Spain on Monday overtook China’s total number of coronavirus cases. However, business leaders and regional authorities criticised the government’s decision to further restrict the movement of people and keep non-essential workers at home until mid-April. An overnight death toll of 812 people brought total fatalities in Spain to 7,340 while the number of infections rose by eight percent to 85,195, against 81,470 in China, where the disease originated at the end of 2019. Health emergency...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the message spreading on social media that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is airborne in incorrect. The WHO headquarters in Geneva explained this in its official twitter account @WHO. The agency said the virus that causes COVID-19 was mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. “These droplets are too heavy to hang in the air. They quickly fall on floors or surfaces. “You can be infected...
Abdelhak Nouri, Ajax footballer wakes from a coma after two years, eight months and 19 days. The footballer collapsed during a friendly match between Ajax and Germany’s Werder Bremen on July 8, 2017, in Austria due to a cardiac arrest, which caused serious brain damage. Ajax club doctor at the time, Don de Winter, was believed to have begun resuscitation attempts too late. Ajax Chief Executive Edwin van der Sar said “a defibrillator should have...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus but will continue to lead the nation’s response to the pandemic from self-isolation. Johnson said he had developed “mild symptoms” — a temperature and a persistent cough — and after taking a test on the advice of the U.K.’s chief medical officer, had tested positive. The Prime Minister said on Friday he is working from home and will be self-isolating following his diagnosis — in...
The World Health Organisation, (WHO), has appealed to African countries to unite in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) after it made an assessment of the virus as a pandemic. WHO made the call through its Risk Communication Officer, Hawa Sesay, on Wednesday in Abuja, at a one-day media orientation workshop for Health reporters. The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Health (FMOH) through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The News Agency of...
African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango, best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa, is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country, Cameroon. “It is with deep sadness that we announce you the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove,” a statement on his official Facebook page read. His funeral will...
Morocco and Lebanon reported their first deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday as governments in the region try to prevent the outbreak growing as rapidly as it has in Iran, where nearly 300 people have died. A 89-year-old woman died in Morocco on Tuesday, becoming the first death from the virus in the country. The woman was one of three infected cases reported in Morocco and had already been suffering from chronic respiratory, heart and...
Trump had contact with congressmen Collins and Gaetz before they self-quarantined over coronavirus concerns ■ President Donald Trump had contact with two Republican congressmen before their announcements that they were entering self-quarantine after learning they had been ■ previously exposed to someone diagnosed with coronavirus. ■ Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia shook hands with Trump last Friday when the president traveled. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida flew on Air Force One with Trump on Monday....
A health official in China says coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use next month. What could be a breakthrough to put an end to the disease — that has spread to over fifty-five countries, infecting 100,000 persons and leaving over 3000 people dead – is coming weeks after Chinese scientists revealed the sequence of the coronavirus. “According to our estimates, we are hopeful that in April some of the vaccines will enter clinical...
An eighty-room hotel in southeast China, used as a quarantine facility for persons exposed to coronavirus has collapsed, according to reports According to the Daily Maily, the Xinjia Hotel, located in Quanzhou City in Fujian province, collapsed on Saturday, around 7:30pm. The Ministry of Emergency Management, said at least 34 people had been rescued as at 10pm local time. Videos posted online show rescue officials combing through the wreckage. News report say the hotel was...
