Coronavirus Updates
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Berlin plans party in parks and streets in effort to revive clubs and bars
The capital city’s senate has called on its districts to find suitable outdoor spaces to hold parties, so that dance clubs can come back to life during the corona scare. City economics minister, Ramo…
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Post-Lockdown: Mcdonald’s to reopen 700 UK Restaurants
McDonald’s has announced plans to reopen hundreds of restaurants for dine-in services across the UK from this week. Last week, it was reported that the fast food chain was testing safety measures as …
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Trump: Pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better
President Trump abruptly departed on Tuesday from his rosy projections about the coronavirus, warning Americans from the White House briefing lectern that the illness would get worse before widesprea…
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Coronavirus: Jamaica extends State of Emergency until September
Forty-eight Members of Parliament voted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to extend the states of emergency in force in several parishes until September 3. This was the compromise that was a…
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87.4% of coronavirus patients in Ghana have recovered
Ghana has recorded 25,331 recoveries and discharges of COVID-19, representing 87.4 per cent of the total cases recorded in the country since March 12, 2020, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director of t…
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Ghana records 559 fresh covid-19 cases
Ghana has recorded 559 new COVID-19 confirmed cases of infection, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said on Tuesday. The new infections, recorded in 36 districts in eight regions are from tests cond…
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South Africa: 7 police stations shut as several test positive for covid-19
At least seven police stations in four South African provinces have had to close temporarily after officers tested positive. The closed stations are in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal and the Free…
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Barcelona cuts down on number of beach-goers due to spike in covid-19 cases
Barcelona authorities on Tuesday cut the number of people allowed on to the city’s beaches to 32,000 from 38,000, after crowds flocked to the sea at the weekend despite advice to stay home to curb a …
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You are most likely to contract coronavirus at home – study reveals
South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home. A study published in the…
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Oxford could roll out covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2020
The University of Oxford’s possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said on Tuesday. The experimental vaccine,…