Coronavirus Updates
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Trump orders reopening of churches with immediate effect
At a White House press briefing, US President Donald Trump called on places of worship to “open right now” and said he had deemed them “essential”. “In America we need more prayer not less,” he said,…
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Yemen’s healthcare in devastation amid pandemic – UN confirms
War-torn Yemen’s healthcare system has “in effect collapsed” and coronavirus is spreading across the country, the United Nations has warned. Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordina…
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Chechen’s leader reportedly admitted for covid-19
The powerful Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been taken to hospital with suspected coronavirus, according to Russian media reports. Interfax news agency reported that he was receiving treatment in …
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Zongo Girls for Education, Zongo Development Fund holds 2-day covid-19 sensitization in Kumasi
As part of activities lined up in the campaign against COVID 19 in zongo communities, the Zongo Girls for Education, in collaboration with the Zongo Development Fund held a two-day intensive sensitiz…
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WHO sets to sign confidentiality clause with Madagascar on coronavirus ‘cure’
The World Health Organisation is to sign a confidentiality clause with Madagascar on the formulation of its herbal remedy for coronavirus. The WHO had for long criticised Madagascar for promoting the…
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Fitness walk on Kwahu Mountain banned – Assembly Members
As part of measures to fight Coronavirus, Assembly members in the Kwahu West Municipality and Kwahu South District of Eastern Region have vowed to stop people from using the Kwahu Mountain for fitnes…
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EGYPT: Govt to deduct 1% pay cut from all Egyptian employees for 1 year
The Egyptian government has announced a raft of financial measures to help pay for the economic damage caused by the corronavirus pandemic. Under a new draft law every working Egyptian will face a pa…
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SOUTH SUDAN: Ten ministers test positive to coronavirus
Ten ministers in South Sudan are now confirmed to have contracted coronavirus. Information Minister Michael Makuei has told the BBC that all former members of the high-level task force on coronavirus…
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NIGERIA: Health workers to begin anti-malaria drug test against covid-19
The Nigerian authorities say trials are due to begin to see whether an anti-malarial drug is effective against the corona virus. The Commissioner for Health in Lagos state said healthcare workers as …
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GHS has carried out more than 187,929 covid-19 tests
About 187,929 COVID-19 tests have been conducted, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has said. Speaking at the COVID-19 press briefing in Accra on May 21, he…