Coronavirus Updates
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U.S: Former Republican presidential candidate dies from coronavirus
Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, has died after contracting COVID-19, according to a statement on his website and Facebook page. Cain was diagnosed with the disease in late June…
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246 markets in Eastern Region re-disinfected
A total of 246 markets in the Eastern Region have been disinfected in the second phase of the nationwide disinfection exercise, as part of measures by the government to stop the spread of the coronav…
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Vietnam heightens efforts to curb second wave of coronavirus
Vietnam told tens of thousands of people who visited a central city to report to disease control centres on Thursday, as nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed and the country scrambled to contain…
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Poland: Govt moves to quarantine returnees as covid-19 cases spike
Poland may reinstate quarantine measures for people returning home from some countries, a government spokesman said on Thursday, after recent data showing a spike in coronavirus infections. “We are c…
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Russia vows to produce Coronavirus virus vaccines by September
Russia said Wednesday that it plans to begin production of two “promising” coronavirus vaccines in September and October, as Moscow races to develop a formula before Western countries. At a meeting c…
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Lockdown update: School-age children sell egg on the highway
The students and pupils aged from 10 to 19 years walk along parts of the Bolatanga- Navrongo highway, from Anateem, Doba, Kandiga junction through to Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality with…
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Switzerland set to extend ban on events until March 2021
According to reports, Switzerland is considering extending a ban on events with more than 1000 people until March 2021. The ban, currently in place until the end of August, is expected to be extended…
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Ghana Health Service confirms 782 new coronavirus infections
The Ghana Health Service has said it has confirmed 782 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. Information available on its website reads: “A total of 782 new cases were reported on July 26, 2020. T…
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Italy’s Prime Minister moves to extend state of emergency
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte asked parliament on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency, which expands his government’s powers as it tackles the coronavirus health crisis. Opposition parties…
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Belgium makes wearing of face masks mandatory
There could be no one around but the wind and the sea, but wherever you go along Belgium’s coast this summer you had better wear a mask. Instead of trying to enforce a rule with countless exceptions,…