Coronavirus Updates
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UK Lockdown: Opposition leader Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘abandoning science’
Prime minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing pressure to impose stricter lockdown rules, following calls from ministers and scientists to bring a “circuit-breaker” lockdown in place. During PMQs…
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Dutch Woman Becomes First Person Reported to Die After COVID-19 Reinfection
Dutch physicians have recorded the first known death due to coronavirus reinfection. According to a report cited by CNN, an 89-year-old woman recently died after contracting COVID-19 for the second …
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Cristiano Ronaldo test positive for coronavirus
Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss Portugal’s Nations League game against Sweden on Wednesday. The Juventus forward is “doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation…
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Johnson & Johnson suspends coronavirus vaccine trials
Johnson & Johnson has paused clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the glob…
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Virus kills two as Ghana’s covid-19 cases hit 47,097
Latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service indicate that the country has recorded sixty-seven new cases of the novel coronavirus. The death toll, as per the new release has risen to 308 from…
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UK moves to impose tougher covid-19 restrictions amid second wave
The British government may have to impose stricter restrictions than it currently has if the second wave of the novel coronavirus accelerates in high risk areas, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said…
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New lockdown will wipe us out – Liverpool pub owners cry out
The last pints could be pulled in some pubs across northern England this week as furious bosses warn new coronavirus restrictions will wipe out their businesses, which are already reeling from a nati…
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Schools set to reopen in DR Congo
Schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo are reopening, a month after the initial date was postponed. Teachers have said that schools are not ready to reopen and want learning to resume on 26 Octo…
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Trump tries to escape covid-19 talks ahead of campaign rally in Florida
President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him when he returns to the campaign trail on Monday, beginning a three-week sprint to the Nov. 3 election with a rally in the vita…
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Asia-Pacific countries set to lift pandemic-related travel bans in move to resuscitate economies
Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia and Japan are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their economies. I…