Coronavirus Updates
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Poland: Churches reopen to worshippers
Many Poles are expected to flock to churches on Sunday as the country moves to the next phase of easing its coronavirus lockdown. Churches are throwing their doors wide open to worshippers after week…
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NIGERIA: Gunmen dig up dead covid-19 patient from graveyard
Port Harcourt – Gun-wielding men have exhumed the remains of former executive chairman of the Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State in Nigeria, Odiari Princewill, who died of the coronavir…
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India sets to lift lockdown from 8 June
India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new coronavirus cases. From 8 June, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and …
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ITALY: Tower of Pisa resumes operation as tourists flood in
Italy’s celebrated leaning Tower of Pisa has reopened to tourists again, three months after closing due to coronavirus. First to climb the more than 280 steps were 10-year-old Matilde and her father …
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NEPAL: 875 people commits suicide amid pandemic lockdown
A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal. The country has been under lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, since March 24. According…
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PHILIPPINES: Online child sex abuse skyrockets amid pandemic lockdown
Bangkok – Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country’s lockdown has left more children vulnerabl…
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BIZARRE: Monkeys escape with covid-19 patients’ blood samples in India
The north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has ordered an inquiry after a troop of monkeys attacked a lab assistant at the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College and Hospital and stole suspected Covid…
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Coronavirus hits hard on 32 schools in South Africa
Cape Argus – Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has revealed the number of schools and teachers affected by the Covid-19 in the Western Cape ahead of the schools reopening on Monday. Schäfer said they have…
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U.S: Black-American covid-19 victims’ lungs filled with blood clot
As the days go on, African Americans continue to get hit harder and be affected by the coronavirus more than anyone else.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Back in early April, it was reported that black people who catch COV…
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Tourists from Denmark to begin visiting Norway from 15 June
Norway and Denmark say they will open up tourism between their two countries from 15 June, but will maintain restrictions for Swedes. Sweden, unlike its Nordic neighbours, did not impose a lockdown a…