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NETHERLANDS. A cameraman films the glass door which was smashed during a break-in at the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday. (AP)

Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid

IRAN. In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a face mask, to help protect against the new coronavirus, speaks on his cellphone in downtown Tehran, Iran. Local media reported Thursday, March 26, 2020, that nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened by ingesting toxic methanol across the Islamic Republic out of the false belief it kills the new coronavirus. That's as messages forwarded through social media on people surviving the virus by drinking whiskey and using alcohol-based hand sanitizer somehow saw people seek out bootleg liquor in Iran. (AP)

In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds

KENYA. Kenyan police hold back ferry passengers after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020. The new measures required public transport vehicles to drop passengers 1km away and walk to the ferry terminal and then queue, but passengers fearing they would get stuck before a 7pm curfew started crowding to get on causing police to fire tear gas and round up the passengers. (AP)

Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa

NEW YORK. In this March 16, 2011, file photo, a security fence surrounds inmate housing on the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York. Health experts say prisons and jails are considered a potential epicenter for America’s coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Locked up: No masks, sanitizer as virus spreads behind bars

VATICAN. Pope Francis celebrates Mass at his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Vatican News via AP)

Pope to mark Holy Week ceremonies in shelter of St. Peter’s

NETHERLANDS. A cameraman films the glass door which was smashed during a break-in at the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday. (AP)

Network Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid March 30, 2020

IRAN. In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a face mask, to help protect against the new coronavirus, speaks on his cellphone in downtown Tehran, Iran. Local media reported Thursday, March 26, 2020, that nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened by ingesting toxic methanol across the Islamic Republic out of the false belief it kills the new coronavirus. That's as messages forwarded through social media on people surviving the virus by drinking whiskey and using alcohol-based hand sanitizer somehow saw people seek out bootleg liquor in Iran. (AP)

Network In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds March 29, 2020

KENYA. Kenyan police hold back ferry passengers after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020. The new measures required public transport vehicles to drop passengers 1km away and walk to the ferry terminal and then queue, but passengers fearing they would get stuck before a 7pm curfew started crowding to get on causing police to fire tear gas and round up the passengers. (AP)

Network Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa March 29, 2020

NEW YORK. In this March 16, 2011, file photo, a security fence surrounds inmate housing on the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York. Health experts say prisons and jails are considered a potential epicenter for America’s coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Network Locked up: No masks, sanitizer as virus spreads behind bars March 29, 2020

VATICAN. Pope Francis celebrates Mass at his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Vatican News via AP)

Network Pope to mark Holy Week ceremonies in shelter of St. Peter’s March 28, 2020

USA. A worker, wearing a protective mask and gloves against the Covid-19 coronavirus, stocks produce before the opening of Gus's Community Market, Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP)

Network Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food April 2, 2020

USA. A body wrapped in plastic is loaded onto a refrigerated container truck used as a temporary morgue by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to Covid-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP)

Network Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus April 1, 2020

RUSSIA. A view of an empty Red square, with the St. Basil's Cathedral (center), and Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower (right) in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP)

Network Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same March 31, 2020

NETHERLANDS. A cameraman films the glass door which was smashed during a break-in at the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday. (AP)

Network Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid March 30, 2020

USA. In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 file photo, medical personnel are silhouetted against the back of a tent before the start of coronavirus testing in the parking lot outside of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (AP)

Network Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus disease March 30, 2020

IRAN. In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a face mask, to help protect against the new coronavirus, speaks on his cellphone in downtown Tehran, Iran. Local media reported Thursday, March 26, 2020, that nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened by ingesting toxic methanol across the Islamic Republic out of the false belief it kills the new coronavirus. That's as messages forwarded through social media on people surviving the virus by drinking whiskey and using alcohol-based hand sanitizer somehow saw people seek out bootleg liquor in Iran. (AP)

Network In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds March 29, 2020

USA. A worker, wearing a protective mask and gloves against the Covid-19 coronavirus, stocks produce before the opening of Gus's Community Market, Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP) onerror=

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BACOLOD. The Bacolod City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office (CCLDO) has sent out 1,500 pieces of pre-cut materials to home-based seamstresses for the Facial Mask Making Program of the city. The CCLDO was tasked by Mayor Evelio Leonardia to undertake a livelihood program that will allow home-based sewers accredited with the CCLDO to manufacture washable or reusable facial masks. (Contributed photo)

Bacolod Facial masks

NEGROS. Bago City officials headed by Mayor Nicholas Yulo (fourth from right) receive 50 carboys containing 20 liters each of rubbing alcohol from Distileria Bago Inc. led by its plant manager Leonardo Bico turn on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by The Citybridge)

Bacolod Mayor: ‘Lockdown not needed in Bago City’

Bacolod NegOcc starts province-wide Covid-19 testing

BACOLOD. The Bacolod City Government launched a food project called “Sari-Sari Store on Wheels” in Barangay Taculing Thursday, April 2, with its first mobile store partner called “Chinggayan.” (BBDPC photo)

Bacolod Bacolod launches ‘Sari-Sari Store on Wheels’

Bacolod PUI, 60, dies in Bacolod

USA. A worker, wearing a protective mask and gloves against the Covid-19 coronavirus, stocks produce before the opening of Gus's Community Market, Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP)

Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food NEW YORK -- Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and...

USA. A body wrapped in plastic is loaded onto a refrigerated container truck used as a temporary morgue by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to Covid-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP)

Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus NEW YORK -- It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals: workers in protective...

RUSSIA. A view of an empty Red square, with the St. Basil's Cathedral (center), and Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower (right) in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP)

Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same MOSCOW -- The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13...

NETHERLANDS. A cameraman films the glass door which was smashed during a break-in at the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday. (AP)

Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight...

USA. In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 file photo, medical personnel are silhouetted against the back of a tent before the start of coronavirus testing in the parking lot outside of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (AP)

Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus disease WASHINGTON -- Older people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage...

IRAN. In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a face mask, to help protect against the new coronavirus, speaks on his cellphone in downtown Tehran, Iran. Local media reported Thursday, March 26, 2020, that nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened by ingesting toxic methanol across the Islamic Republic out of the false belief it kills the new coronavirus. That's as messages forwarded through social media on people surviving the virus by drinking whiskey and using alcohol-based hand sanitizer somehow saw people seek out bootleg liquor in Iran. (AP)

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