Public Health England failed to follow up on a request in January to use the testing capabilities of the UK’s animal health agency, which its staff say could carry out 40,000 tests a week. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/richholmes/uk-thousands-extra-coronavirus-tests from BuzzFeed News Richard Holmes
During the pandemic, the Daily Telegraph continues to sell space to China to push the party line. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/coronavirus-british-newspaper-chinese-propaganda from BuzzFeed News Dean Sterling Jones
Trenton Thurber told BuzzFeed News that he has asthma, his funds are dwindling, and he feels like “there’s no way to get out” of an airport in Moscow as the coronavirus crisis deepens. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/coronavirus-american-trapped-in-russia from BuzzFeed News Christopher Miller
Footage shared with BuzzFeed News shows workers at an uptown residential neighborhood in Mumbai being sprayed to “disinfect” them. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/coronavirus-india-disinfectant-spray-video from BuzzFeed News Nishita Jha
The official lockdown advice from Malaysia’s women’s ministry — to wear makeup and avoid sarcasm — was ridiculed online. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/coronavirus-malaysia-covid19-lockdown-doraemon from BuzzFeed News Nishita Jha
Many refugees and asylum seekers are losing their jobs, but aren’t eligible for welfare. How are they meant to live? View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/coronavirus-australia-refugees-asylum-seekers-charities from BuzzFeed News Hannah Ryan
“Everybody loves the goats, but they make an awful mess,” one resident told BuzzFeed News. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/coronavirus-town-empty-goats-wales from BuzzFeed News Emmanuel Felton
The British government keeps saying it’s “ramping up testing”, but it now lacks both testing kits and dedicated lab capacity thanks to its original strategy to tackle the pandemic. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/uk-coronavirus-testing-explainer from BuzzFeed News Alex Wickham
Surely everyone knows better than to shake the hand of the 92-year-old mother of the world’s most infamous drug lord? View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/coronavirus-mexico-shaking-hands-with-el-chapos-mother from BuzzFeed News Karla Zabludovsky
It’s deserted out there. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/coronavirus-empty-airplanes-airports-covid19 from BuzzFeed News Farrah Penn