Boris Johnson said the government is following advice of medical experts but critics have said it’s a political decision and one that could be risky. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/the-uk-government-has-defended-its-decision-not-to-enforce from BuzzFeed News Emily Ashton
At least two of the deaths were reportedly due to inmates overdosing on methadone they had raided from a prison infirmary. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/matthewchampion/coronavirus-italy-prison-methadone from BuzzFeed News Matthew Champion
Australia’s information commissioner alleges 311,127 Australian Facebook users had their personal information exposed to the risk of being used by the infamous data firm. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/facebook-cambridge-analytica-australia-sued-privacy-breach from BuzzFeed News Cameron Wilson
Megan Monroe is documenting on TikTok the surreal, sometimes grim and often banal reality of being in lockdown. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/coronavirus-tiktok-quarantine-american from BuzzFeed News Cameron Wilson
The tweet comes at an extremely tense time in India after a week of horrifying communal violence. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/tulsi-gabbard-hinduphobia-tweet-delhi-violence-modi from BuzzFeed News Nishita Jha
The coronavirus is killing the handshake industry. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/matthewchampion/coronavirus-handshake-wuhan-shake from BuzzFeed News Matthew Champion
Exclusive: The PP23 jab is out of stock in doctors’ surgeries and private chemists, despite the Department of Health promising supplies would be replenished in January. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/shortage-of-pneumonia-vaccine-pp23-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News Patrick Strudwick
“I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused by my actions. They were insensitive and in hindsight reflected poor judgement.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/adeonibada/affordable-art-fair-raquelle-azran-vietnamese-artist-coronav from BuzzFeed News Ade Onibada
The longest internet shutdown in the world is over. Let us know what it was like for you to live through it. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/if-you-live-in-kashmir-you-can-now-read-this-post-and-tell from BuzzFeed News Pranav Dixit
“Even in five years of looking at troubling disinfo every day, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite this malicious.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/chinese-trolls-coronavirus-disinformation-taiwan from BuzzFeed News Craig Silverman