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COVID-19 coronavirus may be transmitted by breathing: report
An analysis of the existing scientific research strongly suggests that asymptomatic people can spread SARS-CoV-19 just by breathing, according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
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Understanding Coronavirus
A new threat to human health, a disease called COVID-19, is spreading rapidly around the globe. The cause of COVID-19 is a coronavirus, named for the crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus particles. In this audio story, an...
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Antibody Tests, Lockdowns, and Why Isn't This Working? Coronavirus Q&A 5-2-2020
We're all tired of staying home. You've still got a lot of questions about this pandemic. We've got some answers. You can jump directly to a question by clicking on the time stamps below. 0:13 - Should Officeholders Pass Basic Science...
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Second Wave in the United States As Lockdown Ends is COVID Getting Worse - TLDR News
With the US seeing lockdowns and stay at home orders come to an end, there are concerns that the US may see a second wave of cases. It seems that this fear is already becoming a reality with a number of states observing serious increases...
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Seoul to build ‘10-Minute City’ for COVID lockdowns
The neighborhood will have every shop, gym, office, farm and cultural facility residents might need within ten minutes’ walk from their apartments.
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Coronavirus sell-off why markets have further to fall | Charts that Count
The FT's US finance editor Rob Armstrong says investors in the S&P 500 have made above average returns over the past decade. But at this point, that is both reassuring and frightening.
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Europe Closes its Borders to Britain: How Brexit & COVID Have Made the UK Isolated - TLDR News
Over 40 countries have blocked travellers from the UK in the last three days. This has caused huge disruption to Britain with over 1,500 lorries trying to get out of the UK and thousands of people stuck. So in this video we discuss the...
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China pressured WHO team to say lab leak ‘extremely unlikely’
A top W.H.O. official said his team was pressured to report that it was ‘extremely unlikely’ that a Chinese lab leak caused the COVID pandemic.
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Johnson Enters Intensive Care with Coronavirus What Happens Now? Who Takes Over? - TLDR News
Yesterday evening it was announced that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been taken into intensive care following the worsening of his Coronavirus symptoms. In this video, we explain what' happened to Johnson, who'll take over from...
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Coronavirus: Why UK Schools are Still Open (& When Will They Close) - TLDR News.
In the UK schools remain open, despite the government encouraging social distancing. So in this video we'll explain why schools are still open, if they are going to close and if so when?
Financial Times
How Beijing is cracking down on Hong Kong
Pro-democracy campaigners Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee talk to the FT's Sue Lin Wong about Beijing's attempts to override Hong Kong's mini-constitution while the world is distracted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus Bar Chart Race: How the Disease Crossed the World - TLDR News
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world, so we thought we'd rewind to the beginning of the crisis to show you how the virus spread around the world. In this video, we use all of the WTO's situation reports, to show which...
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Lessons from Singapore and Reopening The United States
Singapore had one of the world's most robust and effective responses to coronavirus and COVID19. Despite that, the country still had to enter lockdown and struggled to control the spread of the disease. What can this tell us about how...
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Britain's £1.4 BILLION Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia while Cutting Aid to Yemen - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week the Commons debated the Government's decision to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia while cutting aid to Yemen; a...
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Largest Chinese COVID-19 study suggests elderly, sick most at risk
Chinese authorities have published a study of COVID-19 patients across China – the largest one done on the disease so far.
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Singapore may have flattened the curve on coronavirus: report
Singapore’s lockdown may have reduced COVID-19’s spread to one new case per carrier, according to The Strait Times
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Coronavirus Deaths Reach 100,000 Covid Bar Chart Race - TLDR News.
We track the shifting death rates across the countries hardest hit by Covid-19, discussing how different policies have effected the rankings.
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Brits are Burning 5G Masts Because of Coronavirus Conspiracies... Sorry What? - TLDR News.
It seems that some people in the UK have started to believe a conspiracy theory that 5G is causing Coronavirus. So in this video, we'll discuss the conspiracy theory, explain why it's wrong and tell you some of the crazy things people...
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Is The US Testing Enough COVID Patients Is America Leading the World - TLDR News
The US has seen a significant increase in the number of COVID cases they're testing but are they doing enough? In this video, we discuss the American COVID testing programme, the issues that are being faced and question whether the...
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Coronavirus: Which Countries Have Successfully Flattened the Curve - TLDR News.
We look at different approaches in different countries to Covid-19 and ask what actions have been most succesful in flattening the curve.
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Will the US Reopen by Easter The US's $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Plan Explained - TLDR News
This week the US overtook Italy and China to become the country with the greatest number of Coronavirus cases. So in this video, we explain how Congress and the Trump administration are reacting, from $2.2 trillion dollars of spending to...
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How Brazil's Bolsonaro has benefited from Covid-19
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is back in the limelight after contracting and recovering from Covid-19, and some analysts say he is benefiting politically. But the FT's Andres Schipani explains the risks of Mr Bolsonaro downplaying...
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How's This Coronavirus Gonna Play Out?
We're still firmly on the "Don't Panic" message with the Coronavirus outbreak. This week we're going to look at a couple of scenarios for how this thing could play out.
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What The Hell is Elon Musk Doing: Coronavirus, X Æ A-12 & Tesla's Value - TLDR News
Elon Musk seems to have had a pretty crazy week or two. The multi-billionaire weighed in on the Coronavirus crisis, making some pretty controversial claims. He seemed to tank the value of his own company by saying it was overvalued. His...