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Day: March 23, 2020

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Rand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for Covid-19

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Senator of Kentucky who was seen at the Senate gym Sunday morning says he is feeling fine and is in quarantine Senator Rand Paul has said he has tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, with the Republican becoming the first member of the Senate to test positive. A post on the Kentucky senators Twitter account said on Sunday that he is feeling fine and is in quarantine. Paul, an eye surgeon, said he has not had symptoms and was tested out of an abundance of caution due…

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Coronavirus: 70,000 people told ‘stay indoors’

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“They will get a letter from their GP or consultant asking them to take the most drastic action of all. “For 12 to 16 weeks, not leaving their homes at all so they have the maximum shielding from the virus.” Coronavirus in Wales: Live updates on the outbreak Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions PM in Mother’s Day warning as virus ‘accelerates’ The first minister said “we are still at the start of the curve” and the pace of the disease will continue to quicken. It is therefore important…

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Guy Asked Twitter Users In Quarantine To Share The Most Valuable Item In Their Homes, Here Are 51 Responses

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We’re all fighting boredom and stress at this trying time when millions of people around the globe are forced into self-isolation for their own good. And despite people desperately trying to finds escapes from the monotone surroundings of one’s own home, some people find comfort in things that are closest to us. One Twitter user named Isaac decided to start a thread where he asked people to look around their houses and find the item that is of most personal value. And people responded! From family heirlooms to dear art…

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It was a fantastic gift we were given

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVinnie Jones said the “fantastic gift” of a new heart gave his late wife Tanya an extra 32 years of life Ex-footballer Vinnie Jones, whose wife received a life-saving heart transplant, has welcomed a change in organ donation law. Tanya Jones, who died last year, had a heart transplant three decades earlier and the sportsman turned actor has told BBC Inside Out it changed their lives. After her heart collapsed while giving birth, Tanya received a donation, believed to be from a…

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Runners going solo after coronavirus postponements

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Its organisers have launched the Local Landmarks Challenge, where people can take on the run remotely in their area, record themselves using a running app, then submit it to get a participation medal. Image copyright Philip Bruland Image caption Sahar Shah ran the Bath Half Marathon distance around Leamington Spa While Bath Half Marathon went ahead on 15 March, many people who had signed up chose to do the run away from the main event because of concerns about the virus. Among them was Sahar Shah, a Warwick University PhD…

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Scientists in Canada discover that an ancient continent was larger than we thought

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(CNN)Geologists in Canada have found that an ancient continent was 10% larger than previously estimated after analyzing rock samples dug up during diamond exploration work. Maya Kopylova, a geologist at UBC and the lead author of the research, said in a statement: “The mineral composition of other portions of the North Atlantic craton is so unique there was no mistaking it.” She added that neighboring ancient cratons in Northern Canada showed different mineralogies and that her team’s discovery was “like finding a missing piece of a puzzle.” The samples of…

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TikTok Is Testing A Dark Mode Option To Help You Scroll All Night Long

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SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Does TikTok Have Dark Mode? Here’s Why You Might Not Be Seeing It By Cianna Garrison March 22, 2020 Dark Mode is available on almost every platform. However, some apps are ~slightly~ behind on the movement. If you’ve been wondering if Tik Tok has Dark Mode, here’s what you need to know. The big catch here is that not everyone has TikTok’s Dark Mode. The feature is being tested, so it only shows up for certain people. In late January 2020, social media expert Matt Navarra posted…

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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Super Tuesday

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NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty Images What Is Super Tuesday? It’s A Huge Day In The Election Cycle By Madhuri Sathish Feb. 25, 2020 Once the South Carolina primary wraps up on Saturday, Feb. 29, Democratic presidential candidates will turn their attention to Super Tuesday. On Tuesday, March 3, voters in a whopping 14 states will head to the polls to vote in their parties’ primaries, but with President Donald Trump facing no real challenge from his fellow Republicans, the Democratic candidates face much higher stakes. So what is Super Tuesday? This key day…

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‘Be careful’: Spain’s last 1918 flu survivor offers warning on coronavirus

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Jos Ameal Pea, 105, is watching on anxiously as a new pandemic sweeps globe Jos Ameal Pea was four years old when the 1918 flu tore through his small fishing town in northern Spain, its deadly path narrated by the daily ringing of church bells. More than a century later, Ameal Pea believed to be Spains only living survivor of a pandemic said to be the after the countrys press were among the first to report on it, killed between 50 and 100 million people around the world. In Ameal…

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