Coronavirus Updates
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IRAN: Govt reopens Shia Muslim shrines amid pandemic
Iran has reopened its major Shia Muslim shrines – including those of Imam Reza in Mashhad and Hazrat Masumeh in Qom – two months after they were closed to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Worship…
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Another mammal-to-human virus discovered in Netherlands
A second suspected case of a mink transmitting the coronavirus to a human has been detected in the Netherlands, the country’s agriculture ministry has said. The infection is believed to have happened…
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Scotland to announce lockdown decision on Thursday
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that a decision about whether some lockdown restrictions are to be eased will be made on Thursday. This would see Scotland moving into phase one of …
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Spain sets to lift foreign arrival quarantine from 1 June
Spain, the world’s second most visited country, has announced it will lift its two-week quarantine rule on arriving overseas visitors from 1 July. Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said the “wor…
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Long queues as flights resume in India
Long queues and chaos greeted passengers at Indian airports as the country partially restarted domestic air travel after two months of coronavirus lockdown. But dozens of flights were cancelled, leav…
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Despite high covid-19 victims, Americans fill up beaches
Americans have flocked to beaches and lakes for Memorial Day weekend, often flouting restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In Florida, state police dispersed an unauthorised gather…
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Ghana’s covid-19 cases at 6,808 as 125 new cases are recorded in 48hrs
Ghana’s Health Service has announced some new 125 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in the country, barely hours after some 66 recorded on Sunday, May 24, 2020. This brings to total, 6,808 confirmed…
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SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers to sue Govt over reopening of schools amid pandemic
Teachers in South Africa want the planned reopening of schools on 1 June halted, Independent Online news website reports. Educators Union of SA (Eusa) general secretary Siphiwe Mpungose is quoted as …
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America places travel ban on non-citizens who have visited Brazil
The US has imposed travel restrictions on foreign nationals who have been to Brazil in the last 14 days. The South American nation recently became the world’s second major hotspot for coronavirus cas…
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Buhari laments over pandemic impact on economy
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa’s biggest economy following stringent measures imposed to contain coronavirus outbreak. In the capit…