Coronavirus Updates
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Nigeria: 64 health workers contract coronavirus in one state
Dr Bulus Peter, Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association in Nasarawa State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Peter disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Saturday. He said he was alre…
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Iran: Police begin enforcing mandatory face mask
From Sunday, it is mandatory for Iranians to wear face masks in covered public spaces. President Hassan Rouhani has warned the police and the paramilitary militia will be empowered to enforce the rul…
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WHO ends trial on hydroxychloroquine as it affirms it does not help against coronavirus
The World Health Organization said it was ending a trial into whether anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps patients hospitalized with COVID-19 Saturday, after a trial showed no clear benefit fr…
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President Nana Addo in self-isolation after being exposed to COVID-19
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is, from yesterday, July 4, beginning a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure following his exposure to a COVID-19 positive person in his close circle. A s…
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American tennis star, Frances Tiafoe contracts coronavirus
American Frances Tiafoe has become the latest tennis player to test positive for coronavirus. The world number 81 had been playing in the All-American Team Cup in Georgia, the first event in the US t…
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Western North Region confirms fresh 25 coronavirus cases
The Western North Region has recorded 25 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 127, with 82 recovered and discharged, leaving 45 active cases. This was contained in a rep…
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NGO tasks GHS to establish covid-19 national control programme
The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) has called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to establish a National Control Programme on COVID-19. It said this was to ensure access and equity in the te…
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Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia basilica reopens amid pandemic
One of Spain’s most famous landmarks, the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, has reopened its doors to visitors for the first time since it was shut in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. …
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Brazil: President waters down law requiring face masks despite spike in covid-19 cases
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday approved a law obliging use of masks on streets and in public transport to prevent COVID-19 infections, but he vetoed clauses that would have required them…
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Trump’s girlfriend test positive to coronavirus
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of US President Donald Trump’s oldest son, has contracted the coronavirus. Sergio Gor, chief of staff to the Trump campaign’s finance committee, said Guilfoyle was …