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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption State media said Kim warned against a hasty relaxing of restrictions North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed his country’s “shining success” in dealing with Covid-19, according to state news agency KCNA.Speaking at a politburo meeting, Mr Kim said the country had “prevented the inroad of the malignant virus…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Abhishek (L) said his wife and daughter would self-isolate at home Three generations of a high-profile Bollywood family have tested positive for Covid-19, officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra say.Results on Sunday showed the actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former Miss World, and her daughter Aaradhya, eight, were infected…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mexico has started removing some restrictions imposed to stem the spread of Covid-19 Mexico has recorded more than 30,000 deaths from its coronavirus outbreak, as the disease continues to ravage one of Latin America’s worst-hit countries.The health ministry said deaths rose by 523 on Saturday, pushing the total to…

Restricting public health information in a pandemic is alarming to say the least. Image: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images By Rachel Kraus2020-07-16 19:12:58 UTC Restricting the public’s access to information is always a good sign for a free society, right?! The website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) usually contains a…

Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)You’re probably sick of hearing about the coronavirus, and it’s only existed on this earth for seven months or so—as far as we know. Can people get it twice? A recent case reported in Vox suggests the answer may be yes, but there are too many unknowns to confirm whether that’s true, or…

People die of the flu sometimes. People die of COVID-19 sometimes. People die of suicide and drug overdoses and heart disease and a lot of other things. So if there haven’t been many COVID-19 deaths in your community yet, maybe you’ve convinced yourself that the coronavirus is about as deadly as other things you don’t…

Google Google is making a few other useful changes. When people look for coronavirus info in Search, the news carousel will now include tweets from local officials and health authorities. This feature is available in more than 30 countries. And according to Google, more people are tuning into local radio on Google Assistant, presumably to listen…