Air Canada To Temporarily Lay Off Half Its Workforce
Air Canada announced Monday it would temporarily lay off nearly half of its employees and reduce activity by up to 90 percent in the second quarter due to the coronavirus. The measures would affect 15,200 employees and about 1,300 managers from April 3, the airline said in a press release. Last week, Air Canada — […]
Amazon Workers Protest Over Virus Safety
Amazon warehouse employees and Instacart delivery workers joined protests Monday to press safety demands, highlighting the risks for workers on the front lines of supplying Americans largely sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 50 to 60 employees joined a walkout at an Amazon worker warehouse in the New York borough of […]
Isolated Athletes Face Huge Mental Health Risks
Fear, stress and money worries: coronavirus lockdown is hard for anyone, but athletes are facing extra mental health risks as they go from highly active lifestyles to isolation and boredom, experts warn. While some housebound athletes have posted upbeat videos of themselves training or attempting internet challenges such as juggling toilet rolls, the stress caused […]
Rugby Australia Lays Off 75% Of Staff As Huge Losses Loom
Three-quarters of Rugby Australia’s staff were on Tuesday laid off until July 1 as the governing body predicted huge financial losses from the sport’s coronavirus-enforced shutdown. RA chief executive Raelene Castle described the cuts as “the toughest decision in the game’s history” but said they were necessary to help it survive. “Although extremely painful, (they) […]
China’s Virus Data Queried After 21m Phone Users Vanish
How many people were really infected by the coronavirus in China and how many died? Chinese opposition newspaper, Epoch Times has queried the official figures of 80,000 plus infections and 3,200 deaths after 21 million cellphone users mysteriously vanished. This has set tongues wagging and made China’s official coronavirus data doubtful. China’s cellphone users dropped […]
Jumia Starts “Contactless” Delivery, “Cashless” Payments
Africa’s leading e-Commerce platform, Jumia has announced the implementation of ‘contactless’ delivery for prepaid packages on the platform. The company is taking additional measures to keep consumers, delivery agents and partners safe in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. To drive the initiative, the ‘contactless safe delivery’ option has been implemented on JumiaPay, the payment […]
Coronavirus: Italy Mourns Its Over 11,500 Dead
Italy marked a minute of silence and flew flags at half staff Tuesday to mourn the 11,591 people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic. Vatican City also flew its yellow-and-white flags at half staff in solidarity. The nation of 60 million people has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities caused by COVID-19 across […]
United States Overtakes China In Coronavirus Death Toll
The United States on Tuesday overtook China in the official death toll from the coronavirus. The U.S. now has 3,424 deaths from the virus, surpassing China’s figure of 3,305, according to a tracker by worldometers.info. United States also has by far the worst cases of the virus in the world, at over 180,000. Italy trails […]
Botswana Records 3 Cases Of Coronavirus
Botswana has joined the league of African countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus. Health Minister Lemogang Kwape announced the country’s first three cases of coronavirus on state television. Read Also: Coronavirus: NDDC Donates ₦1bn To Niger Delta States Kwape said the three people who had tested positive for the virus are two males and a […]
FFK Laments Removal Of General Adeniyi
The Nigerian Army has reportedly sacked the Commander of Operation Lafia Doyle, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation alleged that Adeniyi was sacked for complaining about the condition of troops in the Northeast. A video had a few days ago emerged of Adeniyi complaining about the welfare of troops fighting […]
Coronavirus: Mrs. Akeredolu Trains Town Criers In Imo
As part of her efforts to raise awareness of the deadly pandemic disease, Coronavirus, the Ondo State First Lady, who is also the Ada Emeabiam II of Emeabiam Autonomous Community, Owerri West LGA, Imo State, Her Excellency Chief Mrs. Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu, has organized a training for town criers within the old Mbato autonomous community, […]
Coronavirus: NDDC Donates ₦1bn To Niger Delta States
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the donation of ₦1.045 billion to the nine states of the Niger Delta region to fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director, NDDC, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, by the commission’s […]