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Astronauts return to pandemic wracked Earth

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2020

Two astronauts and a cosmonaut landed in Kazakhstan on Friday morning , completing their mission aboard the International Space Station. The space travellers returned to an earthly world changed by the coronavirus pandemic since they left months ago. Ground crews tended to them wearing surgical

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UK virus death toll rises to over 14,500

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2020

Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 847 to 14,576 on Friday, daily health ministry figures showed, a slightly slower increase than the 861 new deaths recorded the previous day. Nevertheless, the number of deaths over a 24-hour period to 1600 GMT Thursday is still higher than in previous days when the number of […]

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UK dismisses 5G/coronavirus claims as ‘nonsense’

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2020

The British government on Wednesday dismissed a TV presenter’s claim that there could be a link between 5G technology and coronavirus as “complete nonsense”. The 5G conspiracy theory, spread widely on social media, has already led to a new telecoms mast being set alight in Ireland at the weekend. Experts have poured scorn on the […]

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COVID-19: China approves two vaccines for clinical trials

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

China has approved two experimental vaccines against the Coronavirus for phase one and two clinical trials. This is according to the country’s news agency, Xinhua. The vaccines are being developed by Wuhan Institute of Biological Products under the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and Sinovac Research and Development Co., Ltd, a company based in Beijing.

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America has no king: New York governor Cuomo faults Trump’s ‘total authority’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

America has no king, but a constitution, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Tuesday as he debunked President Trump’s statement that he has “total authority” to determine when the coronavirus stricken states can open for business. Cuomo on NBC’s Today Show and CNN said Trump was flat-out wrong when he said he can overrule state […]

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One third of hospital staff test positive for coronavirus

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

A startling one-third of hospital staff in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data from the British government. Out of 16,888 NHS staff tested, 5,733 or 34 per cent were found to have the virus. Included in the figures were tests conducted on key workers and their households. The government has […]