April 25, 2020

Coronavirus Deaths In UK Hospitals Pass 20,000

Coronavirus Deaths In UK Hospitals Pass 20,000

April 25, 2020 2:37 pm

In the United Kingdom, an additional 813 people died in hospital after testing positive for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 20,319.

India allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas, a month after the country of some 1.3 billion people went into lockdown.

Worldwide, more than 199,000 people are known to have died due to the pandemic, with some 2.8 million

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Cameroon: Police Clash With Muslims At Ramadan

Cameroon: Police Clash With Muslims At Ramadan

April 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Cameroonian police used force to disperse Muslims praying at mosques at the start of the holy month of Ramadan Friday for violating government orders not to gather because of the coronavirus.  Cameroon has confirmed at least 1,300 COVID-19 infections and 43 deaths, the hardest-hit country in central Africa.

A police statement said force to disperse Muslims from at least 13 Mosques in the country’s West, Center and Far North regions where they insisted on saying prayers during the Ramadan fasting period that began Friday in spite of a government ban because of COVID-19.

Awah Fonka, governor of the Western region …

Kanu Reacts As Ogun Indigenes Protest Over Lockdown

Kanu Reacts As Ogun Indigenes Protest Over Lockdown

April 25, 2020 12:30 pm
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to a protest by some indigenes of Ogun State against the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

Protesters, majority of whom were traders and artisans, marched to the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, saying they were hungry and tired of the lockdown.

In his reaction on Friday, Kanu said the insensitive cabal ruling Nigeria has continued to ignore, what he called, the rising hunger/hardships, even though the COVID-19 lockdown is necessary.

Read Also: Now That Abba Kyari Is Dead’ – Nnamdi Kanu

According

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Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

April 25, 2020 12:29 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically walked out of the daily White House press briefing on coronavirus on Friday, refusing to take questions.

He was reacting to the blast he received following his weird suggestion that COVID-19 patients be given injections of disinfectant as a treatment.

Reporters shouted questions at him, but he ignored them as he walked away.

Read Also: UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

He had claimed earlier that his disinfectant suggestion was sarcasm, but the media criticism was possibly too much for him to bear.

He abandoned the briefing in Washington D.C. after Vice …

No Champions As Dutch League Ends Season

No Champions As Dutch League Ends Season

April 25, 2020 12:28 pm

The Dutch football federation (KNVB) called an end to the 2019-20 season on Friday, as the Eredivisie became the first top European league called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

No team will be declared champions after Ajax and AZ Alkmaar were left level on points at the top of the table with nine games still to play.

“Unfortunately, given the measures (banning large-scale gatherings) taken by the government, it became impossible to finish the 2019-2020 season,” the KNVB said in a statement.

“Public health always comes first. This is not just a football problem given what the coronavirus is …

Ligue 1 Players To Undergo Full Medical Checkups From May

Ligue 1 Players To Undergo Full Medical Checkups From May

April 25, 2020 12:28 pm

Footballers in France’s top flight will return to their clubs the week starting May 11 to undergo “full medical checkups” with a view to restarting Ligue 1 in June pending government clearance, the French league (LFP) said Friday.

The LFP board met to review the main points of a draft document on medical and health protocols presented by the league’s representative for club doctors, it said in a statement.

The document “foresees a return of players to training centres the week of May 11 to carry out full medical checkups, as well as swab tests, followed by daily monitoring, which …

Coronavirus - Baby Recovers After Testing Positive

Coronavirus: Baby Recovers After Testing Positive

April 25, 2020 7:30 am
Erin Bates, a six-month-old baby who tested positive for the deadly coronavirus disease in the UK, has fully recovered.

DAILY POST reported that a 6-month-old baby, Erin Bates tested positive for coronavirus disease in the UK, months after undergoing a heart surgery.

The diagnosis of COVID-19 came after she was already overcoming problems with her heart and windpipe, which had required major surgery.

According to Daily Mail, doctors at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, in Liverpool, on Thursday told her overjoyed family she has pulled through.

Read Also: Spain: Was Coronavirus Already Spreading Before Lockdown?

Erin’s father Wayne said he was

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Slowly Healing - Germany Gears Up For 2nd Virus Wave

Slowly Healing: Germany Gears Up For 2nd Virus Wave

April 25, 2020 7:28 am

Left empty as the coronavirus pandemic forced events to be cancelled, Berlin’s exhibition centre Messe is getting a makeover with the help of German soldiers — to reemerge as a hospital in a few weeks’ time.

Wires are still hanging from the ceilings, but when construction is finished, the vast site will be able to host up to 1,000 patients.

Even as Germany begins easing curbs on public life to halt contagion of the virus, authorities are busy ramping up their capacity to deal with a second wave of infections.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly warned that Germany must not …

Coronavirus - 900 British Nationals ‘Stranded’ In Nigeria

Coronavirus: 900 British Nationals ‘Stranded’ In Nigeria

April 25, 2020 7:26 am
The British High Commission has assured that 900 of its nationals stranded in Nigeria will be flown home on three flights chartered by its government.

This was contained in a statement released on Friday.

The commission said the three additional flights would bring the number of people flown back to the UK from Nigeria on government charter flights to about 2,000.

Read Also: Spain: Was Coronavirus Already Spreading Before Lockdown?

The new flights are scheduled to take off on April 28: Abuja – London, May 1: Lagos – London and May 5: Lagos – London.

“Our next phase of UK

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COVID-19 - Okonjo-Iweala Gets WHO’s Appointment

COVID-19: Okonjo-Iweala Gets WHO’s Appointment

April 25, 2020 7:25 am

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was named by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as its Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that she is to serve alongside British business executive, Sir Andrew Witty in the same capacity, to mobilise international commitment to the initiative.

Director-General of the organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement during the launch of the ACT Accelerator — via webinar from Geneva.

Read Also: Ramaphosa Gives Okonjo-Iweala Another Job, As AU Envoy

“I would especially like to thank Sir Andrew …

Senegal’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Exceed 500

Senegal’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Exceed 500

April 25, 2020 7:24 am
Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action, on Friday reported 66 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 545 in the country.

Among the 528 virological examinations carried out within the past 24 hours, 66 came back positive, including 61 follow-up contact cases and five cases of community transmission, Senegalese health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr announced during the daily COVID-19 briefing.

Read Also: Spain: Was Coronavirus Already Spreading Before Lockdown?

According to him, five more patients tested negative after treatments, bringing the total number of cured to 262. But he …

Edo APC Crisis- Obaseki’s Chief Of Staff Resigns

Edo APC Crisis: Obaseki’s Chief Of Staff Resigns

April 25, 2020 7:23 am
Mr. Taiwo Akerele, the Chief of Staff to the Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has resigned.

Akerele disclosed that his decision to resign was based on administrative and governance grounds but it was gathered that his resignation may be connected with the lingering crisis between the Governor and the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

In his resignation letter dated 25th April 2020, Akerele said; “My decision to exit the government is based on administrative and governance grounds.

“I am solid with His excellency Mr. Godwin Obaseki in his quest to transform Edo state. His mission and vision

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