Coronavirus Updates
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Who is allowed to travel to Germany from outside the EU?
Here’s the latest on German travel rules for people from outside Europe. As of Tuesday August 11th, citizens from the following countries are permitted to travel to the EU: Australia Georgia Canada J…
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Brazil commence deal talks with Russia to purchase covid-19 vaccine
Brazil’s Paraná state is in talks with Russia to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, the state research institute said on Tuesday, hours after President Vladimir Putin declared his country to be the world’s …
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U.S: CDC records 5,064,171 coronavirus cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 5,064,171 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 40,522 cases from its previous count, and said that the number o…
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Half of daily 100,000 COVID-19 cases in North America are from U.S. – WHO
More than 100,000 cases of C0VID-19 are being reported daily in the Americas, half of them in the United States, and there are worrisome spikes in countries that had outbreaks controlled, such as Arg…
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New Zealand locks down biggest city after first local case of coronavirus in 102 days
New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in the city, the first evidence of domestic transmission after being…
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Peru: Furious citizens continue to protest over covid-19 second wave
Angry residents in Peru’s Andean and Amazon regions have attacked three mining and oil sector firms in the last week, two of which were forced to halt operations after deadly clashes, as a second wav…
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U.S gifts 200 ventilators to Nigeria to curb covid-19 deaths
Nigeria has begun the handover ceremony for 200 ventilators donated by the US government. The ventilators were a promised by President Donald Trump during a phone conversation with President Muhammad…
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Putin announce Russia’s covid-19 vaccine approved; his daughter already given
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans. Mr Putin said the vaccine had pa…
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Australia: Northern Territory extends border closures for another 18 months
Australia’s remote Northern Territory (NT) will keep its borders closed to coronavirus-affected states for at least another 18 months, officials say. Australia is battling a second wave in its south-…
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Ghana records 209 new covid-19 cases as count hit 41,212; with 9 more deaths
The latest Coronavirus update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that 209 new cases have been recorded, increasing the total coronavirus cases in the country to 41,212. The active cases are 2,27…