YNW Melly remains in jail after judge denies request to be released due to coronavirus infection

YNW Melly remains in jail after judge denies request to be released due to coronavirus infection The 20-year-old rapper will remain in the Broward County Jail in Florida awaiting his double-murder trial despite testing positive for coronavirus A judge issued an order denying his request for house arrest and said if the rapper, real name … Read more

Coronavirus: Infection rates fall in New Zealand and Australia

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern says her country is winning the battle against coronavirus after just 29 new cases were added to the tally today.  Australia and New Zealand have both seen falling infection rates after closing their borders by March 20 – something Britain has still not done.   Ardern hailed New Zealanders for … Read more

Coronavirus Italy: Daily infection rate falls under 3,000

Italy sees fewer than 3,000 new coronavirus infections for the first time in a month as the country begins loosening its lockdown restrictions The death toll in Italy rose for the second day by 602, up from 566 the day before Rome has ordered opening of some shops, like bookshops and stationery stores  The country’s … Read more

Foxconn expands employee monitoring efforts to screen for new coronavirus infection

Workers at Foxconn in China are screened with thermal cameras, given daily temperature checks, and must eat in individual lunch stalls as factories reopen with heightened coronavirus monitoring Foxconn has reopened many of its Chinese factories with rigorous surveillance  Workers are now assigned 20-person groups to minimize contact with others They’re given new face masks … Read more

Apple and Google to adapt phones for virus infection tracking

Your PHONE will warn you if you have been close to someone who has coronavirus thanks to new contact tracing tech being developed by Google and Apple Apps to use Bluetooth signals to track phones the user comes into contact with  People will be alerted if they may have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 … Read more