The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed 553 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria. The NCDC disclosed this via its official twitter handle on Saturday night. Breakdown of the cases are, Lagos-378 FCT-52 Delta-23 Edo-22 Rivers-14 Ogun-13 Kaduna-12 Kano-9 Borno-7 Katsina-6 Jigawa-5 Oyo-5 Yobe-3 Plateau-3 Osun-1.0 As of Saturday […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has signed an executive order to regulate social media companies. This development is coming a day after the US president threatened to shut down social media, after his tweet was censored. Recall that Trump on Tuesday tweeted that mail-in ballots were fraudulent but the claim […]
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The United States of America has become the first country to record 100,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The US achieved the grim record on Wednesday as its death toll stands at 100,276, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking the pandemic. The North American country has recorded more fatalities than any […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has ordered an investigation into the killing of a middle-aged black man, George Floyd. Trump described Floyd’s death as very sad and tragic while commiserating with his family on the loss. The US president, who ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Department […]
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The World Health Organization said Monday it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure. The decision came after the publication last week of a study in the Lancet indicating that using the drug on COVID-19 patients could […]
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Italian officials have proposed creating a 60,000-strong corps of volunteer “civic assistants” who would remind people of the need to observe measures against coronavirus infection as the country emerges from lockdown. The force, to be drawn from among pensioners and the unemployed, is the brainchild of Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia and Antonio Decaro, mayor […]
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Iran on Monday reopened major Shiite shrines across the Islamic republic, more than two months after they were closed because of the Middle East’s deadliest novel coronavirus outbreak. At Tehran’s Shah Abdol-Azim shrine, worshippers had to wear a mask, walk through a disinfection tunnel and have their temperature checked as they began returning from the […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States of America, has permitted the reopening of religious centres in the country. He announced this on Friday at the White House, noting that what America needs is “more prayers”. Trump declared that his administration considered places of worship as “essential” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The American leader told […]
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About 183 million people in 47 countries, including North Korea, are facing the possibility of severe food insecurity as border closures and disruptions in global supply chains have restricted their access to farming products, a UN food agency said. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) also estimated in a report that around US$350 million will […]
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At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 24 injured as an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday. The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store […]
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