International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound said on Monday the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a USA Today report.
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Pharmacists ordered to stop dispensing untested coronavirus ‘cure’

Australian pharmacies see unprecedented demand for two antimalarial medications touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, in turn creating a shortage for patients that actually needed them.
EU to give €20 million to aid sanctions-hit Iran in coronavirus fight
The European Union will send €20 million in humanitarian aid to Iran, which is subject to US sanctions, to help alleviate the coronavirus outbreak, and will support Tehran’s request for IMF financial help, the EU’s top diplomat said Monday.
How to Prevent a Coronavirus Depression

If we keep up our current strategy, our economy will die.
Hungary to consider bill that would allow Orbán to rule by decree
Heil Orban?

Government says legislation is a necessary response to coronavirus but critics fear it is open to abuse
Hungary’s parliament will consider an emergency bill this week that would give prime minister Viktor Orbán sweeping powers to rule by decree, without a clear cut-off date.
The bill seeks to extend the state of emergency declared earlier this month over coronavirus, and could also see people jailed for spreading information deemed to be fake news. The government has portrayed the move as a necessary response to the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, but critics immediately labelled the legislation as dangerously open-ended and vulnerable to abuse.
WATCH: Covid-19 test patient films procedure to take fear out of it for people

A Meath videographer has filmed himself getting the Covid-19 test in an effort to take the fear and mystery out of the procedure.
‘If Willow gets Covid-19, she hasn’t a hope’: Mum of vulnerable child laughed at for wearing mask

The mum of a vulnerable toddler, who was laughed at for wearing a mask and gloves in public has urged ‘selfish’ people to realise their reckless behaviour could kill someone
‘We have one chance to get this right’ – Three Lords Mayor call for national lockdown

The lords mayor of three Irish cities have united to call for a nationwide lockdown.
Coronavirus update: US senator who voted not to fund fight against coronavirus tests positive

Pubs and clubs will close in Australia today, Germany is banning social interactions between more than two people, and a US senator who voted against bills funding the fight against coronavirus has tested positive.
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