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| We made it to Friday, Daily Briefing readers! Sorry to be a bummer, but health experts are worried that we're not being active enough during quarantine, which could lead to blood clots, weight gain and more. |
| As we gear up for another weekend indoors, here are some tips and tricks on how to exercise while you're social distancing from USA TODAY's Working Out From Home series. |
| It's N'dea, and here's what you need to know as you cruise into this Easter weekend. |
For many Christians, a virtual Good Friday |
| The coronavirus pandemic is forcing changes to the way Christians celebrate Good Friday, which commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. With millions around the world under orders to stay home, many churches will be livestreaming services and using other alternatives to traditional in-person gatherings. That includes the Vatican, where Pope Francis will venerate the Cross alone in St. Peter's Basilica, according to Rome Reports. Good Friday is a part of Holy Week, the days leading up to Easter Sunday, which marks the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. |
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Government intervenes as supplies to fight the coronavirus falls, demand rises |
| The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week unveiled regulations restricting the export of five types of personal protective equipment, saying the items could no longer be exported without explicit FEMA approval. Scheduled to take effect Friday, the list includes N95 respirators; other filtering facepiece respirators; reusable elastomeric air-purifying respirators and cartridges; surgical masks and surgical gloves. Trump signaled he would ban the export of the medical gear earlier this week, but the regulations offer new detail about how the prohibition will work. The rule is expected to last four months. |
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Want more coronavirus news? Here's the latest |
| The U.S. appeared on course to overtake Italy within days as the country with the highest number of fatalities from the coronavirus. However, virus deaths as a proportion of the population in the U.S. remains about one-sixth of those in hard-hit Italy and Spain. |
| I'll be rounding up the biggest updates related to coronavirus every day in the newsletter so you can stay informed. Want daily coronavirus updates in your inbox? Sign up here. |
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Iceland has tested 10% of its population for the coronavirus: Here's what it learned |
| By Friday, Iceland will have achieved something no other country has: tested 10% of its population for the coronavirus , a figure far higher than anywhere else in the world. With a population over 364,000, their findings are startling: about half of its citizenry at any given time who have the coronavirus but don't know it, will be asymptomatic — a large percentage many experts have suspected, but have had little firm data to corroborate. "That's a bit scary. They could be spreading it and not knowing it," said Kari Stefansson, a scientist involved in the testing who said that Iceland tested citizens at random by selecting names out of the country's main telephone directory. The coronavirus has swept the globe, infecting more than 1.6 million people and killing at least 95,000. |
Severe storms bring snow in the Northeast, storms to the South |
| The same weather system that battered Texas with harsh storms is poised to dump about a foot of snow in parts of northern New England on Friday. The heavy snowstorm bearing down on Maine, and parts of northern New England, began with a mix of rain and snow Thursday afternoon before changing to snow as a push of colder air arrived, according to AccuWeather. "Similar to the pattern from this past winter, Maine and portions of eastern Canada will bear the brunt of snowfall from this storm," meteorologist Renee Duff said. In addition to the snow in the northeast, "there is still going to be some showers and thunderstorms across southern Western Texas (Friday) that will ramp up as the storm system moves out into the plains Sunday," AccuWeather meteorologist Michael Leseney told USA TODAY. |
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'Trolls World Tour' skips theaters and heads to streaming audiences |
| Unlike pretty much every other major studio movie during the time of the coronavirus pandemic, "Trolls World Tour" (★★★ out of four; rated PG; available for rent on digital platforms Friday) decided for a streaming release rather than waiting for theaters. After saving all of Troll kind in the first film, Poppy (voiced by Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) return in the animated sequel to learn all sorts of new things including that each Troll tribe is connected with a certain genre of music. They also get new metal-loving foes in Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend") and her dad King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne). "While not quite as subversive and refreshing as the first 'Trolls,' World Tour' offers endless cuteness, an impressive voice cast and just enough depth for grownups and children alike to chew on," USA TODAY's Brian Truitt says. |
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In better news: He's a survivor 💪 |
| A 101-year-old British man has returned home after beating the coronavirus, according to the hospital that treated him. |
| The man spent two weeks battling the virus at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, England, according to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust. The BBC identified the man as Keith Watson; the hospital released only the patient's first name. |
| The hospital shared a photograph of Watson with staff in a post that said: "Well done to everyone on Ward 12 at the Alexandra Hospital for looking after Keith so well for the past two weeks." |
 | | Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust posted a photo of a 101-year-old patient after he recovered from COVID-19. | | Screen capture a of a Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Facebook post | |
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