THE NEW NORMAL DRIVE-THROUGH BOTOX SAVES FACE

Every day in this column, The Daily Telegraph seeks out and reports snippets of comfort as the world fights coronavirus

♦ In Thailand a robot dog named K9 is dispensing hand sanitiser at a shopping mall in Bangkok. The dog is controlled with 5G and has a colleague, ROC, which checks temperatures.

♦ Obi Emelonye, the Nigerian film director, has found a creative way to continue filming, inspired by his wife’s teleconferencing calls. He has written a short feature about a couple separated between London and Lagos, arranged one day of rehearsals and asked relatives of actors to shoot the footage on mobile phones.

♦ Lockdown is prompting people to seek help for alcohol addiction in Germany. A spokesman for Alcoholics Anonymous said that inquiries on the national helpline have doubled since early March when restrictions were first introduced. ♦ The popularity of baking during lockdown has given small flour-mills a boost. For one mill in Wales, production doubled in a month.

♦ In Florida and LA, drive-through Botox stations have been set up as lockdown has eased. One plastic surgeon, known as Dr Miami, is administering Botox injections out of his clinic’s garage.

♦ In the UK, a gym chain is launching socially distanced outdoor classes. Fifty

David Lloyd health clubs will offer outdoor activities, with classes ranging from boot camp workouts to yoga. ♦ French winemakers are turning their unsold wine into hand sanitiser and ethanol. The end products will be reserved for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, and winemakers will receive compensation.

♦ Curl la Tourelle Head, the British architecture practice, has proposed creating pop-up classrooms to help social distancing within schools. Its plans involve using festival marquees and equipment – which would otherwise be gathering dust – to build temporary classrooms and portable bathroom facilities.