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Virus lockdown spawns at-home amateur barbers

The coronavirus pandemic forcing the shutdown of nonessential businesses has created a small but growing problem for Americans – with no hair salons or barber shops open, people have to turn to other methods of getting their hair cut and colored. Ed O’Keefe speaks to some people who are living under lockdown about how they are managing to keep their loose ends trim and tidy. Source

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Baker Apollonia Poilane on heading up her family business

Franco-American baker Apollonia Poilane runs what is reputed to be one of the world’s best bakeries, but to her, it is a family business and a calling. After her parents died when Poilane was just 18, she stepped up as the head of the bakery that her grandfather founded and father turned into a worldwide name. She sits down with Jamie Wax to talk about her childhood growing up at the bakery and her mother’s design studio, and why she felt it was important to shoulder her family tradition. Source

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Turkey imposes 48-hour coronavirus lockdown

With the global coronavirus death toll exceeding 100,000, the World Health Organization warns that lifting lockdown measures too early could lead to even deadlier outcomes. Turkey announced a 48-hour curfew for its major cities, becoming the latest country to enact such measures. Holly Williams reports on how Turkish residents prepared themselves for the lockdown that would leave only pharmacies, bakeries and essential services such as hospitals open. Source

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