Dubai carrier Emirates reversed on Sunday its decision to suspend all passenger flights, shortly after it said it would halt operations from March 25 amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The airline said it “received requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers” and will continue to operate passenger flights to 13 destinations, down from its usual 159.
Emirates will continue to fly to the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Canada.
The announcement was made just hours after a previous statement said the …
Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Dick Pound said Monday a postponement of this year’s Tokyo Olympics is now inevitable as the world reels from the coronavirus pandemic.
The IOC said on Sunday the body would wait four more weeks before announcing its decision on the fate of the July 24-August 9 Games, amid mounting calls for them to be rescheduled.
Pound however believes the IOC — which ruled out a cancellation of the Games — is now laying the groundwork for a postponement.
“My interpretation of the IOC’s communications is they don’t want to cancel, and they don’t think …
A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans absent from the chamber because of virus-related quarantines.
Democrats said the Republican plan failed to sufficiently protect millions of American workers or shore up the critically under-equipped health care system during the coronavirus crisis.
The bill proposed an estimated $1.7 trillion or more in funding to cushion the blow for American families and thousands of shuttered or suffering businesses.
Despite intense negotiations between Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump’s administration, the roll call was 47-47, far …
The US Department of Justice announced Sunday it had shut down a website claiming to sell a coronavirus vaccine, in its first act of federal enforcement against fraud in connection with the pandemic.
Lawsuits had been filed against the site coronavirusmedicalkit.com, which claimed to sell vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, when in fact there is no such vaccine, the Justice Department said in a statement.
A Texas federal judge on Saturday ordered the site to shut down, according to the statement. Its homepage, however, was still accessible as of Sunday evening.
“Due to the …
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a pool report said, amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases.
Pompeo was set to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani along with his archrival Abdullah Abdullah, who also claims the presidency, following a contested election last year.
The visit comes just a day after the Afghan government and the Taliban held their first discussion on arranging prisoner exchanges — a key step in a broader push for peace following a withdrawal deal signed between Washington and the militants last …
London (CNN Business) Governments and medical officials are scrambling to provide the public with accurate and timely information about the novel coronavirus. But those efforts are being undermined by the spread of medical misinformation and fake cures on one of the world’s most popular messaging platforms.
The New York-based rights group released a report on Monday, claiming Egypt has, since 2013, detained and abused children as young as 12 as part of a crackdown on dissent against the country’s military government.
The 43-page report states the crackdown and the use of torture against all detainees, especially minors, has weakened the rule of law in Egypt “to the point of extinction”, as prosecutors and judges exacerbated abuses through due process violations and unfair trials.
Following pressure from Nigerians and the legislature, the President finally, for the first time since the coronavirus disease entered Nigeria, addressed the nation.
However, Mrs Yusufu, who is an ardent critic of Buhari and his administration, was not happy with the content of the message delivered by the President.
President Buhari had during the addressed said, “We are working with [Federal] Ministry of Health on protecting our citizens from #COVID-19, as a government, this is
Access Bank Nigeria has shut down its Ligali Ayorinde branch in Victoria Island, Lagos, after a certain ‘individual’ who visited the branch some days back tested positive for Coronavirus.
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The bank made the announcement on twitter, they wrote:
The health of all our stakeholders remains paramount at Access Bank Plc, as we are adopting all necessary measures to ensure your safety at this time.
We have informed the ministry of health and are working with them to resolve the issues as we continue to fight this corona pandemic.
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Medical Doctors in Cross River State have resumed work in all public and private hospitals in the State after withdrawing services for over twelve days.
The Medical Doctors withdrew their services in the State following the kidnap of their colleague’s wife, Mrs Christiana Ekanem who is an Assistance Director in the University of Calabar.
She was kidnapped on the 10th of March while on her way to work, but was released on March 21st.
In a communiqué issued on Monday, the Chairman and Secretary of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Agam Ayuk and Dr Ezoke Epoke respectively said the association
However, that Adamu was taken to the hospital is not the end of the matter.
The new twist to it is that Atiku’s son attended the recent Ibadan rally of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) where he interacted with many people.
It was however established that many, especially those senior party officials and government functionaries met with him and …
Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley tweeted a few hours ago on his verified page, saying; ”retweet if you don’t believe in coronavirus’‘.
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Retweet if u don’t believe in CoronaVirus
This statement has met with a lot of criticisms as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced a total of 36 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1 death in the country.
Read some of the comments below.
Alhaji Royz@royzkinginYou know how much influence you
