Indonesians sunbathe to protect themselves from coronavirus
ISTOÉ - Brasil - 30/04/2020
Indonesians have never had so much sun. In a country devoted to fair skin, the population takes advantage of the sun’s rays and even tans in the hope of avoiding the new coronavirus. Interest in a practice associated with foreigners visiting Bali stems from baseless…
Young population and government reaction helped to contain pandemic in Angola
Lusa - Angola - 30/04/2020
CEDESA, an international entity that investigates themes from Southern Africa, considers that the “success, so far” of combating covid-19 in Angola results from the country having a very young population and a quick reaction from the Government.
“The…
101-year-old woman overcomes coronavirus after beating Spanish flu and cancer
ISTOÉ - Brasil - 29/04/2020
About to turn 102, Angelina Sciales has already managed to survive two world pandemics. Daughter of Italian immigrants, the elderly woman was just a baby when she passed without being infected by the Spanish flu in 1918, while traveling from Italy to the United States on a…
Son spent 34 days with his coronavirus-ill father in a hospital in Spain
ISTOÉ - Brasil - 29/04/2020
A Spaniard refused to leave his father seriously ill with coronavirus alone and spent 34 days by his side without leaving the hospital room, a spokesman for the health unit said on Wednesday (29).
Making the V gesture for victory, Juan Antonio and his 70-year-old father…
Numbers in Italy stabilize. There are 323 deaths and 2086 new cases
TSF - Portugal - 29/04/2020
There are 71,252 cases of cure in the country.
Jumia, the Amazon of Africa that fell from grace
Plataforma - Lisboa - 29/04/2020
A year after its much heralded debut on the New York Stock Exchange, e-commerce start-up Jumia has shut down in three African states, struggled to turn a profit and got dumped by its original owners…
The virus is a threat to the 50 million refugees in their countries
Plataforma - Lisboa - 29/04/2020
50.8 million people are displaced within their countries because of wars or natural disasters, a record number, according to El País…
Changed alcohol to "cure" Covid-19 kills more than 700 in Iran
Istoé - Brazil - 29/04/2020
At least 728 people died in Iran after consuming an adulterated alcoholic drink that would cure the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2), informed the adviser of the country’s Ministry of Health, Hossein Hassanian.
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973 deaths and 24 505 confirmed cases of covid-19. 0.8% increase
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 29/04/2020
Data from the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health this Wednesday.
ILO. Labor market in southern Europe may sink 15.9% by July
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 29/04/2020
Organization reviews again on high impact of the pandemic. World loses the equivalent of 365 million jobs, nine million in southern European countries.