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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as you start your day.

LAST UPDATE | 20 Mar 2020

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #CORONAVIRUS: 191 new cases of Covid-19 and a third death were confirmed in Ireland last night.

2. #FUNDRAISING: A group of Irish researchers are raising funds to develop easy-to-assemble and inexpensive-to-build emergency ventilators for Covid-19 patients.

3. #CALIFORNIA: California’s governor has ordered people in the most populous US state to stay home.

4. #BUSINESS: With high streets quiet, many small businesses have been turning to online sales and deliveries to survive. 

5. #HIGH COURT: An environmental group has secured permission from the High Court to challenge a decision to grant planning permission for a development of over 650 apartments in Raheny.

6. #NETFLIX: Netflix has said it will temporarily reduce the quality of videos on its platform to ease pressure on internet service providers during the coronavirus outbreak.

7. #UNEMPLOYMENT: There have been 58,000 applications for the new Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment.

8. #ASTHMA: People with respiratory conditions are being assured that there is no shortage of medication for their conditions and that stockpiling isn’t necessary.

9. #INDIA: Four Indian men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012 have been executed, the BBC reports