Coronavirus Updates
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Nigeria: Domestic flights resume operation amid pandemic
Domestic passenger flights have resumed in Nigeria more than three months after they were suspended as part of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Airports in the capital Abuja and the comm…
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‘Significant’ increase in covid-19 spread could cause NBA second shutdown – Commissioner
NBA commissioner Adam Silver reiterated Tuesday that a “significant spread” of coronavirus could burst the league’s safety “bubble” and cause a second shutdown of the season. Silver said he fully exp…
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U.S records 60,209 covid-19 cases in 24hrs as pandemic remains on rampage
The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus, on Tuesday posted 60,209 new cases, a record for a 24-hour period, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The country was j…
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Protesters storm Serbian Parliament in protest against covid-19 curfew
Police and protesters were hurt in riots that broke out outside the National Assembly in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The protests began peacefully and included students and families, angered by a d…
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Burial of coronavirus victims at Awudome Cemetery poses no health risk
The burial of persons who die of infectious diseases including COVID-19 at Awudome Cemetery in Accra does not pose any public health risk to inhabitants nearby, Mr Benson Owusu, a public health speci…
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U.S: Govt to pays $1.6bn for coronavirus vaccine
The US federal government will pay $1.6bn (£1.3bn) to drug maker Novavax to produce 100m coronavirus doses. The payment is the largest made so far by the US “Operation Warp Speed” – a partnership bet…
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84 prisoners, 9 guards have died from covid-19 so far in Texas
At least 84 prisoners and nine prison guards and employees have died from the coronavirus so far, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The latest victim was Correctional Officer V K…
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Burundi: Country kicks off mass covid-19 testing exercise
Burundi has launched a mass testing campaign for coronavirus, in a fresh campaign by the new government to fight the spread of the pandemic. Former president Pierre Nkurunziza was accused of downplay…
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Akufo-Addo’s aide insists he was not flown to London for covid-19 treatments
The Ghanaian president’s office has refuted a newspaper report which claimed that President Nana Akufo-Addo had travelled to the UK to be treated for Covid-19. The report on 5 July by the Herald news…
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Kenya: Schools to stay closed until 2021
All schools in Kenya will remain closed until next January because of the coronavirus pandemic. Final year exams, usually taken in October and November, have also been cancelled. Education Minister G…