COVID 19

Early pictures emerge from voters in Florida and Illinois on election day. (Photos via Twitter)
Four more states Ohio, Illinois, Florida and Arizona are scheduled to hold Democratic Party Presidential Primaries today.

There are some things no government can shut down because of a coronavirus – sunlight and fresh air.

As the deadly coronavirus ripped through central China, health authorities scrambled to implement effective protocols for treating the sick and infirmed and helping as many patients as possible on the road to recovery. Health officials tried a number of approaches, all with varying degrees of success.

Prices of precious metals plunged this week again, as investors fled reserve stores in favor of cash in the wake of extreme market volatility due to panic selling over fears and uncertainty due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Gold fell below $1,455 an ounce on this morning, down from a high $1,560 over the weekend. Today’s loss was the biggest single day price drop since 1983.

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The recent international crisis over the outbreak of the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease, has brought out some of the best aspects of humanity, as communities and government pull together to tackle the deadly epidemic.
Unfortunately though, it has also exposed some of the ugliest underlying fissures which exist between ‘the haves’ and have nots. Nowhere on earth is such inequity as visible as between the State of Israel and its occupied vassal territories in Palestine.

The Al-Aqsa compound located in the holy city of Jerusalem (Image Credit: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency)
The third holiest Islam site,  the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, will be closed due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19.

Sheikh Omar Kiswani, the director of the mosque, announced today that prayers will continue, but will instead be held outdoors.
The closure of the holy mosque will continue until further notice.

Saint Peters Square and Vatican City in Rome (Image Source: Wikipedia)

The Vatican has announced that all celebrations of Holy Week over the Easter period will take place without a physical congregation, and until April 12 general audiences and the Angelus presided over by the Pope will be available only in live streaming via the Vatican News website.

According to a White House announcement made this afternoon, the United Kingdom and Ireland will join the rest of European ban on traveling to the United States, as Washington doubles-down in its efforts to try and halt the spread of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
“The president has decided to suspend all travel from the UK and Ireland midnight, Monday night, Eastern Standard Time,” said Vice President Mike Pence at a White House press conference.

Spain has joined Italy as the second EU country to impose an unprecedented nationwide lockdown – in an attempt to slow down the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (pictured above) announced the move at a news conference on Saturday, and confirmed that passenger air travel is now restricted.