Sun 21 June 2020: A Zimbabwe court on Saturday released Health Minister Obadiah Moyo on bail following his arrest the previous day on allegations of corruption regarding a $60m deal to procure COVID-19 test kits and medical equipment. Sitting in Harare, the court’s magistrate granted Moyo bail for 50,000 Zimbabwean dollars ($2,000). Bail was not […]
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Sun 21 June 2020: While a vaccine is being developed, researchers are trialling existing drugs that could help doctors treat coronavirus. With the coronavirus pandemic tightening its grip on the world and economies grinding to a standstill, the race is on to find a vaccine. But while that could take up to 18 months, existing […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: Recoveries across continent have risen past 132,000, says Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Coronavirus cases in Africa have reached 286,141, the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. According to the latest update, the death toll on the continent is now up to 7,693, while 132,412 […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: The Amazon region has been in the headlines for several weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has a high percentage of its indigenous population experiencing serious health difficulties in dealing with the virus. But not all news is discouraging. In the midst of a health emergency, some are using their […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: Muslim males have the highest rates of death involving Covid-19 among all religious groups, with a risk of dying that is 2.5 times higher than males who have no religion, new analysis suggests. The age-adjusted mortality rate for Muslim males in England and Wales during the first few months of the […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: Zimbabwe’s health minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday for alleged corruption related to the supply of medical materials to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s anti-graft agency said. He was being held at a Harare police station and is likely to appear in court on Saturday. “I can confirm that […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: The US will release convicted Hezbollah financier Kassim Tajideen three years into his five-year sentence due to his poor health and risks of COVID-19 infection from prison, according to court documents. On May 28 Washington Federal District Court Judge Reggie Walton granted Tajideen’s emergency request for compassionate release, which said his […]
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Sat 20 June 2020: Brazil passed one million coronavirus cases and approached 50,000 deaths in a new nadir for the world’s second-worst-hit country. The country’s health ministry reported 1,032,913 confirmed cases on Friday, with 1,206 new deaths that took the total official death toll to 48,954. Friday also saw a new record daily number of […]
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Fri 19 June 2020: Mosques in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca are preparing to reopen their doors on June 21 after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to halt prayers for three months, state television channel al-Ekhbariya reported on Friday. More than 1,500 mosques will be allowed to reopen in the city if they follow preventative health measures […]
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Fri 19 June 2020: Putin says despite positive dynamics in fight against coronavirus in Russia, lots of problems remain on agenda MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is coming out of the coronavirus pandemic “with minimal losses”. At the same time, a lot of problems related to the pandemic […]
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