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Tensions between economic and health imperatives are also coming to a head in France where Amazon closed six warehouses on Thursday until at least April 20, after it clashed with unions over safety measures. The world’s largest online retailer is facing mounting scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic as it juggles a surge in online orders and employees’ safety.
Homicide charge over COVID-19
The pandemic has raised a series of as yet mostly unanswered questions about who if anyone bears legal responsibility for helping its spread. Now India has charged the chief of a Muslim seminary with culpable homicide for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in infections. The seminary is the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat group, one of the world’s biggest Sunni Muslim proselytising organisations.
Testing through sewage
Australian researchers said they expect to roll out within weeks a program of testing raw sewage to detect the presence of the coronavirus and pinpoint communities at risk. A successful pilot project was carried out in Queensland state. On a wide scale, sewage sampling can gauge the approximate number of people infected in an area without the need to test every individual, the CSIRO national science agency said.
Feeling pressure to be productive while stuck at home?
Well, you can’t beat Tom Moore. The 99-year-old British war veteran has raised more than $15 million for his country’s health service by walking the 25 metres around his garden 100 times, days before his 100th birthday on April 30.
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