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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 …

hunger 'Hunger Pandemic' Fears As Virus Roils World Economy

‘Hunger Pandemic’ Fears As Virus Roils World Economy

April 21, 2020 6:37 pm

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warned Tuesday, as the unprecedented clampdown on commerce sent shock waves through financial markets.

The bleak warning comes as deaths from the virus surpassed 170,000 worldwide, with governments anxiously trying to chart a path out of the unprecedented global health and economic emergency.

Debates are raging worldwide over when and how to relax strict lockdowns.

Many leaders fear triggering another wave of infections but are also worried about the mounting economic costs and signs of social tension.

The economic …

Germany Reopens Some Shops As Virus Lockdown Eases

Germany Reopens Some Shops As Virus Lockdown Eases

April 20, 2020 6:36 pm

Parts of Europe hit hard by the deadly coronavirus pandemic took tentative steps towards resuming normal lives on Monday, with Germany allowing some shops to reopen and Norway restarting nurseries.

Governments across the world are debating how and when to ease the lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — confined to their homes and crippled the global economy.

After emerging in the industrial central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, the respiratory virus has claimed roughly 165,000 lives, with nearly two thirds of the victims in Europe.

But there were encouraging signs …

Nadal Completely Frustrated By Tennis Lockdown

Nadal Completely Frustrated By Tennis Lockdown

April 20, 2020 6:35 pm

Rafael Nadal on Monday expressed his frustration that tennis players remain unable to practise due to the coronavirus pandemic, while Roger Federer revealed he was happy with his recovery from knee surgery.

The Spanish government has extended the country’s state of alarm until May 9, with the entire population confined to their homes except a small number working in specific sectors, leaving Nadal perplexed as to why he can’t train.

“It’s true I don’t understand very well because we cannot play tennis when many people are going to work and even more so in our sport, where we keep at …

Thousands Of Hungry, Jobless Americans Beg For Food

Thousands Of Hungry, Jobless Americans Beg For Food

April 19, 2020 2:26 pm

Jobless Americans squeezed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see.

And with 22 million people out of work seemingly overnight as business after business closes under the Great Lockdown, these charities feeding hungry and scared people fear the day will come when they cannot cope with the tsunami of demand.

On Tuesday, for instance, some 1,000 cars lined up at a distribution centre set up in Pennsylvania by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Demand for …

New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

April 18, 2020 6:21 pm

New York state, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, has experienced its lowest one-day death toll in two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.

Cuomo said 540 people had died in his state of 20 million inhabitants in the preceding 24 hours, and he suggested New York may now be on the downslope after a recent plateau in deaths.

That would be the lowest total since 432 deaths were registered on April 2, according to data from the authoritative Covid Tracking Project.

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On April 3, the …

Stallion Group Donates Rice, Fish As Palliatives

Stallion Group Donates Rice, Fish As Palliatives

April 17, 2020 8:35 am

Stallion Motors in Nigeria has braced up for the coronavirus pandemic as they have donated tons of free rice and fish to the COVID-19 hospitals in Lagos State with the Stallion Group Team.

The selfless people working in the frontline have risked their lives to ensure that aid reaches where it is required the most. 77 State hospitals in Nigeria are already registered as a part of this programme.

The group apart from pledging free rice and fish for three months to all COVID–19 hospitals has deployed staff buses to ferry health care workers to hospitals dedicated to coronavirus treatment …

mental health COVID-19 To Have 'Profound' Mental Health Fallout

COVID-19 To Have ‘Profound’ Mental Health Fallout

April 16, 2020 6:04 pm

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday.

In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the impacts COVID-19 may have on society’s mental well-being.

Two accompanying surveys of the British public showed that most people questioned had experienced heightened anxiety and fear of becoming mentally unwell since the pandemic struck.

“We are all dealing with unprecedented uncertainty and major changes to the way we live our …

South Korea Ruling Party Wins Big Parliamentary Majority

South Korea Ruling Party Wins Big Parliamentary Majority

April 16, 2020 6:02 pm

South Korea’s left-leaning ruling party won a landslide election victory, results showed Thursday, after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in’s favour.

His Democratic party secured the largest absolute majority in the National Assembly since the advent of democracy in 1987, on a turnout of 66.2 percent — the highest at a parliamentary election for 28 years.

Just a few months ago Moon was threatened by scandals over power abuse and sluggish economic growth, while critics called his dovish approach towards North Korea unrealistic.

Read Also: South Korea Commences School Year Amid Coronavirus

But the South’s

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US Virus Job Losses Hit 22m As Trump Eyes Restart

US Virus Job Losses Hit 22m As Trump Eyes Restart

April 16, 2020 6:02 pm

Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States reached 22 million on Thursday, government data said, as President Donald Trump vowed to unveil plans to re-open the world’s largest economy.

The new weekly unemployment claims data from the Labor Department indicates US employers purged 5.2 million jobs last week, a massive number brought about by business shutdowns and movement restrictions ordered to stop the virus’s spread.

And separate Census Bureau data detailed the virus’s damage to the housing market, with homebuilding sinking by more than 22 percent in March, while a Federal Reserve report showed plunging manufacturing activity …

North Korea Calls For Stronger Coronavirus Measures

North Korea Calls For Stronger Coronavirus Measures

April 12, 2020 6:37 pm

North Korea called for stronger measures against the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic at a meeting presided by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Sunday, without acknowledging whether the country had reported any infections.

The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China in January, and imposed strict containment measures.

Officials in Pyongyang and its state media have repeatedly insisted that the North remains totally free of the virus, but Sunday’s report did not make that assertion.

The coronavirus epidemic — which has infected more than 1.7 million worldwide — …

IBB At 80: May Nature Treat Him Same As He Did To Nigeria

IBB To Nigerians: Don’t Blame Yourselves, Wash Your Hands

April 12, 2020 2:31 pm
Former Nigerian military leader, Ibrahim Babangida has urged federal and state governments to continue to provide solutions to the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement that he signed, Babangida commended the government’s policies in curbing the spread of the disease in the country.

”Although the numbers keep rising, the situation is still being kept at manageable levels within the limits of our health care system,” Babangida said.

Read Also: Spain Shaking Off Coronavirus As Death Toll Plunges

”We have lessons and experiences of China, Taiwan, and other countries to benefit from.

“There is no room for blame game now but concerted

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