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COVID-19

People wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus assemble to offer prayers at Dhakeshwari Temple during a Hindu Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh
COVID-19
Randomized study of mask-wearing illustrates their importance in preventing the spread COVID-19
Army captain in scrubs administers COVID-19 vaccine to man in black shirt
Medicine
The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine
MC Fioti during the recording of the remix version of his 2017 hit "Bum Bum Tam Tam," which has become Brazil's COVID-19 vaccine anthem. 
COVID-19
This funk remix became Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine anthem
A model of the coronavirus in red is displayed next to boxes of COVID-19 vaccines
Health & Medicine
China OKs first homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally
Woman in PPE holds up a vaccine
Economics
Global economic inequalities could grow worse with a vaccine for COVID-19
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S3 E4 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – This Is Not a Drill
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a theater. with red carpet is full of plants instead of an audience.
COVID-19
Barcelona opera reopens to full house — of plants
West End theaters stand on a sparsely populated street in London, March 13, 2020.
Culture
Is it curtains for London’s West End?