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Bill Gates: Only A Vaccine Will Make Things Normal

Bill Gates: Only A Vaccine Will Make Things Normal

April 6, 2020 1:28 pm

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has said that life can only fully return to normal once a ‘vaccine’ to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is available globally.

Gates said this in an interview with the U.S broadcaster, Fox News on Sunday.

According to him, work needed to be done quickly on the development of a new vaccine to enable a “billions of doses capacity” as soon as possible.

“Things will not get back to truly normal until we have a vaccine that has gotten out to the entire world,” Gates told Fox News.

“Developed nations, like the U.S., will

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UN: Coronavirus Causing Global Surge In Domestic Violence

April 6, 2020 7:13 am

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women and girls amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a video message on Sunday evening, Guterres linked the development to economic and social pressures occasioned by stay-at-home orders imposed by governments in response to the pandemic.

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Peace is not just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for face violence where they should be safest: in their own homes.

Today I appeal for peace in homes around the world.

I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as

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Coronavirus - U.S. Faces ”Hardest And Saddest Week”

Coronavirus: U.S. Faces ”Hardest And Saddest Week”

April 6, 2020 6:37 am

The United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

New York, the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, reported on Sunday that for the first time in a week, deaths had fallen slightly from the day before. But there were still nearly 600 new fatalities and more than 7,300 new cases in the state.

Louisiana has become a hot spot for the virus, reporting a jump in …

Biafra Will Not Be Until I, The Lord Will Permit It

Biafra Will Not Be Until I, The Lord Will Permit It

April 6, 2020 6:27 am

The coronavirus will become history by the end of April.  I, the Lord did not create the pestilence, it came by man made. Many are worried about how it will end. Get a bowl of water add salt to it read, psalm 91 and drink a spoonful of palm oil.

Biafra will not be until ‘I the Lord will permit it.’ It will be a waste of resources for anybody agitating for it. Kanu should watch his back because they are coming for him. So, he should be careful, even among his people, because they will sell him out. There …

Scared But Desperate, Thai Sex Workers Take To Streets

Scared But Desperate, Thai Sex Workers Take To Streets

April 5, 2020 6:07 pm

A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand’s party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and onto desolate streets. She’s scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent.

Red-light districts from Bangkok to Pattaya have gone quiet with night clubs and massage parlours closed and tourists blocked from entering the country.

That has left an estimated 300,000 sex workers out of a job, pressing some onto the streets where the risks are sharpened by the pandemic.

“I’m afraid of the virus but I need to find customers so I can pay for my room …

Coronavirus - Tokyo Records High Rise In New Cases

Coronavirus: Tokyo Records High Rise In New Cases

April 5, 2020 11:46 am

Tokyo on Sunday recorded 143 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the number of people, who have tested positive for it, to over 1,000.

The new figure marks another record after health authorities recorded 118 new cases a day earlier, the first time that the daily caseload has risen above 100.

Local media reported that the rising caseload means Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under increasing pressure to declare a state of emergency to slow the spread of the fast-moving virus.

Japan has already been forced to postpone this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo by one year due to the …

Trump To Americans - 'Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths'

Trump To Americans: ‘Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths’

April 5, 2020 6:26 am

United States President, Donald Trump has told Americans to prepare for a lot of death in the coming week as the dreadful Coronavirus surges.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed more than 60,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The US has more than 300,000 cases and more than 8,100 deaths, according to revised figures.

Trump on Saturday said ‘There’s going to be a lot of death, unfortunately.’

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He said federal assistance would now be focused on areas that need it most.

“In some cases …

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 …

Coronavirus Deaths In New York Go Past 3,500

Coronavirus Deaths In New York Go Past 3,500

April 4, 2020 1:59 pm

New York state’s coronavirus toll has risen at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there.

Meanwhile, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that Madrid will extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until April 25, as Spain’s death toll reached 11,744.

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Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 3,452, with 158 more fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpur said.

Globally the death toll surged past 60,000 on Saturday, according to the data compiled …

Trump Agrees With WHO On Face Mask Wearing

Trump Agrees With WHO On Face Mask Wearing

April 4, 2020 7:01 am

President Donald Trump on Friday recommended that Americans cover their faces with masks when outdoors to avoid contracting coronavirus.

The advice came on Friday with over 275,000 Americans infected by the virus and 7,067 killed over.

However, Trump said he would not wear the mask himself.

The decision was a policy U-turn for the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

It also breached World Health Organisation guideline about the precautionary measures people can take to avoid contracting the deadly virus.

The volte-face followed growing scientific research suggesting their widespread use can stem the spread of the coronavirus.

“It’s …

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 …

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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