Coronavirus distancing measures lifted as Cyclone Harold lashes Vanuatu Posted about an hour agoMon 6 Apr 2020, 3:43am Tens of thousands of people across Vanuatu are bunkering down as a powerful category five cyclone moves slowly across the Pacific island nation. Key points: Bans on public gatherings are lifted to allow people to make their way to evacuation centresCurrent rules on social distancing against the coronavirus won't apply in sheltersVanuatu is still preparing for the worst after receiving a weather warning this morning There are warnings of heavy rain and flash flooding for low-lying areas and winds of up to 215 kilometres per hour at the cyclone's centre. Vanuatu is already in a state of emergency because of coronavirus although the country has no confirmed cases. Over the weekend, disaster authorities had to lift bans on public gatherings larger than five, to ensure people made their way to evacuation centres. Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) told people current rules on social distancing will not apply in shelters.
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The Funniest Coronavirus Memes and Jokes Patton Oswalt did stand-up to an audience of (almost) no one. Photo: Patton Oswalt/Twitter Look, we get it. The central premise of this article sounds absurd. What could possibly be funny about a global pandemic that has altered the very fabric of our existence, in one fell swoop shutting down everything we hold dear, from sports to movies to music to the very notion of human interaction? That being said, a lot of the comedy produced in response to the coronavirus has been unfunny, hack, and sometimes legitimately racist. The jokes that have somehow been able to remain funny in this crazy, unprecedented time are often not really about the virus itself, but rather how coronavirus has affected our relationship to something else, like health care, our apartments, or each other. From Gilbert Gottfried … to Tavi Gevinson … … to the greater Brooklyn and L.A. alt-comedy community, everyone came together with the express purpose of roasting Gadot. Oh, and Jeff Goldblum. One million a month? Fin.
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