Egypt Sees Highest Daily COVID-19 Recoveries, Fewer Infections, Deaths

Egypt witnessed a record 623 daily recoveries from COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the total number of the recovered cases in the country to 20,726, said the health ministry. Meanwhile, the country reported 1,218 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest since June 19, raising the total cases registered since mid-February to 75,253, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement. Egypt also saw 63 fatalities from coronavirus on Sunday, the least since June 14, increasing the...

S. Africa Announces Further Reopening of Schools Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

South Africa will further reopen its schools in line with its phased-in reopening strategy amid an upsurge in confirmed COVID-19 cases, the government announced on Sunday. Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, who made this known in a statement, said that from July 6, schools would reopen for Grades R, 6 and 11 learners. Motshekga added that provinces that were not ready to receive Grade R on July 6 must provide strategic and realisable plans...

Dalai Lama Marks 85th Birthday With Album of Mantras

The Dalai Lama made a bid for music chart stardom on Monday, his 85th birthday, with the release of an album of mantras and teachings. “Inner World” kicks off with the track “One Of My Favourite Prayers” and continues with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader reciting meditations and sayings with accompanying music. The record came about when musician Junelle Kunin, a student of the Dalai Lama from New Zealand, contacted him in 2015 with the...

Nigerian singer Don Jazzy Urges Strict Compliance to Hygiene in Barbing Salon

Nigerian Music star, Micheal Ajereh a.k.a Don Jazzy, has urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to safety measures approved by health authorities to avoid contracting the virus as they visit barbing shops for haircuts. The singer made the call on his Instagram page @donjazzy, as he shared a video clip where he was in a salon, reminding them of the danger ahead if they failed to comply strictly to hygiene in the salon. “It feels like...

Military hits terrorists’ Leaders’ Locations, Eliminate Several Fighters in Sambisa Forest

The military has destroyed Boko Haram terrorists leaders’ locations in separate airstrikes at Parisu and Bula Bello in Sambisa forest area of Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, said in a statement on Monday that the locations were destroyed in air interdictions conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole on July 3. Enenche said that several terrorists were eliminated during the attacks. He said the air interdiction missions were...

Switzerland Introduces Mandatory Face Covering on Public Transport

Wearing a face mask on public transport in Switzerland became mandatory on Monday for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Previously, authorities had recommended passengers cover their mouth and nose only during rush hour, though most people seemed to ignore the instruction. “It is looking good, more than 95 per cent of people are wearing a mask,’’ Guido Schoch, director of public transport in Zurich, to local media, said. Schoch noted that...

Peru President to Call Referendum on Parliamentary Immunity

Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra, on Sunday said he would call a referendum on parliamentary immunity to be held together with upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. In a televised speech, Vizcarra said the popular vote was necessary after the measure did not get the support needed in congress in spite of being a campaign promise of “almost all candidates” in the most recent election. “Once again, disagreements, interests, and political calculations prevailed,” the president said. “For...

Zamfara Gets 780 Additional Police to Fight Bandits – Gov. Matawalle

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of 780 personnel to the state to curb banditry. Mr Yusuf Idris, the Director-General of Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications to the governor, said this in a statement on Monday in Gusau. Idris said that Matawalle got the approval when he paid a visit to the police boss, at the Force Headquarters on Friday. He said that the...

Nigeria records 544 New Cases of COVID-19, As Total Infections Reach 28,711

Nigeria has recorded 544 new COVID-19 cases, a development which has taken the country’s total infection tally to 28,711. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Sunday. NCDC said that as of July, 5. 2020, 544  new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency added that  no new state has reported a case in the past 24 hours. According to it,...

Army Day: COAS Inaugurates Projects Nationwide

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has inaugurated several projects across the eight divisions of the Nigerian Army nationwide in commemoration of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2020. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Also, COVID-19 palliatives: Army distributes foodstuffs to 500 households in Sokoto leprosy community. Musa said the projects were in line with the desire of the Chief of...

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