Coronavirus Updates
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AUSTRALIA: 10 anti-lockdown protesters arrested for breaching social-distancing
Police have arrested 10 people at a protest against lockdown restrictions in the Australian state of Victoria. About 150 people flouted social-distancing rules to hold a demonstration outside the sta…
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White House covid-19 task urgently self-isolate due to possible exposure
Three members of the White House coronavirus task force are self-isolating for two weeks after possible exposure to the illness. Dr Anthony Fauci, who has become the public face of the fight against …
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UK Prime Minister sets to launch COVID-19 alert system
A Covid-19 alert system is set to be launched by the government in England to track the virus, the prime minister is expected to announce on Sunday. The system will rank the threat level from coronav…
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Africa Academy of Science endorses $2.8m towards covid-19 in Africa
The Africa Academy of Science (AAS) and its partners have mobilized a total of $2.8million to support key research priority areas across the African continent to help contain the spread of COVID-19 p…
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Ghana’s covid-19 cases now stand at 4,263, with 22 deaths, 378 recoveries
Ghana’s case count of the novel Coronavirus is now 4,263, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported. This latest update indicates that as of Saturday, May 9, 2020, 251 more cases were recorded with…
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Brazil opens hospital inside famous Maracanã stadium
Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã – one of the world’s most famous football stadiums – is hosting a coronavirus hospital. A temporary structure has been built in its grounds and will provide about 400 beds b…
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Coronavirus may be transmitted through sex – New Discovery
Chinese researchers may have discovered that the coronavirus could possibly be sexually transmitted after studies show the disease can live in men’s semen even after a person starts to get better. O…
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Hong Kong reveals positive test results on covid-19 vaccine
Researchers in Hong Kong have revealed positive results from a trial involving a three-drug antiviral cocktail. A new study, published on Friday in the medial journal The Lancet, said patients with m…
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Russia’s case continue to rise with 198,676 cases
Russia has recorded 10,817 new cases in the past 24 hours, increasing the country’s total to 198,676. The Russian coronavirus taskforce said 104 people died overnight, taking the national death toll …
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Exercising social distancing on aircraft is impossible
Any social distancing on aircraft when passenger numbers return to normal would be “challenging if not impossible”, the head of the body representing UK airports has said. The government is expected …