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Chance the Rapper Shares Update on Jeremih’s Coronavirus Recovery

Jeremih is luckily doing much better after his battle with coronavirus.

The 33-year-old singer’s close friend Chance the Rapper took to Twitter on Thursday (December 3) to reveal that Jeremih will heading home on Friday.

“I AM FILLED WITH PRAISE RIGHT NOW I JUST HEARD MY BROTHER JEREMIH’S VOICE ON THE PHONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST A MONTH,” Chance tweeted.

“HE WILL BE OUT THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW WE GIVE ALL GLORY TO THE FATHER IN JESUS NAME,” he continued.

Chance also shared his appreciation for all the nurses, doctors, and frontline workers who took care of

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Japanese PM Suga to hold news conference amid third coronavirus wave

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is set to hold a news conference to provide an update on the country’s pandemic response on Friday, his first since coronavirus case numbers surged in November.



Yoshihide Suga wearing a suit and tie sitting in front of a curtain: FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference following his confirmation as Prime Minister of Japan in Tokyo

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FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference following his confirmation as Prime Minister of Japan in Tokyo

Suga is expected to explain his backing of a widely criticised travel subsidy campaign meant to help revive the economy amid infection controls.

In recent weeks, a third wave of the coronavirus has arrived in parts of the country, and some medical groups and experts blame it on a government campaign to encourage domestic tourism.

His news conference will take place at 6 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Suga’s approval ratings have dipped, with many unhappy with his handling of the pandemic, polls showed. That could deal a

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Holocaust survivor wants to jam with Tuba Skinny; due to coronavirus, they improvise | Music

Trombonist Barnabus Jones, 41, could have stepped into this 9th Ward backyard during another century, with his mutton-chop sideburns, fedora and style of horn playing. His bandmates in Tuba Skinny are similarly timeless, as is their music, a broad repertoire of old-time jazz and blues that they play ensemble-style.

“Because of improvisation, people play off each other,” Jones said. “How we play is based on who we’re playing with.”

The self-released albums feature unreleased tunes from Tuba Skinny and jazz and swing from Jazz Vipers.

But for Tuesday’s performance, in a backyard on New Orleans’ Urquhart Street, the seven musicians were vibing partly to one another and partly to the imagined rhythms of someone unseen, an 89-year-old Belgian pianist named Simon Gronowski.

“Hey, Mr. Gronowski,” intoned washboard player Robin Rapuzzi, 32, as they began to record. “We’d like to play music with you, too.” Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an

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Coronavirus live news: US records highest daily deaths since April; Obama, Bush and Clinton offer to get vaccines on TV | World news

Hundreds of thousands of masked students in South Korea, including 35 confirmed Covid-19 patients, took the highly competitive university entrance exam today despite the viral resurgence that has forced authorities to toughen social distancing rules.

About 493,430 students were taking the one-day exam at about 1,380 sites across the nation, including hospitals and other medical facilities where the 35 virus patients and hundreds of other test-takers in self-quarantine sat separately from others, according to the education ministry.

South Korean students take their College Scholastic Ability Test at a school in Seoul, South Korea.

 South Korean students take their College Scholastic Ability Test at a school in Seoul, South Korea. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

The annual exam, called “suneung,” or the College Scholastic Ability Test, is crucial for many students. Job prospects and social standing can often depend on which university you graduate from.

This year’s exam had been originally scheduled for November but were delayed due to the virus outbreak. Experts say on-and-off online classes have

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Coronavirus live news: US sees highest daily deaths since April; Obama, Bush and Clinton offer to get vaccines on TV | World news





France was once home to the father of immunisation, Louis Pasteur, but it is now among the most vaccine-sceptic nations on Earth – a pressing concern as it prepares one of the biggest vaccination campaigns in its history, AFP reports.

A survey in Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper at the weekend showed only 41% of the French planned to get inoculated, compared with the 58% recorded in a recent Gallup poll in the US, where coronavirus and vaccine scepticism is also high.

Macron rejected a call from Greens leader Yannick Jadot to make the jab compulsory, saying he hoped to win over people with “conviction” and “transparency” instead.

Richard Lamette, a 65-year-old Paris-based plumber, told AFP he had no plans to get the Covid shot “until it has been well tested on the population”.

Remarking that several of his admittedly younger colleagues had contracted the virus but

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Eric Clapton’s Racist Rant Resurfaces After He Complains About Coronavirus Restrictions

Guitar legend Eric Clapton is receiving backlash for a “protest” song about refusing to adhere to guidelines to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. He and other musicians are reportedly deeply “upset” that they can’t perform live concerts.  Now, racist comments have surfaced that the “Tears From Heaven” songwriter made back in 1976.

Clapton, 75, told Variety about a song he is doing with singer-songwriter Van Morrison, “There are many of us who support Van and his endeavors to save live music; he is an inspiration.”

Morrison has compared lockdowns to slavery.

Clapton continued, “We must stand up and be counted because we need to find a way out of this mess. The alternative is not worth thinking about. Live music might never recover.”

The comments did not sit well with many people on social media, including Legendary co-host Jameela Jamil. 

Jamil reminded folks of Clapton’s 1976 racist rant,

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Rita Ora’s music banned by radio DJ after coronavirus lockdown breach



Rita Ora et al. posing for the camera

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Rita Ora’s music has been banned by a local UK radio station after she broke COVID-19 lockdown rules.

Radio Exe breakfast show host Ben Clark has blacklisted the ‘Anywhere’ hitmaker after she and a group of friends gathered at a London restaurant to celebrate her 30th birthday last weekend in a breach of the government’s ban on parties and social occasions.

After playing her song ‘I Will Never Let You Down’, Clark told listeners that he won’t be playing any of Rita’s music in the future on his slot on the station, which broadcasts in Exeter, Devon.

Speaking on air, he vowed: “I can’t speak for any other Radio Exe presenter, but as of now, for the foreseeable future, I’m not playing any of her songs.

“You can’t get your head round it can you, the mind boggles. My 11 year old daughter said to

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A movie shoot for ‘She’s All That’ remake almost temporarily closed a Los Angeles coronavirus testing site

A movie shoot at a Los Angeles landmark nearly temporarily shut down a coronavirus testing site, until city officials stepped in.



a group of people walking down a street: Coronavirus testing at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, was threatened by a movie shoot scheduled for Tuesday.

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Coronavirus testing at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, was threatened by a movie shoot scheduled for Tuesday.

More than 500 people had appointments to be tested Tuesday at Union Station, according to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. However, they were notified by testing site operator Curative on Monday that the location would be closed due to an event, as first reported by Deadline.

News of the testing site’s closure quickly garnered backlash online, with many commenting that the location is one of the city’s most accessible testing sites.

Los Angeles County Public Health reported its highest-ever single day Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations on Tuesday, just one day after surpassing 400,000 total cases. The city went under a new stay-at-home order on Monday,

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‘The Flight Attendant’ Star Rosie Perez Revealed She Had Coronavirus A Year Ago

Rosie Perez has revealed she had coronavirus.

The 56-year-old actress opened up about her diagnosis and symptoms that happened almost a year ago while she was filming for The Flight Attendant in Bangkok, Thailand.

“I had contracted COVID when we flew to Bangkok,” Rosie recalled in an interview with UPROXX. “And at that time, they were saying ‘It’s a new respiratory tract infection. It’s a virus that’s going around. We don’t really know what it is and what it does, but it attacks the respiratory system first and then travels to other parts of your body.’”

She admitted that having COVID was “terrifying.”

“I remember my manager was with me, and I said, ‘Tarik, don’t let me die in Bangkok.’ And he goes, ‘Oh my God, you’re scaring me.’ And the head of the ICU says, ‘You should be scared, sir. This is serious. We’re going to have to

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Cardi B Apologizes For Thanksgiving Gathering Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic

After tweeting about hosting a total of 37 people for Thanksgiving amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Cardi B took to Twitter to apologize. According to the rapper, she never intended to offend anyone by revealing the size of the family celebration. “Sorry my bad, wasn’t trying to make nobody feel bad,” she tweeted on Sunday, Nov. 29.

The “WAP” rapper’s apology came after her initial tweet about having a full house for Thanksgiving. “Twelve kids and 25 adults over the holidays. It was lit,” she wrote. The reveal was met with immediate backlash from fans who noted that the CDC recommended against large gatherings due to COVID-19 — especially with cases rising across the United States.

After seeing the criticism, Cardi reassured her fans and followers that extra safety precautions were taken. “Just had my family in my home for the first time and it felt so good &

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