The Canadian founder of a startup who caught Covid-19 from Justin Trudeau’s wife has launched an initiative to allow anyone to self-report their own case of the disease and publish the results, helping authorities to get ahead of the pandemic. Operation Covid-19 will visualize both official and suspected cases of the Coronavirus in data lists ... Lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the British government to slow the spread of COVID-19 may already be working, according to preliminary research findings, and could soon see Britain's epidemic of infections declining.
... Calls to Spain's governmental helpline for victims of gender violence shot up in the first two weeks of a state of emergency lockdown imposed to combat the spread of coronavirus, the government said on Wednesday.
... At these difficult times, parents are concerned for their children’s education, especially given so much of it has had to go online during the Covid-19 pandemic. But what about pre-schoolers who are missing out? Pre-school children are sponges for information but don’t get formal training on reading and writing until they enter the classroom when ... Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:
... Afghanistan will release some Taliban prisoners this week as part of confidence building measure crucial for the success of the peace deal signed between America and the Taliban to end nearly two decades of war, officials said on Wednesday.
... The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is marshalling its deep resources in the fight against coronavirus, using a corps of volunteers, doctors and facilities to carve out a prominent role in the crisis-riven state's response.
... Indonesia will by next week open a new coronavirus emergency hospital on the uninhabited island of Galang, where authorities have repurposed a former Vietnam war era refugee camp as part of efforts to rapidly augment healthcare capacities.
... Implementing radical climate solutions is less a technological project than an anthropological one—one that goes all the way down into our beliefs about food. ... Japan is struggling to hold the line against the coronavirus and is on the brink of crisis with medical experts particularly worried about preparations in Tokyo, officials said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of emergency lockdowns.
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Operation Covid-19 will allow self-reporting of cases, to get ahead of official figures
Preliminary study finds UK lockdown is slowing spread of COVID-19
Calls to Spain’s gender violence helpline rise sharply during lockdown
Pre-school EdTech startup Lingumi raises £4m, adds some free services during Covid-19
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Afghan, Taliban prisoner exchange to begin amid coronavirus
Hezbollah asserts role in Lebanon’s coronavirus fight
Indonesia set to open emergency coronavirus hospital on uninhabited island
What Plant-Based Burgers Can Teach Us About Saving the Planet
Japan ‘on the brink’ as it struggles to hold back coronavirus