You are well aware that too much alcohol can mess with your system and bring down your immunity which, at this time, is something you have to dearly hold on to. If you thought that stocking up on booze and…
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OAP makes a gym using paint pots and old tights to work out during lockdown
Tony Robertson, 73, has been using his wife Lisbeth’s old tights, pots of paint and buckets of sand to keep fit during the coronavirus lockdown in a homemade gym in their back garden in Buckstone, Edinburgh. The grandfather-of-three and retired…
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Italy mulls psychological tests to gauge lockdown impact
Italian scientists want the government to conduct psychological tests on a sample of the population to determine how long people can stay confined to their homes, a report said Monday. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said scientists want to understand…
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Growing food and gardening may just save your sanity during lockdown
Growing food and gardening may just save your sanity during the coronavirus lockdown: Psychiatrist Sue Stuart-Smith reveals how tending to plants can give us all some hope During the Second World War, the British people were advised to Dig for…
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Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown
Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart, say the authors of a new study on how lockdown can be eased without a resurgence of coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: the first moves to ease lockdown
Slowly but surely, several countries are starting to plan for a gradual end to the lockdowns imposed to try and stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is an overview: China The central Chinese province of Hubei, with the…
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Romania extends coronavirus lockdown for another month
Romania on Tuesday extended its nationwide lockdown for another month in a bid to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The government will maintain previously enforced restrictions, including allowing citizens to go outside only for work and essential shopping…
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Jakarta imposes partial lockdown as virus cases surge
Soldiers and police hit the streets of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Friday to enforce its toughest social-distancing rules yet as coronavirus infections surge and critics warn of a looming public-health disaster. Violators face heavy fines and up to a year in…
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Depression and anxiety spiked after coronavirus lockdown announcement, study shows
There was a spike in the number of people reporting significant levels of depression and anxiety immediately following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a lockdown on 23 March, a study has found. On Tuesday 24 March, 38 percent of study…
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Coronavirus study that you can all help with as Britain enters lockdown
The streets of the UK are almost empty at the moment, as it was announced that we are all to avoid going outside except for essentials. In what’s being called a lockdown, people are being asked to leave only for…
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