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Prince Charles Now a Free Man After Self-Isolation Due to Coronavirus
Prince Charles is now out of isolation and is of good health after he has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
The heir to the British throne and is in isolation in the residence of Scotland has been reported according to a royal source that “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation.”
He has stayed in the Birkhall home on the royal Balmoral estate.
The seven days isolation period following the medical guidelines in the UK have already been finished. Camilla, the wife of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, is still in her self-isolation and observe if symptoms would occur.
According to the UK guidelines -anyone with symptoms should self-isolate for seven days, while everyone living in their household should self-isolate for two weeks.
It has been known before that the Prince had only mild symptoms during the confirmation of the virus that was reported by the Clarence House. There is still no definite notion as to where he caught it from, and he recently had a lot of public events before the diagnosis.
The last encounter with the Queen was on March 12 at the palace in London during the investiture ceremony for public awards.
Likewise, the 93-year-old Queen canceled all her engagements and resided to the Windsor Castle for the Easter period. Public events which the Queen and other Royal family members which they planned to attend have been postponed and or canceled, including the annual Maundy Service at St. George’s Chapel as announced the Buckingham Palace.
During the past week, many of the senior officials in Great Britain have been tested positive for the virus including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
As of the writing, the virus has killed 159 people in England, 6 in Scotland and 14 in Wales and 1 in Ireland. There have been 9000 positive cases of the novel coronavirus. The total number of deaths in the UK reached already 1,228.
One who died is Amged El-Harani, an ENT consultant at the Queen’s Hospital Burton. Another organ transplant consultant also died after testing positive for the said novel coronavirus.
On Monday, Dominic Cummings, the chief advisor to the Prime Minister, has some symptoms related to the virus and is currently at home doing home isolation too.
A total of 20,000 former NHS staff went back to work to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Prime Minister, the country would get through the crisis together.
1 in 4 doctors are off from their jobs at the moment because of symptoms and isolation due to different reasons, like family members have symptoms.
Also, in Northern Ireland, some 200 inmates were earlier released from prison, specifically for those whose sentences will end soon. The Scottish government is also considering the same measures while England and Wales are still talking about some other options such as early release and transfer of prisons to other sites.
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NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of August.
BLACKPINK retains its #1 spot in the NEW K.ID’s weekly chart for three consecutive weeks as they tie with WINNER’s previous record. BLACKPINK has announced a new single dropping on August 28th which will be a collaboration with American pop star, Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez also recently teased her collaboration with BLACKPINK on her Instagram post captioned, “SELPINK pulling up soon. 8/28”.
Following their release of the single, BLACKPINK will be releasing their first debut album on October 2nd.
PENTAGON, SHINee, GWSN, and N.Flying all retained their spots in TOP5. The 6th place, WINNER, celebrated their 6th year debut anniversary. MINO posted a photo of WINNER on his Instagram, celebrating the time and unforgettable memories that they have spent together for the last 6 years.
Ranked at #9, SF9’s Rowoon has been named as ‘The North Face white label’s F/W’ model and its brand ambassador. With a height over 6’3’’, Rowoon not only has a youthful personality but also has various talents as he can both sing and act in various entertainment fields. The North Face saw that Rowoon’s versatility perfectly matched its brand image and decided to partner with Rowoon.
Coming in at #10, DAY6’s sub-unit, Even of Day, is releasing a new album, ‘The Book of Us: Gluon – Nothing can tear us apart’ on August 31st. All 7 songs in the album are written and produced by the Even of Day members. Young K is expected to play guitar in place of Sungjin and Jae. JYP’s representative commented, “Young K showed his expertise on the bass guitar and will continue to play more instruments.” It was also mentioned that Wonpil’s synthesizer and Dowoon’s electronic drum will be key in this album.
Additionally, in last week’s ‘2020 SORIBADA BEST K-MUSIC AWARDS’, GWSN and LOONA won New Wave New Artist Awards while GFRIEND took the main prize (bonsang) home.
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Death after unmasked arrest – Mexico Floyd
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Amid a stir across the U.S. over the “George Floyd” incident that killed white police abuses, similar cases of abuse of public power have been revealed in Mexico, sparking public outrage.
The daily El Universal has been protesting against the incident since it was belatedly revealed that construction worker Giovanni Lopez died the next day after being arrested by police in Guadalajara, western Mexico, on April 4.
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Death of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street