March 2020

New York Gets Hospital Ship As Coronavirus Accelerates

New York Gets Hospital Ship As Coronavirus Accelerates

March 31, 2020 6:28 pm

A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America’s coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with emergency restrictions extended as the national death toll passed 3,000.

The navy’s 1,000-bed USNS Comfort docked at a Manhattan pier as more US states enforced stay-at-home orders after President Donald Trump abandoned his Easter target for life returning to normal in the United States.

The 894 foot-long vessel — which also has space for a dozen operating rooms — was greeted by cheering crowds after departing Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday.

Its arrival came as Virginia, Maryland and the …

Coronavirus The Worst Global Crisis Since WW2 - UN Chief

Coronavirus The Worst Global Crisis Since WW2 – UN Chief

March 31, 2020 6:27 pm

The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world.

Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world and… an economic impact that will bring a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.”

“The combination of the two facts and the risk that it contributes to enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict are things that make us believe that this is the most challenging …

elephants Hungry And In Chains, Thai's Tourist Elephants Face Crisis

Hungry, Chained Thai Tourist Elephants Face Crisis

March 31, 2020 6:27 pm

Underfed and chained up for endless hours, many elephants working in Thailand’s tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos or be shifted into the illegal logging trade, campaigners warn, as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers.

Before the virus, life for the kingdom’s estimated 2,000 elephants working in tourism was already stressful, with abusive methods often used to ‘break them’ into giving rides and performing tricks at money-spinning animal shows.

With global travel paralysed the animals are unable to pay their way, including the 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of food a day a captive elephant needs to survive.

Elephant camps …

Race For Vaccine Tests Limits Of Drug Innovation

Race For Vaccine Tests Limits Of Drug Innovation

March 31, 2020 6:26 pm

From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine.

There is no known treatment for the new coronavirus that emerged in China late last year and has since proliferated across the planet, infecting more than half a million people and claiming more than 30,000 lives.

In mid-January, researchers from China published the genetic sequence of the virus, firing the starting gun for dozens of research labs across the world in the race to find effective …

Meet Xherdan, The World’s Ugliest Cat Ever

Meet Xherdan, The World’s Ugliest Cat Ever

March 31, 2020 1:50 pm
Xherdan is surely the scariest, ugliest cat ever seen in the world.

It lives in the Swiss town of Ruti, with the owner, a 47-year-old Sandra Filippi.

Incredibly, Ruti loves the cat very much and claims that despite his scary look, he is a sweet pet who loves to sleep and interact with his human owners.

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She claims that although most people are indeed a bit scared the first time they see Xherdan, they eventually grow to like him after seeing how playful and friendly he really is.

 

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Coronavirus - Russia’s Top Doctor Tests Positive

Coronavirus: Russia’s Top Doctor Tests Positive

March 31, 2020 1:50 pm
Russia’s top doctor for coronavirus cases, Denis Protsenko, has tested positive for the virus, state media reported on Tuesday.

Protsenko heads the coronavirus treatment facility at Moscow’s Kommunarka hospital. Moscow, the capital and largest city, has had the most recorded cases in the country.

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Protsenko met with President Vladimir Putin at the facility last week to discuss how it has coped with the influx of patients.

According to Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, the president is regularly tested for the virus and is healthy.

 

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WHO Africa Records 5,013 Confirmed Cases, 157 Deaths

Africa Records 5,013 Confirmed Cases, 157 Deaths – WHO

March 31, 2020 1:49 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 5,013 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 46 African countries.

The UN’s health agency gave the update in its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Tuesday.

The agency said: “There are a total of 5,013 confirmed coronavirus cases across 46 countries on the African continent with a total of 157 deaths reported.

“South Africa currently has the highest in the region with 1,326 cases and three deaths, Algeria 511 cases with 31 deaths and Burkina Faso has 246 confirmed cases with 12 deaths.

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End SARS: Davido To Meet IG Of Police Monday

Fans Advise Davido To Take Another Coronavirus Test

March 31, 2020 1:49 pm

Popular singer, Davido has been asked by Nigerians to undertake a second test for coronavirus as Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has been confirmed positive.

Makinde, on Tuesday, tested positive to COVID-19.

There are speculations on social media that Makinde may have contracted the deadly virus either at a PDP rally or when Davido paid him a visit after his return from the UK.

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Africa Daily News recalls that Davido’s lover, Chioma, was confirmed to have tested positive to the novel virus.

However, Davido confirmed that his test and

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Coronavirus Patient Escapes From Isolation Centre

Coronavirus Patient Escapes From Isolation Centre

March 31, 2020 1:48 pm
A Coronavirus patient has escaped from an isolation centre where she was being kept with eight others.

The culprit is one of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

She escaped from the facility in which they were being quarantined in Tamale, Ghana.

So far, Ghana has recorded 152 cases of Coronavirus, with five death and two recovery.

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According to the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, the patient, a woman in her early 20s, scaled over a wall leaving behind her belongings on Monday.

He described it …

Abuja Roads Empty As Lockdown Bites

Abuja Roads Empty As Lockdown Bites

March 31, 2020 1:48 pm

Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory was empty Tuesday as the lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari began.

The usually bustling parts of the city such as Utako Motor Park, Apo Mechanic Village, Berger Roundabout, and the Nnamadi Azikiwe Airport Abuja were devoid of all human and business activities.

The 14-day lockdown was ordered by Buhari on Sunday as part of measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria.

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Some photographs of the city taken by Femi Ipaye:

God is Good Motors terminal: locked

Utako Market on Tuesday

Securitymen under

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Wike Suspends LGA Chairman, Imposes More Restrictions

Wike Suspends LGA Chairman, Imposes More Restrictions

March 31, 2020 1:48 pm
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has suspended the Council Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Solomon Ben-Eke and his Deputy for failing to implement the State Government’s directive on the closure of markets.

Governor Wike made the announcement during a statewide broadcast on the COVID-19.

He said the suspension of Eke and his Deputy takes immediate effect.

Read Also: Coronavirus: Wike Shuts Land Borders Against All States

Following the violation of the market closure order, the Rivers State Government also imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Obiri-Ikwerre Junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu) to Choba and from Education Bus

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Senators We'll Earn Half-Pay Till No Virus - Senators

We’ll Earn Half-Pay Till Coronavirus Ends – Senators

March 31, 2020 1:47 pm

The Senate on Monday pledged that its members would sustain the donation of their half salaries to the Federal Government until the nation is totally free of the pandemic.

NAN had exclusively reported on Monday that the senators agreed to donate half of their March 2020 salaries to the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria.

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The red chamber, while confirming the report in a statement by its acting spokesperson, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, added that the federal lawmakers would continue the gesture beyond March.

Part of the statement read,  “After due consultations …

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