FRENCH HEALTHCARE WORKERS PROTEST FOR WAGES, RESOURCES

Wed 01 July 2020: Doctor, nurses, medical staff demonstrate, maintaining pressure amid talks for long-promised reforms PARIS (AA) – Healthcare professionals in France took to the streets Tuesday to demand increased wages and resources. Marchers came out in the capital Paris and France’s other major cities as talks on the Segur de la Sante, a program […]

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DEATH TOLL IN AFRICA FROM CORONAVIRUS TOPS 10,000 AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES INCREASE

Wed 01 July 2020: Number of confirmed cases exceeds 407,000 while recoveries surpass 195,000, according to statistics website Worldometer KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The death toll in Africa from the novel coronavirus topped 10,000 Tuesday, according to a statistics website. The number of fatalities on the continent from the coronavirus now stands at 10,166 while 195,045 people have recovered, according to data […]

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NEW ZEALAND PREMIER RULES OUT REOPENING BORDERS

Tue 30 June 2020: Jacinda Ardern says move risks country’s ‘hard-won gains,’ Australia’s Victoria state reimposes lockdown in ‘hot zones’ ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand’s premier has ruled out reopening the country’s borders immediately, saying any such move could prove “dangerous,” local media reported on Tuesday. Responding to calls by opposition figures to review border […]

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COVID-19: NIGERIA, SENEGAL EASE RESTRICTIONS AS SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS RECORD RISE IN NUMBERS

Tue 30 June 2020: Nigeria to resume domestic flights, Senegal to lift state of emergency and curfew DAKAR/ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria and Senegal have eased some restrictions that had been imposed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. In Nigeria, an interstate travel ban has been lifted and domestic flights will be resumed, […]

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WHO WARNS PANDEMIC ‘IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING OVER’ AS NUMBERS SURGES IN LATIN AMERICA

Tue 30 June 2020: Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico among the most affected countries globally BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) –  With the number of deaths worldwide from the novel coronavirus surpassing 500,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday that the pandemic “is not even close to being over.” “Although many countries have made some progress, […]

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