Tue 06 October 2020: Country has highest number of cases in Africa, is 10th most affected globally South Africa recorded 40 new COVID-19 related deaths late Monday, bringing the total number fatalities nationwide to 17,016, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. Mkhize extended his condolences to the loved ones of those who passed on and thanked […]
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Tue 06 October 2020: A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing the end of a two-day meeting of its Executive Board on the pandemic, said: “We will need vaccines and there is hope that […]
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Tue 06 October 2020: 11,615 new infections, 188 deaths reported in country in single day Russia Tuesday reported 11,615 new cases and 188 fatalities, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 1.2 million and the death toll to 21,663. The country saw the highest daily number of cases on May 11 when 11,656 cases […]
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Tue 06 October 2020: ‘Don’t be afraid of it. You’re going to beat it,’ says US president in video at White House US President Donald Trump told Americans on Monday not to let the novel coronavirus “dominate you” after arriving at the White House from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he was receiving COVID-19 treatment. […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: First Lady Melania Trump tweeted on Monday that she is “feeling good and will continue to rest at home”. US media has reported that Chad Gilmartin and Karoline Leavitt, both staffers in the White House press office, has tested positive for coronavirus. ABC News reported that Gilmartin had tested positive, while […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: Pandemic will “continue to evolve” but said the world had the tools to help suppress transmission of the coronavirus and save lives Around 10% of the world’s population may have already been infected with COVID-19, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert has said. Dr Michael Ryan, the head of emergencies at […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: Holding undocumented migrants responsible for spikes in cases nevertheless obscures government’s failure, activists say A group of Malaysian activists urged Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yasin to focus on fighting the novel corona virus rather than blaming undocumented migrant workers for the surge in number of virus cases. “The recent statement by Prime […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: Israel registered 2,905 new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to the Health Ministry. Israel’s overall case count now stands at 268,175, including 1,719 deaths, and 201,392 recoveries, the ministry said. At least 878 patients remain in critical condition, it added. Amid an exponential rise in infections, Israel returned to a total […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: The number of coronavirus cases in Africa surpassed 1.5 million on Monday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said. At least 36,787 people have died while 1.2 million patients recovered across the continent, it said in its latest update. Southern Africa recorded 746,500 cases of which the share of […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: “There is now a 95% probability of the cluster being eliminated,” Ardern said at a news conference. “ Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city will be lifted this week, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she expressed confidence a second wave of Covid-19 infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated. […]
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