MALAYSIA FEARS NEW COVID-19 CLUSTER AFTER A FOOTBALL REFEREE TESTED POSITIVE

Mon 07 September 2020: Health office issues notice requesting all involved in football competition get tested immediately, according to report JAKARTA, Indonesia – A new cluster of novel coronavirus cases is feared to have emerged in a Malaysian town after a football referee tested positive for the disease, local media reported Monday. According to The […]

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KAMALA HARRIS: TRUMP NOT TRUSTWORTHY ON CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

Sun 06 September 2020: Democratic US vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump’s word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine approved for use in America before the November election. In an interview excerpt broadcast by CNN on Saturday, Harris said Trump had a track record of suppressing expert opinion about the coronavirus […]

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COVID-19 HAS DISRUPTED CHRONIC DISEASE CARE, WHO WARNS

Sun 06 September 2020: The COVID-19 health crisis has caused massive disruption worldwide in diagnosing and treating people with deadly but preventable diseases, including more than one in two cancer patients, UN health experts said on Friday. In a call to Governments everywhere to take greater steps to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health […]

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INDIA TOOK OVER BRAZIL, 90,000 NEW CASES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS

Sun 06 September 2020: India overtook Brazil on Saturday as the country with the second highest recorded cases of Covid-19 after the US. The pandemic continued its unprecedented surge in India, with fresh cases close to 90,000 on Saturday, the fourth straight day of record daily rise in infections. The figures are India’s highest daily […]

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DOZENS ARRESTED AFTER MELBOURNE’S ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT

Sat 05 September 2020: More than 1,000 anti-lockdown protesters have descended on Melbourne and clashed with police officers in wild scenes as the ‘Freedom Day’ rally threatens to spiral out of control. Shocking footage shows the horde of protesters, many refusing to wear masks and battling with police, as the city’s CBD was brought to […]

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INDEONESIA REPORTS HIGHEST COVID-19 FATALITIES AMONG CHILDREN

Sat 05 September 2020: The highest fatalities among children, according to a public initiative group JAKARTA- At least 148 children have died from the deadly coronavirus in Indonesia making it the country with the highest fatalities among children, according to a public initiative group. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on Friday, Elina Ciptadi, a co-founder of KawalCovid-19, […]

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COVID-19: DEATH TOLL CONTINUE TO RISE IN BRAZIL AND MEXICO

Sat 05 September 2020: Brazil reported 888 additional fatalities from the novel coronavirus, while Mexico registered 522 more deaths over the past 24 hours, health authorities said late Friday. In Brazil, the world’s second worst-hit country after the US, the death toll reached 125,502, while confirmed cases to date surpassed 4.91 million with 50,163 new […]

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HALF THE WORLD’S REFUGEE CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOL, UN AGENCY

Sat 05 September 2020: The UN Refugee Council (UNHCR) has warned about the dire effects of the coronavirus pandemic on refugee children’s access to education.  Half of all refugee children are out of school, notes the UNHCR’s latest report entitled “Coming Together for Refugee Children“. The council called for immediate action from the international community to ensure refugee children can access […]

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