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!!! Coronavirus Worldwide !!!

!!! A state-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus cases !!!

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(1) K-pop star under fire for coronavirus prank

K-pop star Kim Jae-joong, also known Jaejoong, is facing severe criticism for an April Fools' Day "prank" he pulled on Instagram, Wednesday, by claiming he had been infected with the new coronavirus. The member of the K-pop group JYJ issued an apology later in the day, but the controversy is showing no signs of abating at a time when nearly 1 million people worldwide have been infected with COVID-19, including a number of medical staff who are courageously fighting the contagious disease on the frontlines. A petition calling for some sort of punishment to be levied against the singer was posted on the Cheong Wa Dae website ― also Wednesday ― and has received support from over 12,000 citizens as of 1 p.m. Thursday. On his Instagram account, which has nearly 2 million followers, Kim claimed he had been confirmed to have been infected with the virus, saying, "I was hospitalized. I am sorry for those who could have been infected by the virus because of me."

(2) Surreal - NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard. “Every person there, they’re not a body,” he said. “They’re a father, they’re a mother, they’re a grandmother. They’re not bodies. They’re people.” Like many funeral homes in New York and around the globe, Marmo’s business is in crisis as he tries to meet surging demand amid the coronavirus pandemic that has killed around 1,400 people in New York City alone, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. His two cellphones and the office line are ringing constantly. He’s apologizing to families at the start of every conversation for being unusually terse, and begging them to insist hospitals hold their dead loved ones as long as possible. His company is equipped to handle 40 to 60 cases at a time, no problem. On Thursday morning, it was taking care of 185. “This is a state of emergency,” he said. “We need help.” Funeral directors are being squeezed on one side by inundated hospitals trying to offload bodies, and on the other by the fact that cemeteries and crematoriums are booked for a week at least, sometimes two.

(3) How to make a non-medical coronavirus face mask – no sewing required

The US Centers for Disease Control now recommends that all Americans wear face masks in public to reduce transmission of Covid-19. Because there are widespread shortages of medical-grade face masks, and leaders and experts agree those should be reserved for healthcare providers, individuals are largely making face masks at home. Jeremy Howard, a University of San Francisco researcher and the co-founder of Masks 4 All, explains how to create your own, with no sewing required.

(4) Twitter chief to donate quarter of his fortune to coronavirus fight

Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, has pledged to donate $1bn (£800m) to fund coronavirus research to help “disarm this pandemic”. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006 and went on to co-found payments company Square, tweeted on Tuesday that he was donating $1bn of Square shares to a charitable fund, called Start Small, to “fund global Covid-19 relief”. Dorsey, 43, said the donation was equivalent to about “28% of my wealth”. Dorsey has a fortune of about $3.9bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It is by far the biggest single donation to the global fight to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world’s richest person, has said he will donate $100m to food bank charity Feeding America. “Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American households is an important problem, and unfortunately Covid-19 is amplifying that stress significantly,” Bezos, 56, said in an Instagram post last week.