Wed 05 August 2020: The death toll worldwide from the novel coronavirus rose to 700,647 on Wednesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Data showed the total number of cases worldwide climbed to 18.54 million, with 11.13 recoveries. Latin America has surpassed Europe to become the region with the highest […]
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Tue 04 August 2020: Ministry of Devolution latest government office forced to suspend operations due to COVID-19 infections NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A ministry in Kenya has been temporarily shut down after dozens of staff members tested positive for COVID-19, local media reported on Tuesday. At least 18 officials at the Ministry of Devolution were […]
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Tue 04 August 2020: Russia eyes starting mass production of coronavirus vaccine this fall MOSCOW (AA) – Trials for a possible second Russian coronavirus vaccine are going well, state officials said on Tuesday. Volunteers inoculated with the EpiVacCorona vaccine developed by the Vector State Research Center feel good, the Russian Federal Service for Human Wellbeing […]
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Tue 04 August 2020: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world is facing a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and “getting students back into schools and learning institutions as safely as possible must be a top priority” once local transmission of Covid-19 is under control. Guterres said […]
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Tue 04 August 2020: More than 20,600 COVID-19 patients have recovered, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ANKARA (AA) – Nigeria’s coronavirus case count is now over 44,000, with the death toll just shy of 900, authorities said on Tuesday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 288 more infections and eight […]
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Tue 04 August 2020: Brazil and Mexico are the worst-hit countries, followed by Peru, Colombia and Chile BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Latin America and the Caribbean marked new, grim milestones Monday, surpassing 5 million cases and 200,000 deaths due to COVID-19. The region has registered a total of 202,390 deaths and 5,000,614 cases, with Brazil and […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: One person is dying from COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television said on Monday, as the Health Ministry reported 215 new deaths from the disease, and state media warned of a lack of proper social distancing. Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari was quoted by the state TV as […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Doctors in Zimbabwe say the country is facing a crisis from a shortage of healthcare workers as the number of coronavirus cases begin to rise. Dr Rashida Ferrand, an epidemiologist at the main public hospital in the capital Harare, told the BBC that there are too few doctors and nurses because […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: The World Health Organization has warned that despite hopes for a vaccine, there may never be a “silver bullet” for coronavirus, and the road to normality will be long. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO emergencies head Mike Ryan exhorted all nations to rigorously enforce all health measures, Tedros telling […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Breathalyzer checks for coronavirus in patients, could pave way for wider non-invasive screening PARIS (AA) – Researchers at the La Croix-Rousse Hospital in Lyon, France have developed a breath test for COVID-19. The non-invasive screening utilizes a machine which tests droplets as patients exhale into a tube, much like a standard […]
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