The Daily Populous

Monday April 27th, 2020 day edition

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A TOP Russian doctor plunged 50 ft from her office window as she complained to bosses on a conference call about a shortage of PPE for coronavirus medics.

3 Top Russian doctor Yelena Nepomnyashchaya is reported to have fallen from a window during a call about PPE shortages Credit: vestnick.icdc. 3 Dr Nepomnyashchaya, 47, runs the Krasnoyarsk Regional Hospital for War Veterans Credit: Google Maps.

She is now fighting for her life in intensive care after the fifth floor fall but medics are "refusing to talk" about her chances of survival, TVK Krasnoyarsk reported.

The respected doctor was on a call with Minister of Health for the Krasnoyarsk region Boris Nemik on Saturday at the time of the fall.

She is thought to have been against the plan because of a shortage of protective equipment for doctors.

Krasnoyarsk is capital city of the second largest region in the Russian Federation.

The tragedy follows other reports that doctors in a number of Russian regions have quit their jobs in protest over a lack of PPE. »

Trump Goes on Angry Anti-Media Tweetstorm, Demands Reporters Give Back “Noble Prizes”

Authored by slate.com

Being forced to stay inside and away from the golf course seems to be hitting President Donald Trump particularly hard this weekend.

On Sunday the president went on an angry Twitter rant that was intense even by Trump’s standards.

It looks like the president was angry at a story published Thursday in the New York Times that reported on the president’s life during the pandemic. »

Coronavirus fears prompt new fines for deliberately coughing, sneezing and spitting on frontline workers in Queensland

Authored by abc.net.au
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Coronavirus fears prompt new fines for deliberately coughing, sneezing and spitting on frontline workers in Queensland.

People who deliberately spit, sneeze or cough on frontline workers will be fined up to $13,000, the Queensland Government has announced.

The State Government says they're designed to protect frontline workers from people deliberately spitting, sneezing or coughing on them. »

Coronavirus app: will Australians trust a government with a history of tech fails and data breaches?

Authored by theguardian.com
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The federal government is attempting to convince Australians it can be trusted to handle personal data collected by the coronavirus contact tracing app.

But it’s an uphill battle due to a long history of secrecy and failures to live up to promises on security and privacy of Australians’ data.

The problem he faces is that the government’s history in this area is littered with tech fails, data breaches and misuse of personal data. »

Study: 71 percent of jobless Americans did not receive their March unemployment benefits

Authored by vox.com

The majority of unemployed Americans did not receive unemployment benefits in March — a month that shattered US records for job loss claims — according to a new study.

As a result, only 29 percent of jobless Americans received benefits in March, according to Pew’s analysis of Labor Department statistics.

The federal CARES Act, the $2.2 trillion stimulus package aimed at addressing coronavirus-related economic fallout, featured provisions meant to boost the size and scope of unemployment benefits. »