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Thursday, 23 April 2020

Ramadan begins amid coronavirus restrictions as Trump 'disinfectant' theory dismissed

Countries with Muslim populations wrestle with best way to observe holy month amid outcry over US president’s latest suggestion

The governments of nations with large Muslim populations were divided on coronavirus restrictions as Ramadan began, with with some easing lockdowns while others enacted travel bans.

As the Muslim holy month was set to begin, US health experts rushed to warn against Donald Trump’s suggestion of exploring the use of UV light on people and injecting disinfectant as a way of combatting coronavirus.

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Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy struggles to hide a few giggles as he's asked about President Trump's comments on injecting disinfectant and sunlight as treatments for coronavirus.

Says it all, really @abcnews @politicsabc #auspol pic.twitter.com/mMpvegrusH

About 91 crew on Italian cruise ship, the Costa Atlantica, have Covid-19, Japanese officials said on Friday. The ship is docked in Japan’s south-western port of Nagasaki, and those who have tested negative will be repatriated, health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday. Japan is also taking drastic measure to discourage people from gathering outside, by cutting the buds off thousand of roses in parks to deter public gatherings.

The Philippines extended its lockdown in the capital, Manila, until 15 May. President Rodrigo Duterte, also threatened to declare martial law if communist rebels disrupted the flow of relief goods for Filipinos affected by the restrictions, and asked his military to be ready.

Tom Hanks has sent a heartfelt letter and a Corona-brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied over his name, Corona. Hanks hand wrote at the end: “P.S. You got a friend in ME!”

Ecuador’s health minister has said the country’s coronavirus case total is twice as high as previously confirmed, as authorities added 11,000 new infections that resulted from delayed testing. The new cases will be added to the confirmed total of 11,183 infections. The country has registered 560 deaths.

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