April 2020

Lysol Maker - Please Don't Drink Our Cleaning Products

Lysol Maker: Please Don’t Drink Our Cleaning Products

April 24, 2020 6:18 pm

The company that makes Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus.

Reckitt Benckiser (RBGLY), a British company, warned Friday that human consumption of disinfectant products is dangerous. It issued the statement following “recent speculation and social media activity.”
“As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route),” the company said in a statement.
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Tom Hanks Writes To Bullied Boy Called Corona

Tom Hanks Writes To Bullied Boy Called Corona

April 24, 2020 2:21 pm

US actor Tom Hanks has written a letter and sent a Corona-brand typewriter gift to an Australian boy who said he was bullied because of his name – Corona.

Corona De Vries, 8, first wrote to the Toy Story actor and his wife Rita Wilson after they fell sick with the virus in Queensland.

“I heard on the news you and your wife had caught the coronavirus,” the boy wrote. “Are you OK?”

He added that he loved his name but was being called “coronavirus” at school.

“I get very sad and angry when people call me this,” he wrote.…

Spain - Was Coronavirus Already Spreading Before Lockdown

Spain: Was Coronavirus Already Spreading Before Lockdown?

April 24, 2020 2:16 pm
Granada, Spain – Recent scientific research suggests that Spain, the country that currently has the most coronavirus cases in Europe, was hit by COVID-19 much earlier than previously thought.

The study by researchers from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid indicates that one clade – a virus “family” derived from a single ancestor – of coronavirus was present in mainland Spain as early as February 14.

That was a full month before the country went into lockdown, and a time when officials worldwide were still trying to understand the scale of the virus.

The coronavirus threat was believed

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Coronavirus Cure Not In Sight , HIV Drugs Fail

Coronavirus Cure Not In Sight , HIV Drugs Fail

April 24, 2020 2:15 pm
Hopes for Coronavirus cure are unrealistic for now, according to a new study of 86 patients in China.

In the study, promising HIV and antiviral drugs failed spectacularly to have effect on infected patients.

The patients who were given anti-HIV medication lopinavir/ritonavir or the flu tablets Arbidol did not improve any quicker than those treated with placebo .

Sufferers given the antivirals also reported side effects including diarrhoea, nausea, and loss of appetite.

For this reason, the researchers recommend that the drug should not be used as COVID-19 therapies.

Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) was earmarked as one of the most promising …

US States Start To Reopen, Death Toll Surpassed 50,000

US States Start To Reopen, Death Toll Surpassed 50,000

April 24, 2020 2:13 pm

Health officials at Johns Hopkins University reported more than 3,300 new coronavirus deaths in the US in the last 24 hours, one of the deadliest days since the outbreak began. There have now been more than 890,000 cases in the US since the virus was first detected in the country.

New York remains the hardest-hit state, with more than 263,000 confirmed cases and nearly 16,000 deaths. Though New York is

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Trump Says - Drink Detergent, It'll Chase The Virus

Trump Says: ‘Ingest Detergent, It’ll Chase The Virus’

April 24, 2020 2:09 pm

He’s marketed steaks and real estate, board games and vodka, but nothing the incorrigible salesman has tried to hawk measures up to his latest routine as he speculated on a possible new cure for Covid-19.
For most of his life as a pitchman, Trump has only had his own reputation on the line. But now, in the middle of a generational health crisis, lives are at stake.
In an eye-popping moment, Trump doubled down on his claim that sunlight and the festering humidity of high summer could purge the virus in his latest grab for a game-changer therapy.
Then, he …

Fasting During Ramadan Can Boost Your Immunity

Fasting During Ramadan Can Boost Your Immunity

April 24, 2020 2:05 pm
This year, the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will be like no other; it will occur in the middle of a global pandemic.

Ramadan, which began on the evening of April 23, will see a month-long period of fasting, worship and devotion to Allah. It commemorates the Quran being first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

Muslims who are fit enough to do so are expected to fast (not eat or drink fluids at all) between the hours of sunrise and sunset for four weeks. As well as being a month of reflection, Ramadan traditionally brings people together in the evening

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Spain Records Spike In Coronavirus Cases

Spain Records Spike In Coronavirus Cases

April 24, 2020 2:04 pm

Spain has reported Friday an explosion in coronavirus cases with 6,740 confirmed in the last 24 hours.

The figure is the largest for nearly three weeks and sent the national total to 219,764.

The last time Spain recorded such huge daily number was on 4 April.

Then it reported 7,026 cases.

Read Also: Almost 50,000 Americans Are Dead From Coronavirus

Reports said Friday’s number was partly explained by the growing use of antibody tests, which have added nearly 17,000 people to the total since they were introduced.

However, there was a silver lining for the country.

The daily death toll …

Experts React With Horror To Trump Disinfectant Idea

Experts React With Horror To Trump Disinfectant Idea

April 24, 2020 2:03 pm

Doctors, epidemiologists and others have reacted with alarm to comments from US President Donald Trump on Thursday that injecting disinfectant and exposure to ultraviolet rays could help people with the coronavirus.

“Trump is absolutely wrong and irresponsible,” Dr Eugene Gu, whose laboratory is involved in coronavirus testing, wrote on Twitter, adding, “Clorox, Tide Pods and Lysol will kill coronavirus. No question about it. But if you are infected then the coronavirus is inside your cells. If you use any of those disinfectants to kill the coronavirus in your own cells then you’ll die right along with the coronavirus.”

Trump made

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NJC Names 2 Judges For Compulsory Retirement

NJC Names 2 Judges For Compulsory Retirement

April 24, 2020 2:02 pm
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the compulsory retirement of two judges with immediate effect.

A statement by the Director of Information NJC, Soji Oye, said the judges are the Acting President, Imo State Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Francis Abosi and Justice Aliyu Liman of the Bauchi State High Court.

Oye said the council headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Tanko Muhammad, took the decision during its 91st Intensive Meeting held online on April 22 and April 23.

The NJC said Justice Abosi, was recommended for compulsory retirement following the falsification of his date …

Boris Johnson Raring To Return To Work Monday

Boris Johnson Raring To Return To Work Monday

April 24, 2020 8:39 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is raring to return to work on Monday, especially to take control of the coronavirus crisis.

Johnson has been recovering at his countryside retreat in Chequers after being discharged from hospital earlier this month.

The Telegraph reported that Johnson has told his aides to set up meetings with cabinet ministers next week to get him up to speed.

A source told the newspaper: ‘He’s not the sort of person who is very good at doing nothing. In truth he has been working pretty much full time for the past week.

Read Also: UK PM, Boris

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I Owe No Apology For Paying Tribute To Abba Kyari - FFK

I Owe No Apology For Paying Tribute To Abba Kyari – FFK

April 24, 2020 8:38 am

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed out at those criticising him for paying glowing tribute to late former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, saying he owed no one apology for doing that.

Fani-Kayode had eulogised Abba Kyari for being his close friend for 40 years.

But he received bashing from some Nigerians for eulogising a man many dubbed as wicked and cruel.

In his reaction, Fani-Kayode said those that doubted his commitment to the struggle for a true Nigeria and to the resistance simply because of his tribute to an old friend of 40 years who passed on were entitled to …

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