The state’s police commissioner has had weeks to make a small tweak so women don’t need to travel to a hospital during a pandemic to take RU486. He hasn’t. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/south-australia-abortion-telehealth-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News Gina Rushton
More than 200 refugees and asylum seekers are detained at close quarters in hotels despite coronavirus fears. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/coronavirus-australia-hotel-apods-amnesty-reviews from BuzzFeed News Hannah Ryan
Aarogya Setu, which more than 75 million Indians have downloaded, might soon become more than a contact tracing app. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/for-a-billion-indians-the-governments-voluntary-contact from BuzzFeed News Pranav Dixit
At his first press conference since he was hospitalised with the virus, Boris Johnson said the UK was “past the peak” of the outbreak and “on the downward slope”. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-face-coverings-drugs-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News Alex Wickham
Recent research suggests that summer conditions can help kill the coronavirus more quickly. But “don’t expect miracles,” one scientist said. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/coronavirus-summer-heat-seasonality from BuzzFeed News Zahra Hirji
Health secretary Matt Hancock has staked his political reputation on hitting the target by April 30, bringing in the army to help an operation described by insiders as at times like a “French farce” and a game of “whack-a-mole”. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/inside-uk-quest-100000-coronavirus-tests from BuzzFeed News Alex Wickham
Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/coronavirus-contact-tracing-google-apple from BuzzFeed News Caroline Haskins
“We’re in their country, so they can still do whatever they wish to us.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/china-racism-africa-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News J. Lester Feder
Brazil’s official death toll now stands at more than 5,000 and the president’s handling of it makes him a global pariah. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus-so-what from BuzzFeed News Karla Zabludovsky
Shabnum Sadiq was a remarkable woman: a mother-of-five including quadruplets who somehow found time to become a local elected representative. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hannahalothman/coronavirus-shabnum-sadiq-quadruplets from BuzzFeed News Hannah Al-Othman