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Coronavirus Cases In Africa Surge To 46,500

Coronavirus Cases In Africa Surge To 46,500

May 5, 2020 3:23 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says the number of reported Coronavirus cases in Africa has risen to over 46,500 as at May 4.

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

“There are over 46,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 1,800 associated deaths,” it said.

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

Read Also: WHO Tackles U.S. Secretary Pompeo On Coronavirus Origin

It showed that …

German League Hopes For Go-Ahead Despite Virus Cases

German League Hopes For Go-Ahead Despite Virus Cases

May 4, 2020 6:25 pm

Germany’s football league insisted Monday the mass testing of players and backroom staff was “providing protection” after 10 cases of coronavirus across the top two divisions raised questions about whether it will get the green light to resume matches this month.

On Monday, the German Football League (DFL) reported that out of 1,724 tests, 10 had returned a positive result, three of which are already known to involve Bundesliga side Cologne.

“The tests carried out over the past few days have fulfilled their purpose of providing additional safety and thus protecting players as best as possible from infection during team …

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Social Or Physical Distancing? Which One For COVID-19?

May 4, 2020 1:11 pm

Since the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus as a pandemic on 11 March, the mantra has been to tell us to maintain some “social distancing” to avoid being infected.

On 20 March, WHO dropped the term and adopted ‘physical distancing”.

“Technology, right now, has advanced so greatly that we can keep connected in many ways without actually physically being in the same room or physically being in the same space with people,” WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said at a press conference in Geneva.

“We’re changing to say physical distance and that’s on purpose because we want people …

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Doctors Prepared To Announce My Death’ – Boris Johnson

May 3, 2020 2:39 pm

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has revealed that doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled the coronavirus disease after testing positive.

The Prime Minister made his first public appearance on Monday after fully recovering from the disease he battled for nearly a month.

Speaking with the Sun UK, Boris said he was in a life-or-death struggle against the virus, adding that he depended on litres and litres of oxygen to survive.

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According to him, doctors already made arrangements on how to announce his death if things went

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U.S. Deepens Charge Against China’s Wuhan Lab

U.S. Deepens Charge Against China’s Wuhan Lab

May 3, 2020 2:32 pm

The United States has doubled down on its accusation that China’s Wuhan lab unleashed the disruptive coronavirus into the world.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” that the virus originated in the lab.

“There is enormous evidence that this is where it began,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Read Also: China Says That All Wuhan Virus Patients Discharged

But while highly critical of China’s handling of the matter, Pompeo declined to say whether he thought the virus had been intentionally released.

President Donald Trump has been increasingly critical of China’s role in …

Iran Set To Reopen Mosques In Low-Risk Areas

Iran Set To Reopen Mosques In Low-Risk Areas

May 3, 2020 2:30 pm

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 47 people died of the virus over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count in 55 days.

He told a news conference he hoped “the trend will continue in the upcoming days”.

President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised statement on Sunday that 132 counties, about one-third of the country’s administrative divisions, will “reopen their mosques as of tomorrow”.

“Social distancing is more

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Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Abeokuta hospital

Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Abeokuta hospital

May 3, 2020 2:29 pm
The Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman in the facility as a result of contracting coronavirus.

The Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of the hospital, Dr. Fidelis Ojeblenu, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta.

The hospital was thrown into confusion on Saturday, as people in and around the area took to their heels on hearing the news.

Ojeblenu said that two patients, a man, and the expectant mother, had tested positive to COVID-19 at the hospital.

Read Also: Nigeria Records 220 New Cases Of Coronavirus, 2,388 Total

He stated …

Bundesliga Restart Blow As Three Test Positive For Coronavirus

Bundesliga Restart Blow As 3 Test Positive For COVID-19

May 2, 2020 5:21 pm

Three people have tested positive for coronavirus at Cologne and will be placed into a 14-day quarantine, the Bundesliga club said Friday in a potential blow to hopes of restarting the German football season this month.

“Cologne had the entire team and coaching staff, along with the backroom staff, tested on Thursday for COVID-19. Three people tested positive, all are symptom free,” the club said in a statement on its website.

“After an assessment of the cases by the responsible health authorities, the three people who tested positive will go into a 14-day quarantine at home.

“Cologne will not confirm …

Coronavirus Wipes Out Whole Family, Father, Mother, Son

Coronavirus Wipes Out Whole Family, Father, Mother, Son

May 1, 2020 7:41 am

Coronavirus has wiped out a whole family in the United States, killing father, mother and their son.

The invisible enemy killed the Mayorga family, a Nicaraguan family in Miami Florida over three weekends.

Though the son was the first to be diagnosed with the virus in mid-March, it was the father, Mario Mayorga that was first taken away, according to a grieving relative Marcela Lastre.

Mario Mayorga, right. he first contracted the bug

Mario died on 10 April, followed by his wife Esperanza on 19 April. Both were aged 72.

Their son, 42 year-old Mario Jr followed on 26 April.…

Chloroquine, Zithromax Cures Coronavirus – Gov. Bala

Chloroquine, Zithromax Cure Coronavirus – Gov. Bala

May 1, 2020 7:39 am
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has authorised the use of anti-malaria drugs, Chloroquine and Zithromax for the purpose of treating Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Governor said he is ready to take responsibility for any consequence of approving such drugs.

Bala, who was the COVID-19 index case in the state, revealed that he was treated with “chloroquine and Zithromax.”

Read Also: 16 Kano Almajiris Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kaduna

The Governor stated this while providing an update on COVID-19 in the State at the Government House, Bauchi on Thursday

“Our medical team is using their own ingenuity to use chloroquine

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No Evidence That Coronavirus Was Man-Made

No Evidence That Coronavirus Was Man-Made

April 30, 2020 1:53 pm

Intelligence agencies in the United States have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not man-made or genetically modified” but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic can be traced to contact with infected animals or an accident at a Chinese lab.

The statement on Thursday from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the clearinghouse for the web of US spy agencies, comes as President Donald Trump and his allies have touted the as-yet unproven theory that an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Chinese outbreak, was the source of the global

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newborns Covid, Corona And Lockdown - Babies Named After A Pandemic

Covid, Corona And Lockdown: Babies Named After A Pandemic

April 29, 2020 6:51 pm

First there was Corona Kumar, then Covid Marie: parents have taken to naming newborns after the coronavirus, apparently unperturbed by the prospect of their children being forever associated with a deadly pandemic.

When Colline Tabesa gave birth to a healthy baby girl in the central Philippine city of Bacolod on April 13, she and the father John Tupas decided to mark the occasion with a show of gratitude.

“This COVID-19 has caused great suffering around the world,” said 23-year-old Tupas, expressing relief after the uneventful delivery.

“I wanted her name to remind us that COVID did not only bring …

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