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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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Pope Francis readies for solitary Easter weekend

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Vatican to depart from its holy week traditions, with the church announcing that the Pope will not baptize new Catholics into the faith and will carry out the Holy Saturday Vigil alone. Chris Livesay reports from an empty St. Peter’s Square, an area normally filled with tens of thousands of Easter weekend tourists. Source

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Europeans see clear night skies after lockdowns reduce air and light pollution

“As much of the world grinds to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic, people who are living under lockdown have looked up to notice clearer, sparkling night skies. In Europe, the absence of most cars and the closure of stadiums, shops and offices has led to a drop in air pollution and revealed awe-inspiring stars that many living in suburban and urban areas could have never seen otherwise. Roxana Saberi speaks to stargazers who find comfort in the night sky amid the world’s current crisis. ” Source

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Tracing the link between epidemics and our interactions with nature

Many experts believe the first coronavirus case can be traced to a market in Wuhan, China where exotic wildlife is often butchered and sold. New York Times science and environmental reporter Jim Robbins has been studying the link between epidemics such as AIDS, Ebola and SARS and human interaction with the natural world, and says we are “defying mother nature” with deforestation and other harmful acts to the environment. He joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to explain the links between humanity and nature that lead to devastating effects. Source

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Team of doctors aims to create ventilator for multiple patients

Ventilators are needed to keep patients alive in the most serious stage of coronavirus infection. However, ventilator shortages has led one group of doctors to become amateur engineers, finding a way for one ventilator to serve more than one patient. Don Dahler speaks to one of the doctors behind the effort, as well as one ER physician who is training other doctors on the procedure. Source

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