Twitter to label ‘misleading’ virus content
Twitter said Monday it began tagging "misleading" and "disputed" claims about the coronavirus pandemic in a stepped-up effort to label potentially harmful content.
The move by Twitter…
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Virus symptoms multiply as pandemic deepens
Every week, it seems, the list of coronavirus symptoms -- ranging from disagreeable to deadly, from "COVID toes" to toxic shock -- grows longer.
What began as a familiar flu-like cluster…
India’s lavish weddings go online in virus lockdown
Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows -- and pulled off a spectacular Indian wedding complete with thousands of guests and…
Up to 190,000 could die in Africa if virus containment fails: WHO
Kinshasa - Up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.
The UN…
India virus deaths pass 1,000, but low toll puzzles experts
India's confirmed coronavirus death toll passed 1,000 on Wednesday following its highest daily increase, but the numbers remain low compared with Europe and the United States in a phenomenon…
UN chief urges govts to protect women as cases of domestic violence surge
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
Reports of domestic violence have…
UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus’
The UN chief launched a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”.…