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British company claims it has created a coronavirus test that can detect COVID-19 in ten minutes

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Italian town at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic is holding a funeral every 30 minutes

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A chilling video has revealed the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic on an Italian city, showing how the obituary section of a local newspaper has expanded from a single page to ten.  The footage, from Bergamo, Lombardy comes after 146 died in the city in the space of a week. In the footage, a … Read more