Coronavirus Updates
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Italy death cases hit 30,000 – highest in EU
Italy has become the first country in the European Union to register more than 30,000 coronavirus-related deaths. It reported 243 new fatalities on Friday – down from 274 the day before – taking the …
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Students to get “predicted grades” in Ireland due to pandemic
The Irish education minister has announced that this year’s rescheduled Leaving Cert exams will not go ahead as planned because of the pandemic. The summer tests are the Republic of Ireland’s equival…
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IVORY COAST: Govt reopens bars, restaurants, eases curfew
Ivory Coast has reopened bars and restaurant in all provinces except the main city, Abidjan. While announcing the easing of restrictions, President Alassane Ouattara said there had been “satisfactory…
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Saudi Arabia’s Ghana Embassy registering Ghanaians for evacuation
The Embassy of Ghana in Riyadh and the General Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has informed Ghanaians in some gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan and …
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Ghanaian herbalists rage as Ghana sets to receive coronavirus cure from Madagascar
The Association of Herbal Medicine in Ghana has expressed concerns over government’s plans to receive a supposed Covid-19 herbal cure from Madagascar. According to them, the health ministry has not g…
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NIGERIA: Officials set to arrest anyone without face mask
Residents of Ogun state in Nigeria face will arrest if found not to be wearing face masks in public, police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi says. The state is considered as a coronavirus hot spot and a 35…
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Singapore sets to deploy robot dogs to enforce social distancing
No, it’s not an episode out of Black Mirror – but perhaps even more scarily, it’s an actual robot dog that’s roaming around a park here in Singapore. The SPOT robot, developed by Boston Dynamics, is …
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Hong Kong eases lockdown as bars, cinemas, more reopens
Bars, gyms, cinemas, beauty parlours and other public venues in Hong Kong have re-opened- as the city continues to see no new locally transmitted virus cases in over two weeks. These places however, …
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South Korea’s K-league football season resumes today
Having largely ground to a halt around the world during the coronavirus pandemic, football is finally beginning to re-emerge. In Europe, the German Bundesliga was given the go-ahead on Wednesday to r…
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Ghana sets to test Madagascar’s coronavirus cure – GHS
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said Ghana is ready to make an assessment on ‘Covid-Organics’- the purported COVID-19 cure from Madagascar. He sai…