Sun 29 March 2020: ‘Things will get worse before they get better,’ Boris Johnson says in letter to be sent 30 million households British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will send every household in the country a letter to warn that the coronavirus outbreak is likely to worsen, the government said in a statement on Sunday. […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: Gaborone — As government continues to implement protocols for curbing the spread of COVID-19, more restrictive measures will be put in place should the need arise. This was revealed by Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ms Peggy Serame during a press conference to update the nation on government’s response to […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia halted entry and exit into Jeddah governorate on Sunday while hundreds of German tourists were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates as the coronavirus continued to spread in the region. The Gulf Arab region has taken drastic measures to try to combat the disease. Oman, where a […]
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Jewish paramedic Avraham Mintz faces Jerusalem, his prayer shawl hanging off his shoulders. Muslim paramedic Zoher Abu Jama kneels facing Mecca, his prayer rug unfurled before him. Image Credit: NYT Sun 29 March 2020: Jerusalem: The Israeli ambulance system normally fields about 6,000 calls a day. Since the coronavirus crisis began, it has been averaging an […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at his weekly blessing, Francis appealed to everyone to “stop every form of bellicose hostility and to favor the […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: A doctor explains how our immune systems work and what we can do to help them function normally. In the current climate, health is on everyone’s minds and we are all thinking “How can I avoid catching the coronavirus?” We are washing our hands incessantly, standing two metres away from each […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: Nairobi, Kenya – Like many others in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Gerrard Ogut has decided to send his family to his village in the countryside for the foreseeable future. “They’re safer there,” says Ogut, a father of three. Besides, “Life in the city just got unbearably tougher.” Indeed, these are hard times for […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: (AFP) The biggest reputational risk Facebook and other social media companies had expected in 2020 was fake news surrounding the US presidential election. Be it foreign or domestic in origin, the misinformation threat seemed familiar, perhaps even manageable. The novel coronavirus, however, has opened up an entirely different problem: the life-endangering […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: Over 137,200 people recover from COVID, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 30,000 on Saturday, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The virus known as COVID-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 177 […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: Russian Federal Biomedical Agency claims it found effective coronavirus treatment based on antimalarial drug Mefloquine Russia on Saturday claimed it has created a drug, based on the antimalarial Mefloquine, to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus, known as COVID-19. The drug prevents virus replication in cells and as a result stops […]
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