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COVID-19 scare: Amla, orange demand increases to boost immunity – Lockdown News

20 April 2020 By Port Elizabethan

COVID-19 scare: Amla, orange demand increases to boost immunity: Both the fruits are being sold for Rs 100 per kg. 80-year-old Rasa Dei, who sells amla, has little knowledge of coronavirus.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Hostess Offers Quarantine Workout Tips and No, They Don’t Include Eating Twinkies: The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has resulted in one unprecedented event after another. In a move nobody saw coming, Hostess has started advising those locked at home on best in-home workout …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

“A disaster that is already happening.” A Perth doctor on the reality of hotel quarantine.: Pictures: Life under coronavirus lockdown around the world The coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of people around the world. People have been advised to stay indoors and many cities went …
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

Crops rot as Italian farmers hit by virus, drought: Floriana Fanizza gazes desolately at her celery crop, lost to the coronavirus because it could not be harvested. Border blocks, restaurant closures and a lack of seasonal workers mean nearly four out …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Patients with heart attacks, strokes, appendicitis vanish from hospitals: Five weeks into a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, many doctors believe the pandemic has produced a silent sub-epidemic of people who need care at hospitals but dare not come in. They include people …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Genius website finds you supermarket delivery slots amid coronavirus demand: One young businessman has found a way to help big supermarket customers more easily secure a delivery slot while in lockdown.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

‘American Idol’ Season 18: Spiritual cowboy Dillon James battled addiction to pursue his passion for singing: But he’s going to need all the support he can get as the competition enters the Top 20 voting phase next week, where the aspiring contestants will be singing and be judged at their homes due to the …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Singapore, India Cases Rise; Europe Outbreak Eases: Virus Update: Signs emerged that the global pandemic is easing in some hot spots, as regions from Spain to New York saw a slowdown in fatalities, though some Asian countries wrestled with worsening …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Trump warns China over Covid-19 outbreak as Europe approaches 100,000 deaths: In Spain, which has more than 194,00 cases, deaths have passed 20,000 (the third highest after the US and Italy), and the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced on Saturday that the nationwide …
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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Port Elizabethan

This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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