116 And Counting: Breaking Down SA’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases – The novel coronavirus is gaining momentum in South Africa where, by Wednesday, the health department reported 116 cases. [n24]

China Hits A Coronavirus Milestone: No New Local Infections – All of the new cases reported on Thursday involved people who had come to China from elsewhere, the government said. [nyt]

Trump Labels Himself ‘A Wartime President’ Combating Coronavirus – “Now it’s our time. We must sacrifice together, because we are all in this together, and we will come through together,” the president said. [pol]

Navy Hospital Ship Won’t Be Ready To Help New York For Weeks, Pentagon Says – The Pentagon said Wednesday that a Navy hospital ship intended to help New York hospitals dealing with a rapidly expanding load of coronavirus cases will not be ready for weeks. [cnbc]

Italian Army Called In To Carry Away Corpses As City’s Crematorium Is Overwhelmed – The Italian city of Bergamo, one of the worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, is having to transport its dead out of the city as its crematorium is struggling to cope. [sky]

Italian Doctors Hope For A Sign The Coronavirus Lockdown Is Working, Because There’s No Plan – Italy is entering its fourth week of the worst national crisis since World War II with no end in sight. [cnn]

BMW, Honda And Toyota Suspend UK Car Production – The UK car industry is slowly grinding to a halt after BMW, Toyota and Honda said they would temporarily shut down their UK factories because of the coronavirus pandemic. [bbc]

Zuckerberg Tries To Prevent Facebook Server ‘Melt Down’ As WhatsApp Call Volume Spikes – In countries where the novel coronavirus has disrupted daily life, the digital phone’s been ringing off the hook. [mash]

Klein Karoo’s ‘Caracal’ Taking Bookings From September 2020 – Just 2,5 hours from Cape Town, the cliff-dangling, 4 bedroom (12-sleeper) mountain villa on Cabine du Cap’s 175 hectare estate, is this year’s dream getaway. [more]

Princess Beatrice Cancels Her Buckingham Palace Wedding Reception Due To Coronavirus – She and her fiancé are considering whether to have a private marriage “amongst a small group of family and friends.” [harpers]

When Will A Coronavirus Vaccine Be Ready? – Human trials will begin imminently – but even if they go well, there are many barriers before global immunisation is feasible. [guardian]

British Army Adopts WhatsApp For Formal Orders As Coronavirus Isolation Kicks In – The British Army has made a coronavirus-related tech U-turn after telling soldiers that commands issued over WhatsApp are now legally binding. [reg]

Trudeau Unveils $82B COVID-19 Emergency Response Package For Canadians, Businesses – PM says ‘extraordinary’ measures include tax deferrals, wage subsidies for small businesses. [cbc]

‘We Don’t Feel Safe’: Gauteng Doctors On The Front Line Against Coronavirus – “I don’t feel safe as a doctor. The practice we are working from is [near] OR Tambo [International Airport] and a lot of the patients we see on a daily basis work at the airport.” [tlive]

Man Arrested For Selling Cow Urine To Combat Coronavirus As Interest Grows In Home Remedies – An activist with India’s ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow urine at a party to combat the novel coronavirus, police said on Wednesday, as interest grows in home remedies amid the pandemic. [n24]

Playboy Kills Iconic Magazine, Citing Coronavirus Woes – The nudie mag founded by Hugh Hefner 66 years ago will no longer publish a printed edition, it said on Wednesday, citing coronavirus supply chain woes that have only served to exacerbate its already sagging newsstand sales. [nyp]

WTA And ATP Announce Further Suspension Of Tennis Through June 7 – Due to the continuing outbreak of COVID-19, all WTA and ATP tournaments through June 7 will not be held as scheduled. [wta]

Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Didn’t Copy A Christian Rap Song, Judge Rules – A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury’s verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit “Dark Horse” from a 2009 Christian rap song. [fort]

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