us some stuff, which was terr…

RT (2020-03-31). 'This is NUTS!' Russiagaters see red over Putin's planeload of corona-aid for Trump, queue to look gift-horse in mouth. rt.com Russophobic pundits and red-baiting blue-checkmarks are gasping in horror and floating bizarre theories as Moscow sends a planeload of much-needed medical supplies to the US amid its worsening coronavirus epidemic. | News that a Russian cargo plane laden with medical supplies and personal protection equipment would soon depart for the US, a gift from the Kremlin to its coronavirus-stricken rival, has the usual suspects running around in circles screeching about ulterior motives. | While President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that "Russia sent us a very, very large planeload of things, medical equipmen…

Ben Norton (2020-03-31). Southcom boosts US military presence in Latin America, citing China, Russia 'threats'. thegrayzone.com Southern Command is ramping up the US military presence in Latin America to counter China, Russia, and Venezuela, after signing…

teleSUR (2020-03-31). COVID-19 Vaccine Will Take At Least 1 Year: EU Medicines Agency. telesurenglish.net The development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus will take at least a year, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Tuesday. | RELATED: | According to the EMA, it could be "at least a year before a COVID-19 vaccine is ready for approval and there are sufficient quantities to allow widespread use" worldwide. | The Amsterdam-based agency explained that it was based on current data and the time it took to develop ot…

John Nichols (2020-03-31). On the Need for Dissent and Debate in These Urgent Times. thenation.com On the Need for Dissent and Debate in These Urgent Times…

IRNA (2020-03-31). Germany confirms first INSTEX transaction. iranian.com The Federal Foreign Office of Germany in a tweet confirmed the first transaction with Iran through the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) on Tuesday. The Federal Foreign Office of Germany wrote in its Twitter page, "France, Germany and the United Kingdom confirm that INSTEX has successfully concluded its first transaction, facilitating the export …

Tasnim News (2020-03-31). Blast Halts Iran's Gas Exports to Turkey. iranian.com Iran's natural gas exports to Turkey have stopped following an explosion on a pipeline near their joint border, an official at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said on Tuesday. "The explosion occurred near the Iranian border, causing gas to be halted from 6: 50 (0320 GMT) this morning," Mehdi Jamshidi-Dana said, Press TV reported. The …

Alan Macleod (2020-03-30). Biden's Foreign Policy Team Hints at War with China, Conflict with Russia. mintpressnews.com An analysis by the Brookings Institute based on interviews with Biden's foreign policy teams hints at a foreign policy that closely mirrors that of the Pentagon under President Trump.

fernando_santamaria (2020-03-30). Infected or sick? Infected or ill? zcomm.org In Spain around 80.000 people are infected, or sick, and around 7000 have been cured. Deads are around 8000. There is a big gap between the number of ill people (80,000) and the rest. I don't understand why these 80.000 (infected/sick/ill) ) citizens have barely presence in the media. In my opinion, there should be

Steven Sahiounie (2020-03-30). US Accused of Using Food Aid to Smuggle Weapons to Militants in Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp. mintpressnews.com UN aid trucks, according to Russian military sources, are being used to deliver not only food and supplies to the suffering civilians but also arms and ammunition to Maghawir Al-Thawra.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2020-03-30). Origins of COVID-19: Russia quizzes US on coronavirus' parentage. iranian.com All through the recent weeks since US President Donald Trump coined the epithet "China virus" to rename Coronavirus, Moscow kept a deafening silence. Finally, on Sunday, March 29, Moscow broke that silence. That the first Russian statement came at the level of the Russian foreign ministry makes this particularly significant. In an exclusive remark, a …

Eds. (2020-03-30). Cuba sends doctors, nurses worldwide in COVID-19 fight. mronline.org Cuba on March 28 sent a team of 39 doctors and nurses to Andorra, the thirteenth medical brigade the country has dispatched overseas to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Antoine Flahault (2020-03-28). [Correspondence] COVID-19 cacophony: is there any orchestra conductor? thelancet.com The first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently invading the world, and several countries are now struggling to fight it or trying to delay its start to help smooth its peak size for the purpose of lowering morbidity and mortality, and thereby reduce the overall tension on their health-care system. China's first major outbreaks of COVID-19 happened in January, 2020. Then South Korea, Iran, and Italy entered into this Ravel's Bolero-like epidemic in late February and early March, 2020, and many other countries are preparing to play the same rhythmic pattern in the coming days and weeks.

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