Tag: lockdown

Volunteer ‘ghosts’ ensure Indonesia lockdown

A bizarre new scheme has seen volunteers dress up as ghosts to scare people into staying inside their homes. Enforcing social distancing during the co… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336346/volunteer-ghosts-ensure-indonesia-lockdown…

India Says Zoom ‘Not a Safe Problem’ For Video Conferencing

India is the latest country to denounce videoconferencing software Zoom, calling it “not a safe platform.” Reuters reports: “Zoom is a not a safe platform,” the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of India’s ministry of home affairs said in a 16-page advisory. The government body also provided guidelines on how to avoid unauthorized users from carrying out malicious acts while using the…

India Says Zoom ‘Not a Safe Platform’ For Video Conferencing

India is the latest country to denounce videoconferencing software Zoom, calling it “not a safe platform.” Reuters reports: “Zoom is a not a safe platform,” the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of India’s ministry of home affairs said in a 16-page advisory. The government body also provided guidelines on how to avoid unauthorized users from carrying out malicious acts while using the…

Covid-19 latest: Spain relaxes lockdown as global cases near 2 million

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-latest-spain-relaxes-lockdown-as-global-cases-near-2-million/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Psychology tips for maintaining social relationships during lockdown

Touch is key to social relationships, and while coronavirus social distancing measures may limit physical interactions, there are still many ways to connect from afar, says evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240487-psychology-tips-for-maintaining-social-relationships-during-lockdown/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Thousands of Techies in Locked-Down India Are Braving Coronavirus Daily To Keep the World Running

The world’s abrupt slowing down in the past few weeks may have introduced millions of Covid-19-wary professionals to the whole new paradigm of work-from-home. Yet, a third of India’s four million IT employees are still trudging regularly to the office even if mostly to make life easier for clients abroad. From a report: Every working day, these thousands risk contracting coronavirus,…

Sheltering in Place Works: New Statistics Show Fewer COVID-19 Hospitalizations In New York, California

Yahoo News shares an encouraging report from former Newsweek correspondent Andrew Romano: Until very recently, nationwide data about how many COVID-19 patients are currently receiving treatment in hospitals was hard to come by. It’s still incomplete and inconsistent. But on April 7, researchers at the University of Minnesota launched the U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project, which is just what it sounds…

A Coronavirus Vaccine ‘May Be Six Months Away’

The New York Post reports that a COVID-19 vaccine “may be six months away, according to a researcher leading a team of scientists in England.” “I think there’s a high chance that it will work based on other things that we have done with this type of vaccine,” Sarah Gilbert, a professor of virology at Oxford told The Times of London….

Italy Working On Coronavirus Tracing App To Help Lockdown Exit

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Italian authorities are working on introducing a smartphone app that would help health services trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus as the government looks at ways of gradually lifting a lockdown imposed a month ago. Innovation minister Paola Pisano acknowledged that launching the app would raise major issues…