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MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Amazon Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month, sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain’s parliament on Wednesday that his government moved swiftly to protect the country’s vulnerable care homes.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) today said that the COVID-19 threat posed to this country from Brazil requires more robust action and it also called for the removal of mining and all mining-related activities from the list of ‘Essential Services’.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S.

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, an agency which approves medicines for the European Union said today.

Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, Barbados’ Ambassador to the  OAS Noel Lynch today declared that CARICOM takes its scrutineering role in the recount of votes from the March 2nd elections seriously and that every vote must count.

Saying that he had never before seen such a transparent attempt to alter the result of an election, the Head of the OAS observer mission to the March 2 polls here, Bruce Golding today told the OAS Permanent Council that the recount has shown clear examples of the inflation of APNU+AFC figures by the District Four Returning Officer  and a reduction of numbers for the opposition PPP/C.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild headache?

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – As Hollywood tries to figure out how to resume production of movies and TV shows in the coronavirus era, one sector may be better prepared than others to deal with the challenges.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba, laboring under a six-decade U.S. embargo, is betting a biotech sector begun by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro can give the Caribbean island an edge in a global race to find effective treatments for the new coronavirus.

In keeping with a call by the Guyana Nursing Association (GNA), masked Stabroek News staff gathered in the compound of the newspaper’s headquarters on Robb Street at 5 this afternoon and clapped their hands for two minutes.

The number of persons positive for COVID-19 has risen overnight from 109 to 113, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle.

Six legislators from the US House of Representatives representing both Democrats and Republicans today expressed support for the recount of votes underway here and called for the return of Carter Center observers.

On the heels of its announcement that as much as 85% of its workforce here could be severed  in a restructuring exercise, Guyana Goldfields yesterday announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from fellow Canadian miner Gran Colombia and this will be reviewed by the board to determine if it is superior to one from silver company, Silvercorp.

Heavy rain this morning left parts of the city flooded. The Civil Defence Commission has warned about the possibility of flooding.

Region Nine’s first coronavirus (COVID-19) victim this morning escaped from the Lethem Hospital where he had been quarantined and was later apprehended at his Bon Fim, Brazil home just across the border, Region Nine Police Commander Keithon King confirmed.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has said it would be wrong to hold a presidential election expected for early next year if the coronavirus persists, signalling for the first time a possible delay.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A fire apparently started by an overloaded ventilator killed five novel coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit in a Russian hospital today, news agencies reported.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll topped 38,000 as of early May, by far the worst yet reported in Europe, raising more questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Guyana Goldfields Inc is to sever between 200 to 300 employees as it faces a range of challenges including financing, regulatory approval of a mining plan and the impact of COVID-19, sources say.