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  • April Fool's Day is canceled this year, and this K pop star might be, too.

  • This is the inside edition dot com Corona Virus News for April 1st 2020 k pop star Jae Joon played in April Fool's Day prank that no one found funny.

  • Jae Joon claimed on Instagram that he was sick with covert 19.

  • It caused such a fuss.

  • He deactivated his account.

  • He later released an apology, saying Quote, except all punishments that I would get for this post.

  • South Korea was one of the first countries hit by the Corona virus, claiming some 10,000 cases as of March 30 1st the World Health Organization reported 750,000 cases globally.

  • In the wake of the pandemic, April Fool's Day is getting a cold shoulder.

  • Google announced that it was canceling.

  • It's April Fool's Doodle.

  • Instead, the company honor Jean McNamara, a pioneering Australian doctor and polio researcher, And this might look like a joke in North Wales.

  • Our herd of goats roaming empty streets.

  • But it's just part of our new normal.

  • Here's more Corona virus coverage from the inside edition dot com team.

  • First Lee ships with most of us staying at home.

  • Self quarantining people are coming up with all new ideas of ways to stay busy.

  • At ST Distracted, for example, there's now something called the Billy Border Passion Challenge.

  • I heard about this because I watched the show stars in the house every day at two and eight o'clock on YouTube in Philly.

  • Border was one of the guests, and he was talking about it.

  • And basically, the goal is for people to come up with replicas of his 2019 Met Gala Love using Onley items at home.

  • And so I had started searching the hashtag Billy Porter Fashion Challenge to find different people who were trying it.

  • We did find 15 girl from New York City.

  • Look at her outfit.

  • Her mom helped her using an old Halloween costume.

  • Another story.

  • This is a good one, and this will help you stay entertained.

  • This guy is known as the Crisis crooner.

  • Before this began, I was called a hugger.

  • He has been writing parody songs, too big hits, including Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline Here Inside on hopes that this helps people smile and laugh, and he's gotten a lot of positive reaction from family and friends.

  • He hopes that people around the country who do watch his songs make a contribution to their level.

  • Now let's send it over to Calin board.

  • I'm reporting about how families in some parts of the country are flocking to drive in movie theaters to find some entertainment during the Corona virus pandemic.

  • Now, not all drive in movie theaters are open.

  • Only about 10% of the theaters across the country are.

  • But it is providing a rest fight for people in some areas who want to get out and see a movie while still being able to practice.

  • CDC approved social distancing for the story.

  • I was able to speak to drive in movie theater owners in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri unless they just come to us and tell us that we need to shut down way feel that we provide a safe environment.

  • Well, one family who are really big fans, and it's really interesting to see how families are still enjoying this past time during a time of unprecedented crisis.

  • Now, over to Joanna Lee, many of us are quickly understanding how difficult it is to get fresh food when you're quarantined at home But this Canadian family was surprised with bags and bags of fresh groceries delivered straight to their front porch by a refugee family they helped sponsor years ago.

  • So Robin Stevens in Victoria, British Columbia, explained that she came to know Mara and her husband, Salim, in 2015 when her family helped their family organize their move to Canada from Syria.

  • She also supported their family since their arrival, so whether that's taking their kids to day camp or helping them set up their business, which is a local Middle Eastern grocery store.

  • Earlier this month, Robin, her partner, and their 15 year old son went to Mexico on vacation but came back to a mandatory two weeks self quarantine to help curb the spread of Corona virus.

  • Morrow in Salim had heard of their self quarantine and brought them vegetables, lentils to Heaney's noodles, beans, anything they're family could possibly want during this period at home.

  • Now over to marry Montalbano.

  • Hey, everyone.

  • I've been working on a pretty sad story about a doctor who died from Corona virus.

  • His name was Dr Jaynes T good rich, and he was a neurosurgeon at Monta Fewer in New York his area of expertise was separating conjoined twins, and we actually covered him.

  • In 2016 when he separated a pair of one year old twins named Jayden and a Nyhus, their brains were fused together.

  • It was a pretty risky surgery, but Dr Goodrich was kind of a pioneer in his field in that he developed this multistage process to separating twins.

  • New York is the epicenter right now in the United States for the Corona virus outbreak.

  • It's already past 1000 deaths, and unfortunately, Dr Goodrich was one of them, and he will be sorely missed.

  • But it seems that he leaves behind incredible legacy.

  • For more on the Corona virus pandemic, be sure to visit inside edition dot com.

April Fool's Day is canceled this year, and this K pop star might be, too.

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