Day: March 30, 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
The Big Read: No child’s play when it comes to stamping out bullying in schools
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SINGAPORE: They tagged her picture to a crying baby, as well as cropped her face out of the group photo which they posted on Instagram, while calling her “dumb”, “loser” and “trash”. The 14-year-old was also added to a WhatsApp group with her bullies where they taunted her for being a slow learner — always having to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Moscow mayor orders all residents to stay at home
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MOSCOW: Moscow’s mayor announced strict isolation rules for the city from Monday, the latest in a series of measures introduced in Russia to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The new restrictions would apply to all the city’s residents, regardless of age, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement on Sunday (Mar 29). Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
South Africa records second coronavirus death
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 93 to 1,280 people on Sunday (Mar 29) and the death toll doubled to two, the Health Ministry said, as the country entered the third day of a national lockdown and officials announced new measures to deal with the economic fallout. South African health officials
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Spain toughens restrictions as coronavirus death toll surges
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MADRID: Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday (Mar 29), as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Italy looks to extend lockdown as coronavirus cases near 100,000
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ROME: Italian authorities said on Sunday (Mar 29) they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of deaths in the country reached 10,779 and the number of infected neared 100,000. The civil protection service reported another 756 fatalities in the world’s worst-hit nation on Sunday, while the number of officially
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
France relocates patients from swamped hospitals
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PARIS: France used two high-speed TGV trains and a German military plane to move more than three dozen critically ill coronavirus patients on Sunday (Mar 29) to ease the pressure on overwhelmed hospitals in eastern France. The Grand Est region was the first in France to be hit by a wave of coronavirus infections that
