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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday unveiled a coronavirus ‘heat map’ powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track the spread of the disease and plan for reopening society. The map developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University offers ‘real-time indications of COVID-19 activity not previously available from any other source,’ according to … Read more
Thousands of Britons have had holidays cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and many of those are now hoping for a cash refund. While this is possible, albeit reasonably time consuming, for travellers who booked directly with airlines, those who had made a booking with a third party operator will find they are unlikely to … Read more
Sean Penn hands out masks at his drive-through coronavirus testing site… before wearing TWO on his face By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 23:57 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 23:57 BST, 9 April 2020 Sean Penn was back on the frontlines of efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19 on Thursday. The 59-year-old actor … Read more
Sean Penn and girlfriend Leila George help direct coronavirus drive-thru testing site run by his non-profit CORE By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 01:21 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 07:07 BST, 6 April 2020 He’s on the front line in the battle to stop the spread of the growing coronavirus pandemic. Sean Penn’s non-profit … Read more
A second vast mortuary is being built in east London on a site previously used to store rubbish trucks, MailOnline can reveal. Workers in Waltham Forest are preparing three large white tents to house the bodies of coronavirus victims, which could arrive as early as Sunday. It comes two days after MailOnline disclosed a morgue … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Ancient ritual site of a Mesopotamian war god is uncovered in Iraq that was used for animal sacrifices 5,000 years ago Archaeologist have uncovered a sacred plaza dedicated to a war god in Iraq The area was used some 5,000 years ago to worship the god Ningirsu People would hold festivals and sacrifice animals to appease him The … Read more
A huge NHS coronavirus swabbing site stood deserted today despite the urgent need for more patients and medics to be examined. Pictures surfaced showing a testing site for NHS staff in Chessington, south-west London, today as the UK’s Covid-19 death rate doubled. No tests appeared to be underway for the virus as the car park … Read more
Builders claim they are being held to ransom by their bosses and forced to go to work as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister to shut down all construction sites. Mr Johnson was bombarded with calls to put a halt to all non-essential construction projects during Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday. But after London Underground trains and … Read more
Lena Dunham launches serialized, interactive romance novel on Vogue site amid coronavirus pandemic By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 01:36 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:36 GMT, 25 March 2020 Lena Dunham has launched a serialized, interactive romance novel amid social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 33-year-old writer posted a video on … Read more