Ofsted chief warns against school closures

The chief inspector of schools Amanda Spielman says that isolation measures are causing an ‘invisible’ harm to younger generations. This is because, she says, the continued closure of schools will lead to a gap in education that will only widen if children are unable to attend classes. Original Author: Produced by>>>

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UN food agency chief: Globe can see scarcities of “scriptural proportions” within months – CBS News

David Beasley, supervisor of the United Nations World Food Program, cautioned Tuesday that the globe gets on “the brink of an appetite pandemic” as it faces the international coronavirus situation. He said that without activity, the globe can encounter “multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short couple of months.”>>>

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EU science chief Mauro Ferrari quits after ‘losing faith’ in politicians’ response to Covid-19 | London Evening Standard

  The head of the European Union’s top science organisation has resigned after “losing faith” in the European response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mauro Ferrari had only become president of the European Research Council on January 1, but EU Commission spokesman Johannes Bahrke said “Professor Ferrari resigned”, effective immediately. The>>>

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Coronavirus: ‘Cautious positivity’ as authorities signal exit strategy | 7NEWS

The NSW Chief Health Officer has signalled a ‘zig-zag’ approach to easing social restrictions – the first official sign of an exit strategy from health officials. PLUS: Tasmania closes two hospitals and quarantines 1,000 patients; and another Ruby Princess passenger succumbs to the virus. Original Author: Produced by 7NEWS Australia and>>>

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Special Report: Coronavirus – Into The Red Zone

Sky News’ Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay travels to the heart of Europe’s coronavirus pandemic. In the city of Bergamo in Northern Italy, he meets doctors fighting the illness that’s changing the entire world and witnesses the impact COVID-19 is having on Italy’s people, infrastructure and economy. Original Author: Produced by Sky>>>

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Italy: Inside the hospital where no medics have been infected

Sky’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay is given exclusive access inside the Cotugna Hospital in Naples, where medics are taking serious measures to avoid coronavirus infection. It comes as the number of deaths from COVID-19 continues to climb across Europe, with the hardest-hit nation Italy, reaching 100,000 cases and recording more>>>

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Pharmacy boss to expand recruitment over COVID-19 demand

Chief executive of Lloyds Pharmacy, Toby Anderson talks about demand reaching two million people last week as sickness affects his workforce. He thanked staff and customers as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to affect how business operates. Original Author: Produced by Sky News and published on 28/03/2020

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5 COVID-19 patients in PH have recovered: Health chief | ABS-CBN News

MANILA – Five of the new coronavirus cases in the Philippines have actually recovered, Health Secretary Francisco Duque stated Sunday. The country has actually taped, since Saturday, 111 cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including 8 deaths. In an interview on radio DZMM, Duque said the firm is waiting>>>

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