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    COVID-19: Finding digital connections despite physical distance

    People turn to the internet to stay connected during the coronavirus pandemic


    Published:  April 12, 2020 14:52 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    A ballet teacher attends a virtual strengthening exercises live class for ballerinas which will be released on Youtube during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Fernanda Bianchini Association of Ballet and Arts for the disabled and blind in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A student takes classes online with his companions using the Zoom APP at home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in El Masnou, north of Barcelona, Spain. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Family members are seen on a computer screen showing video conference as the bride Ugi Lestari Widya Bahri prays in the backround, during a wedding ceremony which streamed online amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Yoga teacher Rebecca Pacheco, author of "Do Your Om Thing," waves goodbye after leading an online yoga class attended by people around the world from her home amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A physiotherapist holds a smartphone while attending a virtual strengthening exercises live class for ballerinas during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Fernanda Bianchini Association of Ballet and Arts for the disabled and blind in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Sisters Sylvia (R), Stephanie Falcomer (L) and grandson Peter Henry hold a 'socially distant' 94th birthday party in their driveway for their mother and grandmother Marcella Falcomer, who came to America from Italy in 1955, as they say hello to their relatives on a Zoom video conference call during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in West Nyack, New York, U.S. Image Credit: Reuters

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