April 18, 2020

New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

April 18, 2020 6:21 pm

New York state, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, has experienced its lowest one-day death toll in two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.

Cuomo said 540 people had died in his state of 20 million inhabitants in the preceding 24 hours, and he suggested New York may now be on the downslope after a recent plateau in deaths.

That would be the lowest total since 432 deaths were registered on April 2, according to data from the authoritative Covid Tracking Project.

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On April 3, the …

Horrors Revealed At Virus-Hit Canada Nursing Home

Horrors Revealed At Virus-Hit Canada Nursing Home

April 18, 2020 6:20 pm

Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada’s long-term care homes.

The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, in the Montreal suburb of Dorval, has triggered an investigation for gross negligence and a national reckoning about the conditions in long-term care homes which account for half the country’s more than 1,250 COVID-19 deaths.

“I was sick to my stomach, I was really sick to my stomach,” Moira Davis, …

Poor US Students Miss Out On Virtual Learning

Poor US Students Miss Out On Virtual Learning

April 18, 2020 6:19 pm

As a member of the 2020 “class of coronavirus,” Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school — a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education.

With many US schools and universities shut for the academic year, the Los Angeles student will be completing her final year via virtual learning on a home computer donated by her district.

“This is really important… for students that don’t have any access to the internet or even have any devices, they can’t even afford any devices,” said Molina, …

Coronavirus Response Stirs Jerusalem Sovereignty Struggle

Coronavirus Response Stirs Jerusalem Sovereignty Struggle

April 18, 2020 6:16 pm

Israel’s arrest of senior Palestinian officials for “illegal” efforts to contain coronavirus and the Jewish state’s closure of a clinic have exacerbated a long-running row over the status of east Jerusalem.

Since the onset of the health crisis, Palestinian officials allege the Arab population of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem has been overlooked by Israeli efforts to curb the spread of the virus.

Israeli police recently shuttered a COVID-19 screening facility in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan — the testing was unauthorised, they said, because it was overseen only by the Palestinian Authority, and not Israel.

“Our goal is to provide …

Oluwo Raped Me First Time We Met – Ex Queen Chanel

Oluwo Raped Me First Time We Met – Ex Queen Chanel

April 18, 2020 2:53 pm
Chanel Chin, the ex-queen to the controversial monarch, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has released some damming details about the king, dishing out various secret about him during their time together.

Chanel, after her messy divorce late last year, has, however, in an exclusive interview with GIO TV said Oluwo raped her the first time they met in Lagos.

The estranged queen, who has lived in Canada all her life but is from Jamaica, said she met Oluwo when she came to Nigeria as a tourist with friends.

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Queen Elizabeth Makes Strange Request For Her Birthday

Queen Elizabeth Makes Strange Request For Her Birthday

April 18, 2020 2:52 pm
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark her birthday on Tuesday.

ITV reporter Chris Ship stated this on Twitter.

Chris Ship added that it would be the first time such a request had been made in her 68-year reign.

Queen Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, on the 21st of April 1926.

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Her full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor.

Queen Elizabeth became head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries after her father died in February 1952.

She became the …

UAE Announces $5,500 Fine For Coronavirus Fake News

UAE Announces $5,500 Fine For Coronavirus Fake News

April 18, 2020 2:52 pm
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fine people up to 20,000 dirhams ($5,500) if they share medical information about the coronavirus that contradicts official statements.

Its government, which issued the decision, made the health ministry and other state health institutions responsible for distributing “true” health information and guidelines to the nation.

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“It is forbidden for any individual to publish, re-publish or circulate medical information or guidance which is false, misleading or which hasn’t been announced officially … using print, audiovisual or social media, or online websites or any other way

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Police CP To Lagosians - 'Sleep Well We’re In Charge'

Police CP To Lagosians: ‘Sleep Well We’re In Charge’

April 18, 2020 2:50 pm

Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos Police Commissioner

Lagos State Government has reassured residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, stressing that the responsibility will not be compromised.

The re-assurance came just as the State Police Command, acting on the orders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stepped up its surveillance, following the panic generated by threat letters purportedly written to some communities by a faceless criminal group, “One Million Boys”.

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The group allegedly threatened that it would carry out armed robbery attacks in some listed neighbourhoods.

The police described the group as …

Iran Partially Reopens Capital As Virus Death Toll Falls

Iran Partially Reopens Capital As Virus Death Toll Falls

April 18, 2020 2:23 pm

Iran has allowed some businesses in Tehran to reopen as the country’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month.

So-called “low-risk businesses” including many shops, factories and warehouses resumed operations in the capital on Saturday, a week after reopening in the rest of the country, state television reported.

However, the move was welcomed with scepticism by some among the public who preferred to remain home leaving most shops in northern Tehran and the city centre empty.

Although compared with recent weeks there was greater activity in the streets, few people

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Kyari - Ganduje Sacks Commissioner Magaji For Gloating

Kyari: Ganduje Sacks Commissioner Magaji For Gloating

April 18, 2020 2:21 pm
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has sacked the Commissioner of Works, Mu’azu Magaji for gloating over the death of Mallam Abba Kyari.

Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said Ganduje sacked Magaji following Magaji’s unguarded utterances against the late Chief of Staff to the President.

He said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering it to disrepute.

“The action of a public servant, personal or otherwise reflects back on the government and therefore, the Ganduje administration would not tolerate people in official capacities engaging in personal vendetta or otherwise,” …

Black Saturday In UK As Coronavirus Death Toll Soars

Black Saturday In UK As Coronavirus Death Toll Soars

April 18, 2020 2:20 pm

The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus has hit passed 156,000 worldwide, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. The number of US deaths has exceeded 31,000.

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has accused US President Donald Trump of “fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies” after the latter urged supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors.

Britain’s health ministry has said that hospital death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 888 to 15,464 as of 16:00 GMT on April 17.

 Read Also: U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 700,000, Deaths Above 37,000

Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti …

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