Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In Africa Surpass 10,000
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa have exceeded 10,000. This is according to latest figures published by Africa CDC. Africa now has 10,075 confirmed cases and 487 deaths across 52 countries. Some 913 people infected with the COVID-19 have also recovered, Africa CDC said. Read Also: Spain Hits Over 13,000 Coronavirus Deaths Figures showed that more […]
Coronavirus: Aba Residents Flout Stay-At-Home Order
Some Aba residents on Tuesday flouted the stay-at-home executive order of the Abia government, which is meant to check the possible spread of Coronavirus into the state. Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday, March 24, endorsed a set of directives meant to check the spread of the pandemic in Abia. The directives included buses taking fewer […]
US Captain Fired For Voicing Virus Concern Tests Positive
The US naval commander whose widely publicized plea for help for his coronavirus-affected crew led to his dismissal has reportedly himself tested positive for the disease. Captain Brett Crozier’s COVID-19 test result was reported Sunday by the New York Times, just hours after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the captain’s firing. Esper told ABC […]
Boeing Extends Factory Shutdown In Washington State
Boeing has said it will indefinitely extend a shutdown at its factories in Washington state because of the coronavirus pandemic. The aerospace giant had already halted production at its Puget Sound facility near Seattle, where the company builds the long-range 777 jet and other models, after announcing a two-week stoppage last month. It had also […]
Liverpool Backtrack Over Decision To Furlough Staff
Liverpool on Monday scrapped their controversial decision to furlough non-playing staff during the coronavirus pandemic after the Premier League leaders apologised for coming to the “wrong conclusion”. The Reds, the world’s seventh-richest football club, were widely criticised after announcing at the weekend that they planned to put around 200 staff on enforced leave during the […]
Monster Storm Strengthens In Pacific, Lashing Vanuatu
A deadly Pacific cyclone intensified as it hit Vanuatu on Monday, threatening a natural disaster that experts fear will undermine the impoverished Pacific nation’s battle to remain coronavirus-free. Tropical Cyclone Harold, which claimed 27 lives when it swept through the Solomon Islands last week, strengthened to a scale-topping category five superstorm overnight, Vanuatu’s meteorology service […]
Bill Gates Pumps Billions In Developing Vaccine
Bill Gates said his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spending billions of dollars on seven possible vaccines for the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. He is hoping that his efforts will be fruitful in months and end the pandemic. Gates told The Daily Show with Trevor Noah that he was funding several […]
Biafra Leader Recovers From Coronavirus
Princewill Chimezie Richard, National Leader of the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has recovered from COVID-19. Princewill’s Personal Assistance on Media, Kachikwu Michael, confirmed in a statement released on Monday. The statement said that Princewill Chimezie Richard “who has been in isolation since March ending when he tested positive to the virus, has now recovered.” […]
Breaking: Over 10,000 Dead In US From Coronavirus
At least, over 10,000 Americans have been struck dead by the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic sweeping through every States in the United States. The US has at least 10,335 reported deaths from coronavirus, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The US is reported to have 347,003 cases of Coronavirus. The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.27 […]
Coronavirus Kills Sala Carrió, Pep Guardiola’s Mum
Dolors Sala Carrió, mother of Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City coach, has died after contracting coronavirus. She died in Manresa, Barcelona. She was 82. The club confirmed the death on Monday in several tweetss. Manchester City ✔@ManCity The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrió in […]
U.S. Military Camp Hit With 19th Coronavirus Case
An American citizen working at U.S. Forces Korea’s (U.S.FK) Camp Humphreys tested positive for the new coronavirus Sunday. It brings the total number of confirmed cases at the U.S.FK community, the largest U.S. base in South Korea, to 19. U.S.FK noted that the infected person was an American construction worker working for the military camp. […]
Buhari Orders Recruitment Of 774,000 Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians for Special Public Works programme in the country to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this in Abuja at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures. The measures were in response to COVID-19 pandemic […]