May 6, 2020

Trump - Virus Crisis 'Worse Than Pearl Harbor' Or 9-11

Trump: Virus Crisis ‘Worse Than Pearl Harbor’ Or 9/11

May 6, 2020 5:19 pm

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic has hit the United States harder than Pearl Harbor in World War II or the 9/11 attacks.

“We went through the worst attack we’ve ever had on our country. This is really the worst attack we’ve ever had,” he told reporters at the White House.

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“This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center,” he said.

The surprise Japanese attack in 1941 on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii drew the United …

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

May 6, 2020 5:15 pm

Facebook on Wednesday announced the first members of its independent “supreme court” empowered to make binding decisions about what content should be allowed or removed at the social network and Instagram.

The oversight board is to make final decisions regarding the kinds of posts known to embroil Facebook in controversy about censorship, misinformation or free speech.

Facebook public policy director Brent Harris described creation of the board as the “beginning of a fundamental change in the way some of the most difficult content decisions on Facebook will be made.”

The 20 announced members of the panel come from various countries …

Joshua Bout May Not Be Behind Closed Doors - Promoter

Joshua Bout May Not Be Behind Closed Doors: Promoter

May 6, 2020 5:14 pm

Anthony Joshua’s promoter says the world champion’s next title defence may not be staged behind closed doors despite the coronavirus crisis.

Eddie Hearn is considering moving Joshua’s next fight against Kubrat Pulev, which was originally scheduled for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.

The London bout has been postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic and Hearn would be willing to move it to the Middle East if an audience is allowed there.

Joshua beat Andy Ruiz to take the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles in Saudi Arabia in December.

Hearn has already suggested he might stage the …

The Wuhan Lab At The Heart Of The US-China Virus Spat

The Wuhan Lab At The Heart Of The US-China Virus Spat

May 6, 2020 5:13 pm

The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on the world’s most dangerous diseases.

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both claimed that there is evidence the pathogen came from the lab in Wuhan — the city where the disease was first detected late last year.

But the World Health Organization said Washington had offered no evidence to support the “speculative” claims, and scientists believe the coronavirus jumped from animals to humans, possibly at a Wuhan market selling wild animals.

The top US epidemiologist Anthony …

You've No Evidence We Created Virus – China Blasts US Govt

No Evidence That We Created Virus – China To US Govt

May 6, 2020 12:22 pm
China has hit back at the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for claiming that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan.

Pompeo speaking on Sunday, insisted there was “enormous evidence” to show that the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China.

However, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, warned Pompeo to leave the matter to scientists.

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“I think this matter should be handed to scientists and medical professionals, and not politicians, who lie for their domestic political ends.

“Mr. Pompeo repeatedly spoke up but he cannot present

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Polish Presidential Election In Chaos With 4 Days To Go

Polish Presidential Election In Chaos With 4 Days To Go

May 6, 2020 12:21 pm

Poland is scheduled to hold a presidential election in just four days but nobody can say whether it will happen or not.

Sunday’s election date was set months ago but preparations have been thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown Poland is under to control the spread of the virus.

Bitter fighting between the ruling conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) and its opponents is preventing the sides from coming together to find an alternative.

Plans for the vote are in chaos.

Proposed legislation regulating it is still in Parliament, with no guarantee that it will pass.

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UK Lockdown Advocate Neil Ferguson Quits After Backlash

UK Lockdown Advocate Neil Ferguson Quits After Backlash

May 6, 2020 12:20 pm

British leading epidemiologist Neil Ferguson resigned from Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) after media reported he broke social distancing rules.

Ferguson, who led the team at Imperial College London that advised the British government to take the national lockdown measures, told the Telegraph that he made an “error of judgement”.

He therefore stepped back from his involvement in SAGE on Tuesday.

According to the Telegraph, Ferguson allowed his friend, a married woman, to visit him at home on at least two occasions during the lockdown.

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He thus broke …

Italian Firm Takis Develops World’s First Virus Vaccine

Italian Firm Takis Develops World’s First Virus Vaccine

May 6, 2020 12:19 pm

An Italian medical firm, Takis said it has developed the world’s first vaccine that neutralises the coronavirus in human cells.

According to tests carried out at Rome’s infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital, a single shot of the vaccine generates antibodies in mice.

Italian news agency ANSA reported that the antibodies can block the virus from infecting human cells.

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Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, told ANSA that the Covid-19 candidate vaccine had neutralised the virus in human cells, for the first time.

Takis CEO Luigi Aurisicchio

“According to Spallanzani Hospital, we are the first …

Infectious Diseases Bill - Nigerian Youths Blow Hurt

Infectious Diseases Bill: Nigerian Youths Blow Hurt

May 6, 2020 12:14 pm

Youth leaders across the country, under the aegis of the Coalition Against Vaccine Trial in Nigeria, CAVTIN, have issued a stern warning to the leadership of the National Assembly over the controversial ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Bill.’

The youths threatened to embark on all actions that are within legal means to ensure that the bill is not passed.

They also threatened to start a recall process of all the lawmakers involved in the attempt to pass the Bill.

The Coalition wondered why the House of Representatives, without warning and with malevolent alacrity, could engage in a plot to push through

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Messi Among Barca Players To Undergo Tests For COVID-19

Messi Among Barca Players To Undergo Tests For COVID-19

May 6, 2020 12:10 pm

Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, and other Barcelona stars are set to undergo tests for Coronavirus on Wednesday (today) as they prepare to return to training ahead of Spain’s LaLiga restart in June.

This is coming after Spain’s ministry of health gave clubs permission to return to their training grounds after lockdown rules were relaxed.

After getting tested, players who do not have coronavirus or symptoms of the disease will train individually.

Barcelona have already announced that they are planning to welcome their players back to the Joan Gamper sports city on Wednesday ahead of LaLiga return in June behind closed …

511 Health Workers In S' Africa Contract COVID-19, 2 Dead

511 Health Workers In S’ Africa Contract COVID-19, 2 Dead

May 6, 2020 12:09 pm
Zweli Mkhize, health minister of South Africa revealed today that 511 health workers have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Two, a doctor and a nurse, have died, he said.

Mkhize made this known today in a tweet as the country’s coronavirus cases reached 7,572 with 148 deaths.

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“We have a total of 511 health workers who have tested positive. 26 of them are hospitalized & we have lost 2 of them, a doctor and a nurse. 149 health workers have recovered. The contribution of the protective gear is

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COVID-19 Cases Rise In Africa; Nigeria On Top 3

COVID-19 Cases Rise In Africa; Nigeria On Top 3

May 6, 2020 12:07 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the number of reported COVID-19 cases in Africa increased from 46,500 to 49,000 in the past 24 hours.

The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Wednesday.

“There are over 49,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent, with more than 16,000 associated recoveries and 1,900 deaths.

The figures on the dashboard showed that South Africa, Algeria, and Nigeria had the highest reported cases on the list in the WHO Africa Region.

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