It is not difficult to catch cigarettes

[ad_1] It’s that easy to buy cigarettes: a few WhatsApp messages, an order placed, an ‘Uber’ delivery and voila. WhatsApp and Uber have made selling cigarettes easy. We wanted to test how easy it is to buy them under lockdown. Through a friend, we sent a WhatsApp to a merchant, …

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Millions, millions, millions need food

[ad_1] Food parcels are distributed in Fordsburg on 4 May in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo) It’s difficult to quantify the number of people in need during a crisis, but early indications suggest as many as 34% of people in South Africa have gone to bed …

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Britain reflects on quarantine for foreign visitors

[ad_1] Prime Minister Boris Johnson may reveal the measure Sunday night, according to media reports, when he sets his roadmap to ease a national blockade imposed in late March to curb the spread of COVID-19. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Image: AFP LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could introduce a mandatory …

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