April 2020

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing Pregnancy

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing Pregnancy

April 4, 2020 6:41 am

Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus — she now faces giving birth alone, with her husband unlikely to see his child until days later.

Asia is facing a second wave of COVID-19 infections and as cases spiral globally with one million confirmed positive and half the planet on lockdown, women are having to give birth in unprecedented circumstances.

Hong Kong and China have imposed some of the world’s strictest measures to prevent infections in …

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Twitter Removes Numerous Accounts Linked To Saudi, Egypt

April 4, 2020 6:40 am

Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and several other countries for either taking directions from the governments or promoting pro-government content.

The social media giant said in a post on its platform on Thursday that it had taken down 2,541 accounts in the Egypt-based El Fagr network because it created “inauthentic accounts to amplify messaging critical of Iran, Qatar and Turkey”.

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“Information we gained externally indicates it was taking direction from the Egyptian government,” Twitter said.

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Untouchable - The Baby Born To A Mum With Coronavirus

Untouchable: The Baby Born To A Mum With Coronavirus

April 3, 2020 6:41 pm

For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn.And even though she has since been reunited with her son, neither she nor her husband have been allowed to physically touch him without gloves as they undergo an extended period of quarantine.

“It’s hard,” says Vanesa Muro at her home in Madrid, the worst-hit area in Spain, a country where more than 10,000 people have died from the virus, the highest number outside Italy.

“He grabs your finger, the poor …

US Employment Plunges In March Amid Coronavirus Damage

US Employment Plunges In March Amid Coronavirus Damage

April 3, 2020 6:41 pm

As the US economy craters amid the damage inflicted by the coronavirus shutdowns, businesses jettisoned jobs at an alarming rate last month, according to government data Friday, and the situation will get dramatically worse.

US employment plunged by 701,000 in March and the jobless rate surged to 4.4 percent, the Labor Department reported.

Yet the department acknowledged its statistics could not yet capture the full extent of the damage, and its own weekly data on first-time claims for jobless benefits showed 10 million people lost their jobs in the last two weeks of the month.

With COVID-19 cases topping a …

Premier League Stars In Firing Line Over Taking Pay Cut

Premier League Stars In Firing Line Over Taking Pay Cut

April 3, 2020 6:41 pm

Highly-paid Premier League players are coming under pressure to follow the example of some of their fellow professionals at the biggest clubs in Europe and take a cut in salary during the coronavirus pandemic.

Leading politicians have weighed in while discussions are ongoing between the Premier League, Football League and the players’ union over the highly-charged issue.

Some observers fear that if the standoff continues much longer, it could cause damage to the brand of the Premier League, Europe’s wealthiest league.

Premier League club chairmen are likely on Friday to push back further the date for a resumption of the …

Google To Publish User Location Data To Help Tackle Virus

Google To Publish User Location Data To Help Tackle Virus

April 3, 2020 6:07 pm

Google says it will publish users’ location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reports on users’ movements in 131 countries will be made available on a special website and will “chart movement trends over time by geography”, according to a post on one of Google’s blogs.

Trends will display “a percentage point increase or decrease in visits” to locations like parks, shops, homes and places of work, not “the absolute number of visits,” said the post, signed by Jen Fitzpatrick, who …

Why We Can’t Sell PMS Below ₦125 – IPMAN

Why We Can’t Sell PMS Below ₦125 – IPMAN

April 3, 2020 4:57 pm

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Friday, explained why its members would not sell the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) below ₦125 per litre.

DAILY POST reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria had recently reduced the pump price of petrol from ₦125 to ₦123.50k.

It was, however, gathered that many petroleum stations had vowed not to lower the price from the current N125.

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Secretary of IPMAN Ibadan branch, Alhaji Ismail Abdul-Majeed in a circular to members of the association, asked members to freely choose between the two

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President Buhari Issues Fresh Directive To Nigerian Army

President Buhari Issues Fresh Directive To Nigerian Army

April 3, 2020 4:57 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Army to join the police and flush out bandits from forests around the country, particularly in the areas that witnessed recent attacks.

This was contained in a statement to DAILY POST on Friday, signed by Garba Shehu, the President’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity.

The President gave the directive in response to the killing of 22 people in Sokoto State by armed bandits, as well as the reported killing of 10 others in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

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COVID-19 - Cross River Govt Counters WHO On Face Mask

COVID-19: Cross River Govt Counters WHO On Face Mask

April 3, 2020 4:57 pm

The Cross River State Government has debunked claims by the World Health Organization (WHO) that face mask doesn’t prevent transmission of coronavirus or other viral diseases.

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Addressing a press conference in Calabar, Cross River State capital on Friday, the Commissioner for Health Dr Betta Edu who is the Chairman of COVID-19 Team said that the claim by the WHO should not be taken serious.

“About the World Health Organization (WHO) directives, I have stated very clearly and I will still say it over and over again that, in China,

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Nigerian Coronavirus Patient Bites Nurse In China

Nigerian Coronavirus Patient Bites Nurse In China

April 3, 2020 4:56 pm

A Nigerian Coronavirus patient, identified as Okonkwonwoye Chika Patrick, has been detained in China for allegedly biting a Chinese nurse, Ms. Wang, as he attempted to escape from isolation, Daily Mail reports.

The 47-year-old man is said to have beat up the nurse, after she stopped him from leaving his quarantine ward at a hospital in Guangzhou on Wednesday, April 1.

Okonkwonwoye has been at the hospital since March 23, after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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On the day of the incident, Ms. Wang was said to have approached him

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Lockdown - 100 Arrested In Rivers, Prosecuted

Lockdown: 100 Arrested In Rivers, Prosecuted

April 3, 2020 3:48 pm

Over 100 people have been arrested and arraigned at the Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over violation of the state government’s lockdown in some parts of the state capital following outbreak of Coronavirus.

The suspects, who were arrested by Police in different parts of Port Harcourt between Monday and Thursday were charged with three-count of conspiracy, disobedient to Governors’ directive, street trading which has caused a breach of public peace and thereby committed an offence.

Three magistrates who presided over the cases, Dr Rita Oguguo, Chief Magistrate D.D. Ihua-Maduenyi and Senior Magistrate V E Nweke in their …

Goods Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Lagos Market

Goods Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops In Lagos Market

April 3, 2020 3:48 pm

Two shops with household utensils were destroyed in a fire that gutted Maola Shopping Mall at Ebute Ero Market in the Idumota area of Lagos on Friday.

Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), who confirmed the incident noted that the fire had been put off by emergency responders.

According to him the combined efforts of emergency agencies put off the fire within 30 minutes.

“Upon arrival of the Emergency Responders at the scene it was revealed that a building (Maola Shopping Mall) was affected by a fire of unknown origin.

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