April 2020

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.

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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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Oil Prices Fall Amid Bleak Outlook Warnings

U.S. States To Cut Oil Production

April 25, 2020 7:23 am

U.S. President Donald Trump has disclosed that Texas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota will cut their oil production, without giving specifics on numbers, amid a glut in energy supplies and shortages of storage that led to massive drops in prices on the market.

“They gotta cut,” Trump said, speaking to reporters at the White House.

He also said Canada would make cuts.

“I want to help that industry,” Trump said, calling himself an “energy person.”

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

He described the cuts as a “natural” evolution, responding to the market.

The benchmark U.S. …

UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

April 24, 2020 6:22 pm

The United Nations on Friday launched a global push to speed up production of a vaccine for the new coronavirus as US President Donald Trump came under fire for suggesting injecting patients with disinfectant.

The pandemic has upended life around the planet as nations try to stop the spread of the disease that has so far claimed more than 190,000 lives, infected nearly three million people and hammered the global economy.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said defeating the pandemic will require the biggest health effort ever seen as the United Nations joined forces with world leaders and the private …

China Signals World Cup Ambitions With New Stadiums

China Signals World Cup Ambitions With New Stadiums

April 24, 2020 6:20 pm

China is in the throes of a multibillion-dollar splurge on new football stadiums, ramping up ambitions to be a superpower in the sport and host a World Cup as early as 2030.

The building spree is taking place despite the coronavirus pandemic which has brought much of the world to a standstill, ravaging economies and putting live sport on hold.

But with the outbreak receding in China, where it emerged in December, Chinese Super League (CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande last week began construction on their 12 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) new home.

With a capacity of 100,000, the lotus …

Biden Predicts Trump Will Try To Postpone US Election

Biden Predicts Trump Will Try To Postpone US Election

April 24, 2020 6:19 pm

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has predicted that US President Donald Trump will try to postpone the country’s November election in an attempt to win.

“Mark my words, I think he is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” Biden said during an online fundraiser Thursday.

The 77-year-old former vice president said it is “the only way he thinks he can possibly win.”

Six months before US voters head to the polls, Trump’s mind is already in election mode.

But with a pandemic raging and job losses climbing …

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