April 2020

Bill Gates - Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work Well In Africa

Bill Gates: Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work Well In Africa

April 4, 2020 6:22 pm

Talks to have a potential vaccine for Covid-19 tested in Africa, because the number of infected people is not as high as other countries like Italy, have been met with much resistance from people across the continent. 

On Saturday President Cyril Ramaphosa posted a tweet saying the Bill Gates Foundation has supported the country’s health needs for many years: “They have offered assistance with innovative mass-based testing kits and research. I spoke to @BillGates and he commended the swift and decisive action South Africa has taken on #COVID19,” the tweet read.

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South Africa Rolls Out Mobile Testing In Virus Lockdown

South Africa Rolls Out Mobile Testing In Virus Lockdown

April 4, 2020 6:20 pm

South African public healthcare workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg’s Yeoville neighbourhood as Africa’s worst virus-hit country rolled out mass door-to-door testing for COVID-19.

Armed with screening questionnaires and testing kits, medics and volunteers set up their testing station on the front porch of a block of flats in the gritty business neighbourhood.

Nurse Xola Dlomo told AFP they were asking one resident to mobilise fellow flat dwellers to come for screening and tests.

“They’ve been coming for screening and they are even open to testing if they have symptoms,” Dlomo said.

Already in a 21-day lockdown, South …

Bolsonaro's Disapproval Rating Rises Amid Virus Havoc

Bolsonaro’s Disapproval Rating Rises Amid Virus Havoc

April 4, 2020 6:19 pm

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s disapproval rating has surged as the far-right leader has taken a vocal stance against coronavirus containment measures, two polls out Friday found.

Bolsonaro, who has compared COVID-19 to a “bit of sniffles” and criticized the “hysteria” around it, has found himself increasingly isolated on the issue as the pandemic advances.

Thirty-nine percent of Brazilians disapprove of his handling of the crisis, up six points from two weeks ago, polling firm Datafolha found.

That was similar to the result reported by polling firm XP Ip Espe, which found Bolsonaro’s disapproval rating hit its highest level since he …

Russia Ready To Cooperate On Cutting Oil - Putin

Russia Ready To Cooperate On Cutting Oil – Putin

April 4, 2020 6:17 pm

Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to cut oil production, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Putin said Russia was willing to make agreements within the framework of the OPEC+ group and that “we are ready for cooperation with the United States of America on this issue,” according to a statement published by the Kremlin.

“I believe that it is necessary to combine efforts in order to balance the market and reduce production.”

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Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks in the face of a drop in …

Trump Fires Watchdog Who Triggered His Impeachment

Trump Fires Watchdog Who Triggered His Impeachment

April 4, 2020 2:33 pm
President Donald Trump has fired the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered his impeachment.

Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee on Friday of his decision to fire Michael Atkinson, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Trump said in the letter that it is “vital” that he has confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and “that is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general”.

Read Also: Trump Agrees With WHO On Face Mask Wearing

He did not elaborate, except to say that “it is extremely important

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Tunisia Deploys ‘RoboCop’ To Enforce Lockdown

Tunisia Deploys ‘RoboCop’ To Enforce Lockdown

April 4, 2020 2:30 pm
Police in Tunisia have found a new and essentially modern way of ensuring citizens abide by the lockdown.

Police in Tunisia took the unorthodox step of deploying talking robots which stop and question anyone breaking the country’s Coronavirus quarantine measures.

The strange-looking four-wheeled robots are controlled remotely by Tunisian police and are being used to stop and question citizens that are breaking the country’s quarantine rules.

Tunisia, like many other countries experiencing the Coronavirus pandemic, has implemented strict lockdown measures that call for people to stay at home to curb the spread of the virus.

Surprisingly, the robot is able …

Soldiers arrested for raping women during lockdown

Soldiers Arrested For Raping Women During Lockdown

April 4, 2020 2:23 pm

Five Rwandan soldiers have been arrested after residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali, alleged that they raped women as they enforced a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the army has said.

Residents of Nyarutarama have been telling the military prosecution office that the soldiers also beat up male residents and stole from them, a BBC reporter in Kigali says.

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One of the victims told journalists that on 26 March an armed soldier forced his way into her home and beat up her husband when she tried to …

Boris Johnson’s pregnant fiancee Symonds gets coronavirus

Boris Johnson’s Pregnant Fiancee Symonds Gets Coronavirus

April 4, 2020 2:13 pm

Carrie Symonds, the pregnant fiancee of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed today she spent the past week fighting coronavirus.

Her revelation came days after Johnson went into isolation with the deadly pathogen.

‘I’ve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus”, she said.

“I haven’t needed to be tested and after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I’m on the mend”, she added

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‘Being pregnant with Covid-19 is obviously worrying. To other pregnant women, please do read and follow the most up to date …

Coronavirus Hits Entire Family Including Eleven Children

Coronavirus Hits Entire Family Including Eleven Children

April 4, 2020 2:12 pm
An entire Spanish family including eleven children have contracted the Coronavirus.

According to DailyMail UK, the Cebrian Gervas family from Valladolid in north-west Spain have all been forced to go under strict isolation in their home after every single one of them was diagnosed with the virus.

Mother, Irene Gervas was the first family to test positive for COVID-19, before her husband, Jose Maria Cebrian and their eleven children, Carmen (15), Fernando (14), Luiz (12), Juan Pablo (11), twins Miguel and Manuel (10), Alvaro (8), Irene (5), Alicia (4), Helena (3), and Jose Maria (1) were all diagnosed with the …

Bill Withers Lean On Me Singer Bill Withers Dies At 81

Lean On Me Singer Bill Withers Dies At 81

April 4, 2020 2:10 pm

Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said.

The singer died on Monday in Los Angeles, the family told the Associated Press.

They described him in a statement as a “solitary man with a heart driven to connect to the world”.

“He spoke honestly to people and connected them to each other,” the statement said.

Known for his smooth baritone vocals and sumptuous soul arrangements, he wrote some of the 70s best-remembered songs, including Just The Two Of Us, Lovely Day and …

Sri Lanka Forces Muslims To Cremate COVID-19 Victims

Sri Lanka Forces Muslims To Cremate COVID-19 Victims

April 4, 2020 2:09 pm

The forced cremation of two COVID-19 infected Muslims in Sri Lanka has sent shock waves among the minority community, which accused the authorities of violating Islamic burial rites.

Bishrul Hafi Mohammed Joonus, a 73–year– old  man from the capital Colombo who died of COVID-19, was the second Muslim to have been cremated in the Indian Ocean island nation, which has registered 151 cases so far.

Bishrul’s son Fayaz Joonus, 46, said his father who had a kidney disorder tested positive for the virus about two weeks ago. He died on April 1 and was cremated the following

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Coronavirus Doctor's Note- Can You Catch Coronavirus Twice

Doctor’s Note: Can You Catch Coronavirus Twice?

April 4, 2020 2:08 pm
There are fears that it may be possible to catch the coronavirus more than once, after a woman in her 40s in Osaka, Japan, tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time at the end of February. Studies and research are still going on to determine if this may be the case. So far, we do not have a definitive conclusion.

Before understanding whether or not the coronavirus can be caught twice, it is worth knowing how we build immunity to a virus in the first place.

When a pathogen (a foreign infection such as a virus or bacteria) enters

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