SOFIA (Reuters) - The Bulgarian capital Sofia will be sealed off from Friday to contain the spread of the new coronavirus after the number of confirmed cases jumped in the past two days, the health minister said.

Bulgaria registered over 40 new cases both on Wednesday and Thursday bringing the total number to 800, including 38 deaths. More than half of the confirmed infections are in Sofia.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2020/04/17/bulgarian-capital-sofia-sealed-off-to-contain-spread-of-coronavirus

Hope there are no llamas in China. They'll start slicing their eyelids off before blowtorching them alive.

https://mol.im/a/8233991

Minister for Business Heather Humpreys on businesses flying in cheap labour during the lock-down.

This is all building up to allow asylum seekers roam free funded by taxpayers. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/covid-19-outbreak-confirmed-at-hotel-in-kerry-town-used-to-house-asylum-seekers-994862.html

It's happening. https://mol.im/a/8235307

Fishermen are continuing their protest in Dingle Harbour after a Spanish fishing boat tried to land there last night.

The protest relates to concerns the fishermen have over the spread of coronavirus.

They have been blocking the pier since 7 o’clock last night and says their protest will continue as long as necessary.

The fishermen say they are concerned over the spread of coronavirus and allege that occupants on foreign vessels have not complied with social distancing guidelines.

https://www.radiokerry.ie/protest-continuing-dingle-pier-coronavirus-spread-concerns/

The residents of the Caherciveen Direct Plantation centre who were infected with Covid-19 are being moved to Cork. Also, it sounds like they are constructing apartments for the asylum spoofers behind the hotel.

Luke Kelly statue vandalised again.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0420/1132529-luke-kelly-statue/

Doctors saved them by hooking them to a life-support machine called ECMO

Their abnormal skin colour is caused by hormonal imbalances after their livers were damaged by the virus, their doctor told Chinese state media.

Dr Li suspected that the two medics' skin turned dark due to a type of medicine they had received at the beginning of the treatment.

He added that one of the drug's side effects is the darkening of the skin colour. He did not name the drug.

Dr Li expected both medics' skin colour to return to normal after the function of their livers improves.

https://mol.im/a/8237475

A DOCTOR HAS resigned from the Irish Medical Council after levelling strong criticism at the government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak, particularly in relation to the protection of nursing home residents.

Dr Marcus de Brun, a GP based in Rush, Co Dublin, was appointed by Health Minister Simon Harris to the Irish Medical Council in 2018.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/coronavirus/doctor-resigns-from-irish-medical-council-after-criticising-mismanagement-of-covid-19-outbreak/ar-BB12VFrK

An Italian nurse was attacked by an immigrant while going to work in the hospital. Just before the start of her shift, in the Maggiore parking lot in Parma.

[translated from Italian via google]

Moments of violence and fear in which the African also took her money and tried to steal her car.

The Nigerian followed the nurse and, as she got out of the car, violently opened the door of the car, removed the little money that was in the cockpit and attempted to steal the car.

The woman, under threat, reacted by attracting the attention of a colleague who immediately called the carabinieri who, in turn, arrested the man, a 24-year-old Nigerian, unemployed with precedents behind him.

The young man, to whom attempted sexual violence was also contested, is in the district house of Parma.

https://voxnews.info/2020/04/16/africano-tenta-di-stuprare-infermiera-mentre-entra-in-ospedale/

Gemma and John's supporters at the Four Courts today.

https://twitter.com/irishphotodesk/status/1252540159146549248

Assault outside the Skellig Hotel Direct Provision Centre in Caherciveen first identified the victim as an asylum seeker.