Tue 21 April 2020: How will sub-Saharan Africa handle the fallout of COVID-19? Plus, oil prices and Germany’s opposition to ‘coronabonds’. Sub-Saharan Africa could be plunged into its first recession in 25 years as the global health crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc in the region. Many countries, like Nigeria, Angola and South Africa, […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Monday it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a Phase III clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 disease. “Trial is designed and implemented quickly to address the need for science-based investigation following early […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: US president says he will sign an order halting immigration to protect jobs in the country as the coronavirus spreads. US President Donald Trump has said he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: WHO chief urges access to equitable distribution of any vaccine developed to counter novel coronavirus The World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday welcomed efforts to develop a vaccine to counter COVID-19 in different parts of the world while urging equitable distribution once they are approved. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: The head of the World Health Organization has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just as many countries are beginning to ease restrictive measures. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify exactly why he believes that the […]
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Photo Courtesy: AA Tue 21 April 2020: The Turkish president inaugurated Monday a giant city hospital in Istanbul as the country intensifies fight against the coronavirus outbreak. “Turkey, standing on its own two feet, is demonstrating its power at a time when international organizations are losing their meaning,” he added. Erdogan also said Turkey will […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: Saudi Arabia extended on Monday the suspension of praying in the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques’ Affairs said on Twitter. The authorities in charge to the holy sites in Saudi […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: Azad Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan said Monday that India has been using the “cover of the coronavirus” to “mow down” Kashmiri youth and change the Muslim-majority character of the disputed region. In a video statement addressing countries “friendly” to the Kashmir movement, Khan said “together, we will succeed [against COVID-19]. […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: Donation was ‘key help to continue saving lives,’ says Bogota’s District Secretary of Health Colombia thanked Turkey on Monday for donating 250 hospital beds to its capital city in efforts to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. “Thanks to the Turkish Embassy and TIKA Colombia, the Transient Hospital center of Corferias has […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: With billions of people forced to stay home to curb the spread of the deadly virus, and top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia in a price war, an oil glut pushed prices for US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for May delivery down to -$37.63 per barrel. “The problem is nobody is […]
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