Angola 3 Newsletter: DECARCERATE!!!!
ICFA | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
We dedicate this newsletter to the men, women and children in detention centers, jails and prisons, where they are unable to social distance or sanitize–leaving them to anxiously wait for the virus to take hold in their facilities. Please encourage your local governments to take action before the virus hits.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/02/18832077.php

COVID-19 Is Turning Prisons Into \"Kill-Boxes\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
\"Our prisons are about to be utterly transformed by tragedy on a grand scale.\" So concludes \"COVID-19 And Indiana Prisons,\" a 13-page blueprint to save the lives of thousands of people locked up in the cages of the Indiana Department of Corrections. | Written through a collective process involving more than 600 formerly incarcerated women, the report calls for the release of 5,662 people

COVID-19 Is Turning Prisons Into \"Kill-Boxes\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
\"Our prisons are about to be utterly transformed by tragedy on a grand scale.\" So concludes \"COVID-19 And Indiana Prisons,\" a 13-page blueprint to save the lives of thousands of people locked up in the cages of the Indiana Department of Corrections. | Written through a collective process involving more than 600 formerly incarcerated women, the report calls for the release of 5,662 people

Correcting the Sentinel\'s Latest Errors
Robert Norse & Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry corrects errors, omissions, and distoertions in Sentinel writer Jessica York\'s recent story \"Santa Cruz County launches joint homelessness task force in coronavirus pandemic; Food Not Bombs expands food distribution\" (4 PM, April 4th) at www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/04/04/santa-cruz-county-launches-joint-homelessness-task-force-in-coronavirus-pandemic .
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/05/18832118.php

Updates from Santa Cruz\'s Struggling Benchlands Meal & Santa Barbara\'s Peter Marin
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
Santa Barbara activist Peter Marin blasts Santa Barbara\'s \"Let \'Em Die: \" Lack of Services. Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry Calls for More Volunteers, Warns Local Authorities Violate CDC Safeguards for Those Outside…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/04/18832103.php

Webinar: Racial Justice has no Borders: War & Militarization in the time of Pandemic
MoveOn.org, Veterans For Peace, others | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
Online (go to link below)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/03/18832098.php

Video: Syrian Soldiers Killed in Turkish Strikes in Idlib. Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Proxies in Afrin
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
The Afrin Liberation Forces carried out a series of attacks on Turkish-backed militants in northern Aleppo. According to the group, its fighters stormed positions of Turkish proxies near Omra killing three of them on March 26. On April 1, the …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-soldiers-killed-turkish-strikes-idlib-kurdish-rebels-attack-turkish-proxies-afrin/5708661

Venezuelan Leader Pens Open Letter to US Public
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
In a letter issued on Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against making any unwise military decisions against the Bolivarian Republic. | RELATED: | Nearly 600 Venezuelans Return to Their Country From Colombia | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza read a letter on Sunday that Venezuelan President Maduro sent to the people of the United States, following Washington\'s recent threats toward the Bolivarian Republ…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Leader-Pens-Open-Letter-to-US-Public–20200405-0003.html

Pipelines Are Still Being Built as the Rest of the Economy Shuts Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
Governors of at least 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have issued strict orders for residents providing \"non-life-sustaining\" services to remain inside. All but five states have at least some form of shelter-in-place policies underway, such that millions of workers deemed \"non-essential,\" like teachers, therapists and community organizers, are clocking hours on Instagram and Zoom from living roo…
truthout.org/articles/pipelines-are-still-being-built-as-the-rest-of-the-economy-shuts-down/

$1,200 Only Goes So Far. It\'s Time to Abolish Debt
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
Silence fills New York City like ancient ruins. Stores are closed. Restaurants are closed. Behind shut doors, millions are panicking. Calls to suicide hotlines have spiked. My phone vibrates with constant anxious texts: \"All my work shifts are canceled,\" \"Mom is in the hospital,\" and \"How can I pay rent?\" | The U.S. is in free fall. The…
truthout.org/articles/1200-only-goes-so-far-its-time-to-abolish-debt/

New York State Pays Up to 15 Times the Normal Prices for Medical Equipment
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
With the coronavirus outbreak creating an unprecedented demand for medical supplies and equipment, New York state has paid 20 cents for gloves that normally cost less than a nickel and as much as $7.50 each for masks, about 15 times the usual price. It\'s paid up to $2,795 for infusion pumps, more than twice the regular rate. And $248,841 for a portable X-ray machine that typically sells for $30,000 to $80,000. | This payment data, provided by state officials, shows just how much the shortage of…
truthout.org/articles/new-york-state-pays-up-to-15-times-the-normal-prices-for-medical-equipment/

The Billionaires Putting Their Wealth Above Public Health Amid the Pandemic
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
While millions are facing health and financial uncertainty and unemployment rolls are reaching record levels due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, a small group of wealthy elites are thriving. Not only do the rich and powerful seem to have access to otherwise near-impossible to obtain COVID-19 testing and enjoy better access to healthcare, they are also self-isolating at swanky vacation esta…
truthout.org/articles/the-billionaires-putting-their-wealth-above-public-health-amid-the-pandemic/

By Refusing to Cancel In-Person Voting, Wisconsin GOP Weaponizes Coronavirus
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
Despite warnings from public health experts and legal challenges by voting rights groups, the Democratic primary and state and local elections are set to go forward on Tuesday after Republican state legislators refused to take up a proposal to cancel most in-person voting in light of the coronavirus pandemic. | After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers ordered la…
truthout.org/articles/by-refusing-to-cancel-in-person-voting-wisconsin-gop-weaponizes-coronavirus/

The Billionaires Putting Their Wealth Above Public Health Amid the Pandemic
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-05
While millions are facing health and financial uncertainty and unemployment rolls are reaching record levels due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, a small group of wealthy elites are thriving. Not only do the rich and powerful seem to have access to otherwise near-impossible to obtain COVID-19 testing and enjoy better access to healthcare, they are also self-isolating at swanky vacation esta…
truthout.org/articles/the-billionaires-putting-their-wealth-above-public-health-amid-the-pandemic/

Boastful Pay Cuts: The Coronavirus Incentive
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
It has become a source of pride. Highly salaried executives

Switching Focus: From the Coronavirus Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
With the world\'s attention directed towards the coronavirus it may be worth changing focus, and analysing another international incident, the Cuban Missile Crisis. This hugely significant event occurred almost 60 years ago, officially from the 16th to the 28th of …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-crisis-cuban-missile-crisis/5708670

How Deadly Is the Coronavirus? It\'s Still Far from Clear
John Lee | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
In announcing the most far-reaching restrictions on personal freedom in the history of our nation, Boris Johnson resolutely followed the scientific advice that he had been given. The advisers to the government seem calm and collected, with a solid consensus …
globalresearch.ca/how-deadly-coronavirus-far-clear/5708697

COVID-19 Depression: Trump Needs a War
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
It is seriously astounding how fast the economy is crumbling. No infusion of funny money will save the American people from the historically severe depression now evolving. | State and federal governments are becoming more authoritarian in response to serious influenza …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-depression-trump-needs-war/5708662

Coronavirus Pandemic Will Inevitably Cause Food Crisis
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
The coronavirus crisis will not end anytime soon. Day after day, news about the catastrophe becomes increasingly frightening and alarming. The numbers do not indicate any sign of a truce and we cannot see improvements in the world scenario in …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-pandemic-will-inevitably-cause-food-crisis/5708678

Coronavirus in Albania and the Presence of Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) in Tirana
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
Following the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, more than 120,000 Albanians residing in Italy returned to their country. Albania, with a population under 3,000,000, has, as of this writing, 243 cases of coronavirus. That is 84 cases per 1,000,000 people. …
globalresearch.ca/mek-coronavirus/5708684

Covid-19: Have \"Real Journalists\" Forgotten the H1N1 Scandal They Reported On?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
Overreaction and big-pharma profiteering from Covid-19 is a repeat of the 2009 H1N1 \"Swine Flu\" scandal. Why has the corporate media that would eventually expose the 2009 scandal failed to inform readers today that the same corrupt interests are leading …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-have-real-journalists-forgotten-h1n1-scandal-reported/5708693

Big Brother in the Age of Coronavirus: 100+ Groups Warn Against Exploiting Pandemic to Permanently Expand Surveillance State
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed toward a million worldwide on April 2, over 100 human rights groups issued a joint statement warning that governments\' response to the coronavirus pandemic \"must not be used as a cover to usher …
globalresearch.ca/big-brother-coronavirus-100-groups-warn-against-exploiting-pandemic-permanently-expand-surveillance-state/5708681

A Simple \"Democratic Transition\" Framework for Venezuela: End All \"Sanctions\"
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
On March 31 the US Secretary of State issued a press statement proposing a \"pathway\" by which all Venezuelans would live happily ever after. At least that is what Mike Pompeo seems to wish. He \"call[s] on all Venezuelans, whether …
globalresearch.ca/simple-democratic-transition-framework-venezuela-end-all-sanctions/5708687

\'Profound lack of human decency\': Oliver Stone tears into US govt over Iran & Venezuela sanctions amid Covid-19 crisis
rt.com | 2020-04-05
The United States government has revealed its contempt for human compassion and global solidarity by refusing to lift draconian sanctions on Iran and Venezuela during the Covid-19 crisis, director Oliver Stone has argued. | Iran has suffered immensely from the virus, Stone noted in an op-ed published by the New York Daily News, but due to US sanctions the Islamic Republic is \"reportedly the only country in the world that cannot buy medicines needed to fight the pandemic.\" | The outspoken Hollywood legend similarly condemned Washington\'s decision to maintain

\'Low-risk\' businesses in Iran will start operating within a week, Rouhani says
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Some commerce and industries in Iran will likely be able to resume activities in a week\'s time, President Hassan Rouhani has announced, signaling that the Islamic Republic has survived the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. | \"Under the supervision of the Health Ministry, all those low-risk economic activities will resume from Saturday,\" Rouhani said in a televised meeting. | He added that two-thirds of Iranian government employees will work from their offices starting next weekend, adding that the easing of anti-coronavirus measures does not conflict with the country\'s health advisories. | Businesses deemed \"hig…
rt.com/news/485000-iran-businesses-coronavirus-open-shutdown/

California Apartment Association is afraid of coronavirus rent strikes
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
With millions in California losing their jobs, income, food, and healthcare, while being ordered to shelter-in-place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the state and the nation, it seems reasonable to many that a rent strike not only seems feasible, but necessary.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/04/18832101.php

One NATO country is using the coronavirus as a weapon of war
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-05
Across the world, countries are struggling to deal with coronavirus (Covid-19). But one NATO country, Turkey, is using the pandemic as a weapon of war and a tool of repression. | Both domestically and in its war in the North East of Syria (aka Rojava), the Turkish state is seizing the opportunity of coronavirus to continue its war against majority Kurdish communities. | Cutting off water supplies during a pandemic: | On 3 April, Kurdistan 24 reported that: Shelling by Turkish-backed armed groups on Thursday caused severe…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/04/05/one-nato-country-is-using-the-coronavirus-as-a-weapon-of-war/

Spanish PM says EU survival is at stake in war against coronavirus as Spain becomes Europe\'s most infected nation
rt.com | 2020-04-05
As Spain becomes Europe\'s most infected country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a forceful message to Brussels, warning that the European Union will fail if it gets its handling of the Covid-19 crisis wrong. | In a piece published in the Guardian on Sunday, the Spanish leader said that the outlook of his \"fervently\" pro-European government is being tested by the bloc\'s handling of the pandemic to date. | Sanchez called for solidarity between membe…
rt.com/news/485006-spain-prime-minister-warning-eu-coronavirus/

Spain\'s Sanchez Calls for New \'Marshall Plan\' in Europe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, told the nations of the European Union (EU) that they will fail as a community if forceful measures are not taken to face the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Spain: Bio-Engineers Find Drug That Blocks Effects of COVID-19 | In an article published on Sunday in more than a dozen European newspapers, in different languages, Sánchez appealed for solidarity between EU countries to get ahead in the face of the health emergency that is hitting the co…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spains-Sanchez-Calls-for-New-Marshall-Plan-in-Europe-20200405-0004.html

Market speculations, not real demand, sank Russian oil to 20-year lows
rt.com | 2020-04-05
The swings in the oil market are mainly caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of a deal between the OPEC and major exporters of crude. However, some analysts believe that there are more factors behind the market rout. | The price for Russian Urals oil blend fell to $10.54 per barrel (CIF Rotterdam) on April 2, the weakest level since March 1999. Despite having managed to rebound since then, the rally could be short-term and just a reaction to a possible big oil deal, independent economic analyst Narek Avakyan told RT, explaining that demand is still going to fall amid the pandemic and worldwide boost…
rt.com/business/484971-oil-falls-market-speculation/

\'We will WHIP YOU\': Police employ no-nonsense measures to force Covid-19 lawbreakers to self-isolate in Zambia (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Some people just don\'t get it when it comes to bans on partying and loitering amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Some good news! Number of people who\'ve RECOVERED from Covid-19 passes quarter of a million
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Perhaps the most under-reported statistic in the entire coronavirus pandemic passed an important milestone on Sunday as 250,000 were marked as having recovered from the illness. | The onward march of the death toll and number of confirmed cases has prompted countless hours of media coverage, as the virus spread around the globe. However, the number of people who are officially recorded as having recovered from the disease receives far less attention. | The important stat climbed past the quarter of a million barrier (to 252,478) on Sunday, as more than 20 percent of confirmed carriers of the virus have officia…
rt.com/news/485027-recovered-from-coronavirus-passes-250000/

Covid-19 hotspot Italy rolls out plan for \'living with the virus\' once peak has passed
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Rome is set to cautiously relax some of its lockdown restrictions when the pandemic slows down or stops its spread, while at the same time boosting health services to keep coronavirus at bay. | Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza has outlined a five-step plan to allow his Covid-stricken country to outlast the fatal disease, which has claimed 15,362 lives to date. \"There are difficult months ahead. Our task is to create the conditions to live with the virus,\" he was quoted as saying by La Repubblica newspaper. | Italy, the worst-affected country in Europe in terms of Covid-19 deaths, will exit the nationwi…
rt.com/news/485024-italy-ease-coronavirus-lockdown/

\'Better days will return\': Queen Elizabeth compares Covid-19 fight to WWII, but reassures Brits, as coronavirus deaths near 5,000
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Adapting her wartime message for the present, Queen Elizabeth II has assured the UK that by remaining \"united and resolute\" it will beat the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the virus claimed another 621 lives overnight. | In what was only her fourth special broadcast since her coronation in 1953, the queen thanked healthcare workers \"who selflessly continue their day-to-day duties outside the home in support of us all.\" | Her Majesty The Queen addresses the UK and the Commonwealth in a special broadcast recorded at Windsor Castle. pic.twitter.com/HjO1uiV1Tm– The Roy…
rt.com/uk/485036-queen-elizabeth-covid-pandemic-address/

China mourns loss of life in pandemic, sends aid to NYC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-05
April 4 was a day of national mourning in the People\'s Republic of China as millions paused to mark the lives lost in the pandemic. | According to a report from New China News Agency (Xinhua), \"President Xi Jinping led the national mourning, which paid tribute to martyrs who sacrificed their lives fighting the outbreak and fellow Chinese who died.\" Xi also serves as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. | In addition to public mourning ceremonies, the report stated \"Subway trains in big cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, briefly suspended operations. Passengers stood up in subway cars. Stat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/5/china-mourns-loss-life-pandemic-sends-aid-nyc

Magic bullet for Covid-19? Scientists look to century-old plasma treatment, but there are some big \'BUTS\'
rt.com | 2020-04-05
As the world seeks a Covid-19 panacea, treating patients with plasma harvested from those who have recovered from the virus is being touted as a possible cure

Brazil, Chile, Ecuador Report Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
Brazil, Chile and Ecuador are currently reporting the highest number of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in the entire Latin America region, the latest reports revealed on Sunday morning. | RELATED: | Bots Made 55 % of Pro-Bolsonaro Tweets About COVID-19 | According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the death toll from coronavirus increased to 432, with 73 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. | The figure of 73 deaths is the highest for a single day since the first cas…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Chile-Ecuador-Report-Highest-Number-of-COVID-19-Cases-20200405-0002.html

Saudi stocks open higher as deal to save oil market looms
rt.com | 2020-04-05
The main stock index of Saudi bourse rose nearly two percent despite a delay in talks between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and major oil producers. | The Saudi Tadawul market lost some gains less than one hour after the trading week started in the Gulf states on Sunday, but was still up around half a percent. | Stock in other countries in the region were mixed, with the premier index of Boursa Kuwait gaining around one percent, and the Bahrain stock market was also slightly up. Stock markets in both Qatar and Oman were slightly down, losing around 0.1 percent each. | Also on rt.
rt.com/business/485001-gulf-stocks-opec-meeting/

Trump brandishes tariff stick at \'illegal OPEC cartel\' & vows to do \'whatever it takes\' (but no US oil cuts!)
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Calling on Russia and Saudi Arabia to urgently resolve the global oil output crisis, President Donald Trump said he will do whatever it takes

\'What do you have to lose?\' Trump touts anti-malaria drug as Covid-19 cure, urges India to lift export ban
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Praising the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure for Covid-19 and claiming he would take a pill himself, if infected, US President Donald Trump has urged Indian PM Narendra Modi to lift a ban on its exports. | The federal government has already accumulated some 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine in its national stockpiles, and is seeking to acquire more, even though the drug\'s effectiveness against Covid-19 is still being tested and remains questionable. | \"After a call today with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is giving serious consideration to releasing the hold it put on…
rt.com/news/484998-trump-modi-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

Peru Announces Economic Plan for People Affected by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
\"What we want, on the one hand, is to minimize the damage that social isolation has been causing to the economy,\" he stressed, adding that it is important to aid companies because \"behind them, there are a significant number of workers who have to continue, as far as possible, with their work.\"
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Announces-Economic-Plan-for-People-Affected-by-COVID-19-20200405-0001.html

Colleagues pay tribute to NHS staff who have died during Covid-19 crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-05
Tributes have flooded in for NHS staff known to have died after contracting Covid-19.Two nurses

Latinos and Asian Americans hit hardest by early COVID-19 job losses
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-05
San José, CA – The headline news that the unemployment rate for March jumped by almost a full percentage point, to 4.4%, was bad enough. The actual unemployment rate was much higher by the end of March, given that the more 10 million people who lost their jobs and filed for unemployment insurance benefits in the last two weeks of March were not counted. Adding in these workers would have increased the unemployment rate by more than 6%, raising the total rate at the end of March to about 10.5%. | The official government unemployment rate also understates the number of jobless workers, as you have to be out of work…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/5/latinos-and-asian-americans-hit-hardest-early-covid-19-job-losses

A Tale of Two Stockpiles
Brian Terrell | commondreams.org | 2020-04-05
The United States Strategic National Stockpile of essential medical supplies maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seems unable to respond to the present COVID-19 crisis.
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/05/tale-two-stockpiles?cd-origin=rss

Livestream: Democracy and COVID-19: What Happens Next?
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/02/18832076.php

Colleagues pay tribute to NHS staff who have died during Covid-19 crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-05
Tributes have flooded in for NHS staff known to have died after contracting Covid-19.Two nurses

Oakland & Alameda County: Call Now to Demand Housing for Our Unsheltered Neighbors
COVID-19 Safety for All | indybay.org | 2020-04-05
Alameda County and the City of Oakland have millions of dollars in emergency funds available for COVID-19 relief efforts, yet they have NOT provided the emergency housing needed for the thousands of homeless residents residing in our communities.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/02/18832068.php

UK PM Admitted to Hospital Over COVID-19 Symptoms
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
The United Kingdom\'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted Sunday to the hospital for further tests and as a \"precautionary step,\" 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19, the British government announced. | RELATED: | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Covid-19 Positive | \"On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests,\" a Downing Street spokeswoman said, adding that \"this is a precautionary step, as the prime minis…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-PM-Admitted-to-Hospital-Over-COVID-19-Symptoms-20200405-0005.html

Easier said than done? Trump says major US leagues \'have to get back\' but Covid-19 carnage could mean long waiting game
rt.com | 2020-04-05
US President Donald Trump says that the nation\'s various sports leagues could resume by the end of the summer but experts warn that any such move could come in direct contrast to coronavirus safety measures. | The US has joined the majority of the rest of the world in shutting down practically all sporting events in the country indefinitely as surge they past 300,000 cases of Covid-19, but with the Trump administration apparently keen to return to a state of \'business as usual\' they have signposted a resumption of sports in time for the kick-off of the NFL season in early September as a target. | The NBA, whic…
rt.com/sport/485018-trump-sports-coronavirus-return/

\'I\'m only a van driver,\' says one man on the front line, \'but everyone\'s going above and beyond\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-05
As a delivery driver for the NHS, Dave Holt is experiencing the most intense working conditions of his professional life.In the first of a series of profiles looking at workers on the front line of the battle against Covid-19 in the UK, the 49-year-old from Farnborough tells the PA news agency what life is like right now.What was a normal working day like before coronavirus?: I work for Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services. We serve all the surgeries around the South East of England. All the pathology departments of these hospitals work together. We go out and collect specimens, drop off mail, absolutely an…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/05/im-only-a-van-driver-says-one-man-on-the-front-line-but-everyones-going-above-and-beyond/

Angola 3 Newsletter: DECARCERATE!!!!
ICFA | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
We dedicate this newsletter to the men, women and children in detention centers, jails and prisons, where they are unable to social distance or sanitize–leaving them to anxiously wait for the virus to take hold in their facilities. Please encourage your local governments to take action before the virus hits.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/02/18832077.php

[Editorial] COVID-19 will not leave behind refugees and migrants
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Never has the \"leave no one behind\" pledge felt more urgent. As nations around the world implement measures to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including lockdowns and restrictions on individuals\' movements, they must heed their global commitments. When member states adopted the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they promised to ensure no one will be left behind. Chief among the world\'s most vulnerable people are refugees and migrants. The COVID-19 crisis puts these groups at enormous risk.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30758-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Trump Sends Gunnboats to Venezuela While World Partners to Fight Pandemic
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
The indictment against Venezuelan officials is bizarre. There is no footprint for it in any DEA document that is available…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-sends-gunnboats-to-venezuela-while-world-partners-to-fight-pandemic/

Trump sends gun boats to Venezuela while the World partners to fight a deadly pandemic
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-04
On April\'s Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new \"counter-narcotics effort\" by U.S. Southern Command. \"We\'re deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircrafts and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters…doubling our capabilities in the region,\" he said…
mronline.org/2020/04/04/trump-sends-gun-boats-to-venezuela-while-the-world-partners-to-fight-a-deadly-pandemic/

[Perspectives] Man up
Tom Shakespeare | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography explores half a century of photographic representations of men–their bodies, their identities, and their social roles. Contemporary politics is full of powerful men–Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan–behaving in stereotypically dominant ways. You could be forgiven for thinking that the more things change, the more things remain the same. But #MeToo is here to say it can\'t go on like this, in the wake of the conviction of Harvey Weinstein.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30683-8/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Mass drug administration: time to consider drug pollution?
Gorka Orive, Unax Lertxundi | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mass drug administration is the strategy recommended by WHO to control or eliminate many neglected tropical diseases that cause devastating consequences worldwide. This strategic approach, which has produced unquestionable benefits, consists of treating every person, infected or not, living in a defined geographical area at approximately the same time.1 In 2017, more than 1 ∑7 billion treatments (mainly albendazole, mebendazole, ivermectin, azithromycin, and praziquantel) were delivered to 1 ∑04 billion individuals.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30053-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Chagas disease: still a neglected emergency?
Renato D Lopes, Claudio Gimpelewicz, John J V McMurray | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
10 years after highlighting the health consequences for millions of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, a 2019 report from the Pan American Health Organization concluded that there has been little progress in the prevention and treatment of Chagas disease, a problem that now extends beyond Latin America.1…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30171-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Offline: COVID-19–what countries must do now
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
How should countries plan for the approaching health crisis caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, himself struck down with infection, has written to every household warning that, \"we know things will get worse before they get better\". The UK Government is right to prepare the public for the coming human catastrophe. All governments have a responsibility to do the same. But this advice does not go far enough. Here are five critical actions that need to be considered immediately.
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[Editorial] Open versus endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
When the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released draft guidelines on the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms in May, 2018, it caused outcry. By recommending that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of unruptured aneurysms should not be offered–even in patients for whom open surgical repair was contraindicated–critics said that many patients would be denied life-saving treatment and that the guidelines were unworkable.
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[World Report] 2020 Canada Gairdner Award winners announced
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
On March 31, the Gairdner Foundation announced the winners of its annual prizes in biomedical science and global health. Talha Burki spoke with the laureates.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30789-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Biswal S, Borja-Tabora C, Martinez Vargas L, et al. Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; published online March 17. dox.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30414-1–The appendix of this Article has been corrected as of April 2, 2020.
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[Correspondence] Obsolete medical law in Japan harms doctors\' health
Genichi Sugihara, Nori Takei | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Japan has achieved one of the most successful health-care systems in the world.1 Under the nation\'s insurance scheme, Japanese citizens have taken for granted that anyone can choose any health-care facility and receive the most advanced medical care across the nation. However, little attention has been paid to the fact that such a health system is supported by dedicated and self-sacrificing medical professionals. Such overloaded expectation is especially high in rural areas where the number of doctors remains low.
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[Correspondence] Authoritarianism and the threat of infectious diseases
Juan M Pericà s | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Punitive social policy, encompassing the dismantling of the welfare state with the expansion of the penal state and its associated institutions, as nicely stated by Elias Nosrati and Michael Marmot in their Perspective,1 might indeed be considered an upstream social determinant of health. Nosrati and Marmot\'s analysis relates to the findings described by Navarro and colleagues,2 linking political ideology with policies aimed at reducing social inequalities such as welfare state and labour market policies.
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[Editorial] Redefining vulnerability in the era of COVID-19
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
What does it mean to be vulnerable? Vulnerable groups of people are those that are disproportionally exposed to risk, but who is included in these groups can change dynamically. A person not considered vulnerable at the outset of a pandemic can become vulnerable depending on the policy response. The risks of sudden loss of income or access to social support have consequences that are difficult to estimate and constitute a challenge in identifying all those who might become vulnerable. Certainly, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable groups are not only elderly people, those with ill health and comorbidities, or…
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[Obituary] Philip Leder
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Molecular geneticist and genetic code breaker. He was born in Washington, DC, USA, on Nov 19, 1934, and died from complications of Parkinson\'s disease in Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, on Feb 2, 2020, aged 85 years.
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Guselkumab in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER-2): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1126–36–In this Article, the following sentence from the Participants section has been corrected as follows: \"Patients were permitted, but not required, to continue stable use of selected standard treatments, including NSAIDs or other analgesics up to the regional marketed dose approved; oral corticosteroids (‚â§10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose); or non-biologic DMARDs (limi…
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[World Report] Developing antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2
Anna Petherick | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Laboratories and diagnostic companies are racing to produce antibody tests, a key part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna Petherick reports.
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[Correspondence] Education and research are essential for lasting peace in Yemen
Fathiah Zakham, Olli Vapalahti, Hilal A Lashual | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Yemen, known to many as the land of Sheba, and Manhattan of the desert, is now referred to only as one of the poorest countries on Earth. The name Yemen has become synonymous with cholera, famine, death, instability, and war. The war continues to erase the lives, history, and the future of Yemenis, and meaningful aid and peace have yet to reach Yemen.
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[Perspectives] Face transplants as surgical acts and psychosocial processes
Fay Bound Alberti | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
In 2017 the face of Katie Stubblefield made headlines. Not the face she was born with or the face that emerged after 22 reconstructive surgeries. This was another face altogether: a transplant that Stubblefield would receive from Adrea Schneider. There have been 46 recorded face transplants in history. Katie\'s was the 40th–only the third to have taken place at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, which also undertook the first face transplant in the USA, on Connie Culp, in 2008. According to the Cleveland Clinic, it took 11 surgeons and staff from 15 specialties more than 31 hours to transplant Stubblefield\'s new…
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[Comment] A planetary health perspective on COVID-19: a call for papers
Alastair Brown, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
It is natural during the unfolding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to focus on emergency response planning, including containment, treatment procedures, and vaccine development, and nobody would doubt the need for these measures. However, an emergency can also open a window of opportunity for reflection and learning. We live in increasingly global, interdependent, and environmentally constrained societies and the COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies these aspects of our world. We would therefore be wise to take a broad integrated perspective on this disease, the impacts of which are already spilling over in…
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[Comment] The COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: what might we expect?
Gerardo Chowell, Kenji Mizumoto | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
As of March 19, 2020, 191‚Äà127 cases of, including 7807 deaths attributed to, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide.1 The incidence of reported cases in China has dramatically reduced to tens per day as a result of strict social distancing measures; however, the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is now generating sustained transmission in many countries including the USA. In The Lancet, Isaac Ghinai, Tristan D McPherson, and colleagues2 report details of the first known human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA, which was…
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Webinar: Racial Justice has no Borders: War & Militarization in the time of Pandemic
MoveOn.org, Veterans For Peace, others | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
Online (go to link below)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/03/18832098.php

Pakistani man SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE in front of PM Khan\'s office in protest of police & government
rt.com | 2020-04-04
A man in Pakistan self-immolated outside of Prime Minister Imran Khan\'s office in the capital city, leaving a note stating that officials failed to act on a series of complaints he filed, police told local media. | The man, named as Faisal Mehmood, 45, set himself on fire near the PM\'s office in Islamabad on Friday, leaving a letter behind explaining his motives, police said. In the hand-written missive, Mehmood argued that local law enforcement had ignored a spate of complaints submitted through the Prime Minister Secretariat, and had instead taken action against him in retaliation. | Dousing himself with a c…
rt.com/news/484947-pakistani-man-fire-pm-office/

\'Govt sends us NAKED against Covid-19\': RT speaks to French nurse from caregivers\' undressing flashmob
rt.com | 2020-04-04
French caregivers battling Covid-19 are appallingly underequipped and overloaded with fresh cases, a local nurse said, explaining a recent action which saw medics posing naked to show their vulnerability to the deadly contagion. | The unorthodox demonstration kicked off earlier this week, with dozens of nurses undressing in a silent protest against the government \"sending us naked to face this pandemic,\" as Melina Dufraigne-Laflechelle, one of the nurses behind the flashmob, put it on RT France. | Using the hashtag #apoilcontrelecovid (naked against the Covid), the silent protest featured medics of all ages po…
rt.com/news/484948-french-nurses-naked-coronavirus/

U.S. gig and informal workers strike demanding better protection during COVID-19 outbreak
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-04
Workers at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods protested on March 30 and 31 over concerns about unsafe working conditions, inadequate safety measures and lack of enough pay.
mronline.org/2020/04/04/u-s-gig-and-informal-workers-strike-demanding-better-protection-during-covid-19-outbreak/

Ecuadorians protest bodies of COVID-19 victims being left in the streets
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Desperate families and neighbors have flooded social media with videos and reports of corpses rotting in their living rooms, sidewalks and parks for days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/ecua-a04.html

Russian doctors, nurses protest against horrifying conditions in hospitals
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Nurses and doctors have walked off their jobs, pleading for medical and personal protective equipment, and renovations of dilapidated hospital buildings.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/russ-a04.html

Western media unlocked: Hypocrisy behind COVID-19 reports
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-04
Why did apparently stigmatizing names like Chinese virus or Wuhan virus keep making headlines? How have the Western media shaped the narrative of China\'s response to the novel coronavirus? As the virus continues to wreck havoc, China Daily investigates how the Western version of propaganda plays out in the global battle against coronavirus.
mronline.org/2020/04/04/western-media-unlocked-hypocrisy-behind-covid-19-reports/

Amid India\'s calamitous lockdown, Modi seeks to censor coronavirus reports
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
India\'s Supreme Court has ordered media outlets to publicize \"official\" government-authored coronavirus reports, and threatened prosecution if they disseminate \"fake news.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/inco-a04.html

First COVID-19 Death Reported in Asia\'s Largest Slum, Dharavi
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-04
Asia\'s largest slum located in India\'s financial capital of Mumbai has reported its first COVID-19 fatality, according to local reports. | RELATED: | Amid COVID-19, India Buys $116M Worth Of Weapons to Israel | The patient, a 56-year-old man, had no travel history and was admitted to a local hospital with a fever on Sunday and tested positive for the new coronavirus on Wednesday, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said, according to Al Jazeera. | The aut…
telesurenglish.net/news/First-COVID-19-death-reported-in-Asias-largest-slum-Dharavi-20200403-0016.html

Amid war threats, Washington blocks UN resolution demanding end to sanctions
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The Trump administration has brushed aside calls for an end to punishing sanctions against Venezuela and Iran, threatening both countries with military aggression.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/unsa-a04.html

US jobless numbers head toward Depression levels
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The official March data, showing job losses of 701,000, are a significant underestimation since they are based on surveys conducted before widespread lockdowns were in place.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/jobs-a04.html

Ireland woefully unprepared for COVID-19 onslaught
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The European Centre for Disease Control warns that the intensive care system in Irish hospitals will not be able to cope with rising numbers of coronavirus patients in critical condition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/irel-a04.html

As Delta smelt nears extinction, CDFW issues incidental take permit for endangered fish
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
The incidental take permit was issued as the Delta smelt, once the most abundant species on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, continues its steep slide towards extinction. For the second year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in its annual fall midwater trawl survey in 2019 found zero Delta smelt during the months of September, October, November and December.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/01/18832051.php

Mayo Clinic expert puts grim COVID-19 projections into perspective
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-04
This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation\'s leading infectious diseases expert, shared sobering estimates that COVID-19 could kill 100,000 to 240,000 Americans. Top government scientists warn that the death toll could be even higher if Americans don\'t follow the strict guidelines put in place to slow the spread of the virus. Dr. Gregory Poland, a …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-puts-grim-covid-19-projections-into-perspective/

Tariffs ALWAYS an option! Trump hopes Russia & Saudis reach oil deal \'fair\' for US as Putin seeks cooperation from ALL sides
rt.com | 2020-04-04
US President Donald Trump hinted at the possibility of imposing tariffs on oil imports, due to a \'massive excess\' supply on the global market created by the Saudi-Russian price war and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. | \"There\'s too much oil, there\'s a glut,\" Trump said at a White House press conference on Friday, when asked what he discussed with oil industry executives earlier in the day. While lower gas prices at the pump were a good thing for Americans impacted by the economic shutdown over the pandemic, they were also hurting the US energy sector, he said. | It\'s a free market, they\'ll figure it out.
rt.com/business/484943-trump-russia-saudi-tariffs/

Letter from a Caterpillar worker in Illinois: \"This is class biological warfare\"
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
A Caterpillar worker writes about the dangerous conditions workers face during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the complicity of the United Auto Workers union.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/catw-a04.html

Working toward a COVID-19 vaccine
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-04
The push to create a vaccine that prevents people from contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues. Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says developing a vaccine takes research, money and time. \"Everyone wants to have a vaccine ready right now,\" says Dr. Rizza. \"Researchers around the globe and at Mayo …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/working-toward-a-covid-19-vaccine/

Toward A Complete Dr. Martin Luther King Legacy
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
MLK Library Sacramento | 24th Street Bypass | Sacramento, CA. 95822…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/03/18832100.php

Nepal: Masses confront enormous hardships from coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Nepal\'s government has made no serious effort to ensure that the country\'s overwhelmingly poor population will have daily essentials, medicine and health safety equipment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/nepa-a04.html

Bodies of Covid-19 victims pile up in streets of Ecuador as residents beg authorities for help
rt.com | 2020-04-04
As the coronavirus pandemic rips through Ecuador, some cities are struggling to cope with a deluge of fatalities, pushing residents to make harrowing pleas for help as the bodies of loved ones accumulate in the streets. | The port city of Guayaquil, around 260 miles south of the capital, Quito, has been hit especially hard in the outbreak, leaving hospitals and morgues utterly overwhelmed in a flood of new patients and deaths. With local authorities unable to keep up with the influx of casualties, President Lenin Moreno has created a task force to tackle the problem, tapping Jorge Wated, board chairman at BanE…
rt.com/news/484944-ecuador-coronavirus-bodies-streets/

Oakland Rent Strike: Food Not Rent
capitalism is the virus | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
An organized group of tenants in Oakland are beginning a rent strike. We call on others to join us.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/02/18832079.php

Pandemic accelerates union-government-employer collaboration in Australia
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
ACTU leader Sally McManus is being feted by the corporate media as a \"star\" of the deepening coronavirus crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/aust-a04.html

The Bigger Picture is Hiding Behind a Virus
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-04
Things often look the way they do because someone claiming authority tells us they look that way. If that sounds too cynical, pause for a moment and reflect on what seemed most important to you just a year ago, or even a few weeks ago. Then, you may have been thinking that Russian interference in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-bigger-picture-is-hiding-behind-a-virus/

You Don\'t Need to Believe China About China\'s Coronavirus Success
Jim Naureckas | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
Source: FAIR Total confirmed cases of Covid-19 by nation (with China highlighted), from Oxford University\'s Our World in Data. Bloomberg News (4/1/20) reported that anonymous US officials say that a secret US intelligence report says that China\'s statistics on the coronavirus outbreak are \"fake\": China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in Read…
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Making the breast of quarantine: Ex-pro golfer Paige Spirinac entertains fans with \'cleavage\' trick shot (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-04
Former pro golfer Paige Spirinac has been getting creative with her putting technique while in Covid-19 lockdown, delighting fans with a particular trick shot with a club wedged in her cleavage. | Like millions around the world, US golfer-turned-Instagram star Spirinac is currently holed up in self-isolation as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. | But declining the chance to hit the fairways or even the driving range, Spirinac has nonetheless been honing her skills for the greens – and in novel style. | The 26-year-old blonde shared a video with her 2.3 million Instagram followers of herself at home demonstrat…
rt.com/sport/484959-paige-spirinac-trick-shot-cleavage/

We\'re Not Paying Rent: Here\'s Why
Oakland Rent Strike | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
While there has long been a housing crisis in Oakland

UK corporations scramble for coronavirus bailout funds
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The £350 billion bailout is an unprecedented financial handout to UK corporations, conducted without even the rubber stamp of a parliamentary vote.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/bail-a04.html

COVID-19 and food safety
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-04
Social distancing, hand-washing not touching your face and disinfecting surfaces are some ways to avoid contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But what about the food you eat? Can you get sick with COVID-19 by eating contaminated fruits, vegetables or other foods? Dr. Abinash Virk, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says the risk …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-and-food-safety/

Pointing fingers won\'t beat coronavirus, former UN head Ban Ki-moon tells RT
rt.com | 2020-04-04
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has criticized leaders in Washington and London for \"pointing fingers\" at China during the coronavirus pandemic. \"Not a single country\" has the capacity to fight the virus alone, he told RT. | Politicians in London suggest that China will face a \"reckoning\" from Britain after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, due to its initial attempts to downplay the threat of the virus. Speaking on RT\'s Going Underground, Ban Ki-moon said that \"pointing fingers\" during a time of crisis hampers a true international response to the crisis. | \"Not a single country, however powerful… has…
rt.com/news/484941-un-pointing-fingers-coronavirus/