Belgium prince Joachim tests positive after lockdown party

Belgian prince Joachim has been diagnosed with coronavirus just days after attending a private party in Spain which breached social distancing rules. He is the nephew of King Philippe of Belgium and ninth in line to the throne, attended the party on Tuesday in a private house in the city of Cordoba. According to Spanish news outlet El Pais, 27 people attended the private party, which is nearly double the number of people (15) currently allowed to congregate under one roof in the Andalusian city. All the guests who attended the party are now in quarantine, while it is not clear whether the prince contracted the virus at the party or whether he already had the virus beforehand.  Prince Laurent of Belgium, another of Joachim's uncles, confirmed the virus has been contracted by at least one member of his family.

How some cities 'flattened the curve' during the 1918 flu pandemic ..Today Coronavirus plays that role

Coronavirus, the first cases of which were discovered in the city of Wuhan in December 2019, continues to spread across the globe. So far more than 7.5 lakh cases of infection and 33 thousand more deaths have been registered. The Corona positive cases and deaths goes up day by day around the world. Especially Europe and United States of America are the great sufferers now. Panicky rumours are circulating on the Internet that over a thousand people are dying in Wuhan. At the Chinese border, Russians are refusing to work with goods from China because they believe they're infected. They are taking precautions at every level, and as a result prices are going up and business is going down. A dictatorship may be perfectly positioned to enforce a quarantine.CORONAVIRUS' epicentre is known to be Wuhan, a Chinese province - but an unearthed report claims the Spanish Flu pandemic may have originated in China more than a century ago, too.The Spanish flu is one of the worst has killed more than 100 million people maximum in 1918. The flu by positing that it developed first in Europe’s trenches. It began in the trenches or ended up there after the arrival of American troops, the virus spread quickly to German soldiers and to neutral Spain. Spain to erroneously think that it was alone in enduring such a brutal outbreak — hence the name `Spanish flu.` Russian POWs returning from Germany spread the disease to the newly created Soviet Union, and by May and June, various countries in Africa, as well as India, China, and Japan, all had outbreaks. In particular, had more brutal effects than typical influenza, not least because it was likelier than the ordinary flu to be joined by bacterial pneumonia. caused most of the deaths in the 1918 flu outbreak.While today countries keep detailed records of testing and diagnosis for new outbreaks (as they’ve been doing during the coronavirus crisis), there was no such record-keeping capacity in the late 1910s.

India beat New Zealand Again in second T-20 by 7 wickets

India beat New Zealand by seven wickets with 15 balls to spare. Both the two young talents from India KLRahul and Shreyas Iyer leads the team in to the consecutive victory in a row. Earlier in the same Eaden ground in Akland the first T-20 match India registers 6 wicket win. The boys Rahul and Shreyas knocked fifties. Shreyas have got player of the match with his brilliant knock. And Todays entire match also went around the two young Indian Batsmen. Man of the match Lokesh Rahul gets tremndous 57* 0ff 50 balls. With his support Shreyas again played a great innings. He gets 44 out off 33 balls. Then He was out trying to hit the ball over the ropes. An excellent catch from Tim Southee. However, this wicket is more of a consolation for Ish Sodhi as India need just 8 runs from 21 deliveries. The run chase did not get off to an ideal start as Rohit Sharma lost his wicket to Tim Southee in the first over. Southee also got the wicket of Virat Kohli(11) in the sixth over of the innings. Rahul brought the run chase back on the track alongside Shreyas Iyer with an 86-run partnership for the third wicket. Rahul scored his second fifty on the trot in the series from 43 deliveries and remained unbeaten for 57. Earlier Black Caps’ skipper Kane Williamson won the toss, elected to bat first. Martin Guptill got the hosts off to a good start but lost his wicket for 33 in the sixth over to Shardul Thakur. Colin Munro failed to make a mark as he got out to Shivam Dube after scoring 26 runs from 25 deliveries. Indian bowlers continued to put pressure on Kiwi batsmen in the middle overs. Kane Williamson struggled to get the ball into gaps and lost his wicket trying to sweep Ravindra Jadeja. He took two wickets for 18 runs.With this victory India move ahead 2-0 lead in the five Matches T-20 series.

Amazon `The lungs of the world`

The Amazon Rainforest, also known as Lungs of the World. This forest supplies 20 percent of oxygen to the entire world. Is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. More than half of the forest is contained within Brazil, the rest of it in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, covering five and a half million square kilometers, or 1.4 billion acres. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. The diversity of plant species is the highest on Earth.