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Stories for April 15th 2020
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Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Brazil likely to have 12 times more cases of COVID-19, Universities monitoring report
Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released this week.
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Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Morrisons supermarkets gives NHS workers a 10% discount support
Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket group, said it is giving National Health Service (NHS) workers a 10% discount to support them through the coronavirus crisis. It is the first of Britain's 'Big Four' to give a monetary discount to 1.5 million NHS workers, who have already been offered priority shopping hours by market leader Tesco, Sainsbury's, Walmart owned Asda and Morrisons.
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Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:37 UTC
South Korea “breaks” lockdown and goes to the polls for parliamentary election
Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fever, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.
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Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.
