Adeboye Donates ₦20m To Osun Government
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has made a donation of ₦20million to the Osun State government. As of Friday, Osun was ranked the third among the states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 20 confirmed cases out of the total 209 confirmed cases in Nigeria as […]
UK Posts Biggest Spike Yet In Coronavirus Death Toll
Coronavirus death toll in the UK recorded its biggest spike yet on Saturday, moving up by 708 to 4,353. Confirmed positive cases rose from 38,168 to 41,903, with 3,735 cases added. The new figures were released today by the Department of Health. Read Also: New York Nurses Decry Lack Of Coronavirus Equipment There is a […]
UBTH Doctors Jittery After 2 Negative Cases Turn Positive
Doctors and nurses at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), are worried that they may have been exposed to coronavirus. Their jitters arose after two patients earlier declared negative tested positive. The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), in a post on WhatsApp expressed concern over the safety of its members […]
Angela Merkel Breaks Silence After Leaving Quarantine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Germans to remain at home over the upcoming Easter holiday. Markel noted that it would be “irresponsible” to give a date for when restrictions on public life would end. “We will all experience a very different Easter than ever before,” Merkel said in a video message posted late on Friday, […]
Virus Survivors Donate Plasma Hoping To Heal The Sick
As she emerges from quarantine, recovered COVID-19 patient Diana Berrent is eager to join the battle against the pandemic and donate precious antibodies that researchers hope might help others. In mid-March, the New Yorker woke up with a 102-degree (39 Celsius) fever and intense chest heaviness, becoming one of the first from her Long Island […]
Chinese Students Fleeing Virus Face Uneasy Reception
Chinese students flying home from overseas to escape the coronavirus pandemic face a frosty reception from sections of the public who view them as wealthy, spoiled — and potentially contaminated. The number of officially reported cases in China has dwindled dramatically over the last month, but the country is now taking drastic steps to try […]
New York Nurses Decry Lack Of Coronavirus Equipment
“Soldiers don’t go to war without guns, why should nurses come to work without protective equipment?” asked Leyrose McIntyre, one of around 30 nurses demonstrating outside a New York hospital on Thursday. The protest, rare in the age of social distancing, was over a lack of masks, gowns, and other protective equipment for health workers […]
Disney To Furlough Some Employees Over Shutdowns
The Walt Disney company said on Thursday it plans to furlough some of its employees starting later this month as the coronavirus pandemic keeps its theme parks and other businesses shuttered. “The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on our world with untold suffering and loss, and has required all of us to make […]
French Scientists Suggest Testing Virus Vaccine In Africa
Two leading French doctors have sparked a storm of criticism after discussing on a television programme the idea of testing a vaccine for coronavirus in Africa. Former international and Ivory Coast football star Didier Drogba joined lawyers and a French anti-racism organisation in criticising the comments made on Wednesday in a broadcast on the LCI […]
US, UK And Spain Coronavirus Deaths Mounts
Deaths from the global coronavirus epidemic accelerated again on Friday as the US, Spain and Britain grappled with their highest tolls yet and the world economy took a massive hit. With more than 53,000 dead, the threat has never been more stark. Experts warn that the more than one million cases of COVID-19 confirmed globally […]
Coronavirus: 90 Countries Turn To IMF For Emergency Funds
More than 90 countries have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding as the coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic crisis, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. “Never in the history of the IMF we have witnessed the world economy come to a standstill,” the head of the Washington-based institution […]
Coronavirus: UK Residents Set 5G Mast On Fire
Conspiracy theorists are reportedly setting phone masts alight and targeting engineers after a bizarre claim 5G “radiation” caused the deadly coronavirus spread. The theory originated last month after a video filmed at a US health conference claimed Africa was not as affected by the disease because it is “not a 5G region”. The myth was […]