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Michael Gove and the National Medical Director of NHS England, Stephen Powis, have described stories linking COVID-19 with 5G as "dangerous nonsense" and "absolute and utter rubbish". Report by..
Michael Gove delivered the Government's daily briefing at Downing Street on Saturday. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said that hospital admissions due to coronavirus dropped "slightly" in..
The warm spring weather attracted runners, cyclists and many others to Hampstead Heath in north London on Saturday, despite the current lockdown and social distancing measures. Report by Jonesia. Like..
Up to 4,000 prisoners in England and Wales are to be temporarily released from jail in an effort to try and control the spread of coronavirus. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC said the move is..
A Virgin Atlantic charter flight carrying medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) has arrived at London's Heathrow Airport from Shanghai. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at..
The Chief Nursing Officer for England has paid tribute to Aimee O’Rourke and Areema Nasreen, two nurses who have died after contracting coronavirus. Ruth May said, “I worry that there’s going to..
Matt Hancock has said that, "coronavirus continues its grim march", at the daily Downing Street press briefing. The health secretary said that 3,605 people have died in the UK from COVID-19, adding..
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has paid tribute to everyone involved in the conversion of the ExCeL London into the NHS Nightingale Hospital. The field hospital was officially opened by the Prince of..
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says deliveries of food and other essential items through a text messaging service have begun today in Scotland. The service is available to vulnerable people who are..
NHS Nightingale Hospital in London has officially opened. The Prince of Wales virtually unveiled the plaque via a video link from his home at Birkhall in Scotland. Report by Keaneyn. Like us on..
The Prince of Wales has officially opened the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London via a video link from his home at Birkhall in Scotland. Report by Chinnianl. Like us on Facebook at..
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 5,000 NHS staff have been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19), adding that “that number is going up”. Report by Chinnianl. Like us on Facebook at..
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says he is currently receiving “800 to 1,000 emails a day” from people who feel they are not being supported by the Government’s schemes to help workers. Report..
A second 'Clap for Carers' event has taken place across the UK, as people show their appreciation for healthcare workers with a round of applause at 8pm. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is currently..
A second 'Clap for Carers' event has taken place across the UK, as people show their appreciation for healthcare workers with a round of applause at 8pm. Labour party Leader Jeremy Corbyn joined the..
A second 'Clap for Carers' event has taken place across the UK, as people show their appreciation for healthcare workers with a round of applause at 8pm.
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A temporary morgue has been erected on Wanstead Flats, a part of Epping Forest in East London. The structure will help London cope with the predicted increase of Covid-19 related deaths in the capital...
A car park near the O2 Arena in North Greenwich, London, has been turned into a drive through coronavirus testing facility. The latest facility comes as the government is criticised for being slow to..
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has explained how the quantification of coronavirus death rate in Scotland will now be carried out. In her daily briefing, she explained that death reporting would now..
Drive through testing for coronavirus has been available at a clinic in Fife, Scotland since early March. The UK government has been criticised for their slow uptake of testing for the virus, with the..
Comedian Eddie Large has died after contracting coronavirus in hospital. The Little And Large star was best known for his partnership with Syd Little in the 70s and 80s. His son posted a tribute to his..
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Professor Paul Cosford of Public Health England (PHE) has explained the delays in rolling out coronavirus testing across the UK as an issue of accuracy and quality, stating "a bad test is worse than no..
A 13-year-old boy who became the UK’s youngest known coronavirus victim died alone without his family around him, a family friend told ITV News. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab passed away in the early..
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has praised businesses for doing "all they can to support our people", outlining a range of support and relief measures for small businesses to help them through the..
SINGAPORE —An “internal memo” by hospital staff making its rounds online about Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong testing positive for the novel coronavirus is fake, said the Singapore General.. WorldNews - Published
Reuters You can easily delete Facebook apps connected to your account, but it can be tedious as you have to delete each app at a time on both a mobile device or a computer. Every time you sign into a.. WorldNews - Published
Facebook announced new updates to its small business grant program introduced on March 17, including $40M in grants for U.S. small businesses.
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Infectious disease researchers are using Facebook Inc mobile location data to provide daily updates to U.S. cities and states evaluating the effectiveness of social distancing orders aimed at slowing.. Reuters - Published
Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms that could propel the pandemic on a.. Reuters - Published
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi cited the coronavirus pandemic as the impetus for reluctantly creating her first personal Facebook account in a post on Wednesday. Reuters - Published
A Facebook page that encourages community members to adopt healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic has more than 21,000 members. The Age - Published
Video-conferencing app Zoom’s creator Zoom Video Communications Inc. is being sued by a user for illegally disclosing personal information, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The lawsuit comes after a.. WorldNews - Published
The day after the New Hampshire primary last month, Facebook’s security team removed a network of fake accounts that originated in Iran, which had posted divisive partisan messages about the US.. WorldNews - Published
Hours after New Zealand imposed a nationwide lockdown to beat a coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took to Facebook, livestreaming in a sweater from bed, to "check in" on citizens and.. Reuters - Published
As countries are under complete lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, people are now using social media apps more than they have ever used them. As per a study, WhatsApp�has experienced a 40 percent.. WorldNews - Published
Posts on Facebook claim the House of Representatives gave itself a pay raise in the COVID-19 relief package. We rate those claims false.
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After spending billions to avoid a repeat of 2016, the tech giants are careening from crisis to crisis as their foes change tactics. NYTimes.com - Published
From strangers buying each other's groceries to neighbours leaving flowers for one another, Facebook group The Kindness Pandemic is amplifying positive moments happening amid the coronavirus pandemic. SBS - Published
A Facebook post warned users to be careful at the gas station because coronavirus is spreading "quickly" via pumps. This claim is partly false.
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Gavin Weslee Blake Perry, 27, of Wichita Falls, Texas, wrote on Facebook that Democrats were terrorists and should be shot on sight, prosecutors said. NYTimes.com - Published
A handful of widely circulated Facebook posts have asserted that people in the United States contracted the coronavirus as early as last fall.
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Facebook Pay, Google Pay and Apple Pay Cash don't grab our personal data; Venmo, Cash and others do. Apps free, but come with a cost of our data.
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(CNN)A woman purposely coughed on $35,000 worth of food at a Pennsylvania grocery store, police said. She likely faces criminal charges for coughing, one of the primary ways the novel coronavirus.. WorldNews - Published
A viral meme on Facebook claimed March 22 that no Democrats had voted in favor of helping Americans through an economic stimulus bill. This is false.
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Attorneys general demand that Amazon, Craigslist, EBay, Facebook, Walmart crack down on price gouging during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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A group of 32 U.S. states have a message for the nation's leading online platforms: You are not doing enough to stop price gouging amid the coronavirus crisis. Reuters - Published
On March 13, Melquiades Avila, an indigenous leader and journalist in the remote Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, asked on his popular Facebook account: "Will our hospital be ready for coronavirus?" Reuters - Published
NEW DELHI: The spread of coronavirus is forcing people to stay at home and as a result, the load on wireless service providers is increasing. Recently, the telecom operators asked Netflix, Amazon,.. WorldNews - Published
Americans are employing humor as a balm to soothe nerves during the coronavirus pandemic, flocking to new Instagram stars like Quentin Quarantino and sharing Facebook memes about taking off bras and.. Reuters - Published
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday its business was being hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with weaker sales of advertising that make up nearly all the social network's revenue even as more users spend time.. Reuters - Published
There's a load of fake news about coronavirus, much of it spread with good intentions. We need Facebook and other platforms to answer to regulators. The Age - Published
Europe Locked-down Europe asks: How long can we afford this? Governments balance soaring death tolls against potential economic collapse. Sacre Couer, on Montmartre hill, is deserted by tourists on.. WorldNews - Published
Health secretary sarcastically offers to 'send a poster' to MP who warns 'social distancing' message is not being broadcast widely enough Independent - Published
Some people believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin has released hundreds of lions into the streets of Russia as a way to keep people in their homes and stop them from making the coronavirus.. WorldNews - Published
MADRID: Plácido Domingo announced Sunday (Monday in Manila) that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer’s illness comes after his own glittering career had recently.. WorldNews - Published
A worker at Boeing Co's Everett factory outside Seattle who had the coronavirus has died, the Seattle Times reported on Sunday, citing co-workers, a union official and a Facebook post by the man's.. Reuters - Published
“I beg everyone to be extremely careful,” the opera singer said in a Facebook post on Sunday after developing a fever and cough and testing positive for the virus. NYTimes.com - Published
As the coronavirus pandemic forces US states and cities to take action, Americans are wondering if the government will implement a national lockdown.California and New York have already enacted strict.. WorldNews - Published
Facebook has changed its plans for its Libra cryptocurrency projects. This decision comes after months of massive regulatory pressure, and political pushback. According to a new report from The.. WorldNews - Published
It's more than 10 months until Christmas, but as the global coronavirus pandemic takes hold in the United States, Margaret Haskell put out a call on her community Facebook group in New Jersey for.. Reuters - Published
A post on Facebook claims the president will invoke the Stafford Act to order a national, mandatory two-week quarantine. We rate this claim false.
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Heaven Frilot is normally a private person. But this is not a normal time. So she and her husband are now the face of the coronavirus for their conservative Louisiana community. NYTimes.com - Published
Facebook Inc. will put a Covid-19 information page at the top of users’ feeds, disseminating verified material from trusted sources including the World Health Organization, to counteract the spread.. WorldNews - Published
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