Coronavirus Updates
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Proportion of youth with covid-19 triples in five months – WHO
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising three-fold in ab…
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Ireland: Govt pushes back reopening of bar as covid-19 cases double
Ireland on Tuesday announced a fresh delay to the full reopening of bars, putting off a move to the final stage out of lockdown by three weeks while also tightening travel restrictions after new COVI…
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430 coronavirus patients recover in Bono Region – GHS
Four hundred and thirty Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) patients in the Bono Region have recovered and discharged from treatment centres, Dr John Ekow-Otoo, a Deputy Regional Director, Public Health o…
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U.K: McDonald’s shutdown as staff test positive for coronavirus
A branch of McDonald’s has closed in northern England after five staff tested positive for Covid-19. The fast food chain said the restaurant in Stockport, Greater Manchester, had been shut temporaril…
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WHO issue warning over Russia’s alleged vaccine
The World Health Organization has urged Russia to follow international guidelines for producing a vaccine against Covid-19 after the country said it would begin vaccinations in October. “Sometimes in…
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South Sudan: About 78 health workers test positive for coronavirus
South Sudan’s health ministry says about 78 frontline healthcare workers have tested positive for Covid-19. One male healthcare worker has died, according to a health official. “It is very unfortunat…
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COVID-19: What you need to know right now
Europe braces for second wave Germany is already contending with a second wave of the coronavirus and risks squandering its early success by flouting social distancing rules, the head of the German d…
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Vietnam: Shortage of testing kits hit amid ravaging pandemic
Vietnam reported 10 new COVID-19 infections and two deaths on Tuesday, lifting its total cases to 652, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it was running short of the rapid testing kits being …
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Australia: Fine of $14,250 to be paid by anyone who breaks isolation protocol
Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID-19 isolation orders will face hefty fines, as high as A$20,000 ($14,250), and that more military personnel w…
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Algeria: President announce reopening of mosque
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has tasked his prime minister to look into the gradual reopening of mosques. The president, during a meeting of the High Security Council, instructed Prime Min…