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Coronavirus: Byron owners launch bid to flip burger chain – Lockdown News

2 May 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Coronavirus: Byron owners launch bid to flip burger chain: The timing of the sale – with its restaurants closed and the prospects for their reopening uncertain due to coronavirus lockdown – underlines the pessimism which has engulfed a once thriving part of …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

COVID-19 LIVE | 42 test positive from a single Chennai street; DCGA extends curbs on flights: As coronavirus cases in India cross 35,500 mark, the government on Friday announced that the nationwide lockdown will be extended for two weeks beyond May 3.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Two states ease lockdowns; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000: Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas and barbershops reopened Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma with a green light …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook: Amidst all the panic over the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic we need to also plan for what happens AFTERWARDS. This group is a platform to share some positive suggestions about what we personally, as business, community leaders and politicians can do to ensure a better life for all ONCE this pandemic has ended. Post your suggestions and advice freely and with a better, faster recovery in mind.
Source: AFTER COVID-19

Disregard for rule of law during pandemic may end up being the norm: No wonder Italy initially laughed off calls to apply invasive lockdown measures until the pandemic got out of hand and they applied measures hitherto inconceivable in liberal Europe. That is all in …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

The Latest: Italy nears 26,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths: The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Kipchoge and Bekele discuss the uncertainty of the London Marathon 2020: This year’s London Marathon was billed as a battle between two of the fastest marathon runners in the world: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder (2:01:39) and VMLM reigning champion, …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Central Government Employee? Modi govt says you won’t have to work for 9 am to 7 pm – Check details: The Central Government has denied a report which claimed that office work hours for Central Government Employees will be increased …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

The Latest: Florida to allow pharmacists to administer tests: The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

New drug gets OK for the severely ill: The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization that will allow doctors to use Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir to treat patients who are seriously ill with covid-19 and …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

CLICK HERE to join the AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook and tell us what you have planned for AFTER the Coronavirus Lockdown.

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