The United Nations (UN) has announced plans to begin an emergency response in the North East region of Nigeria to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the region. A statement, quoted Mr. Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria as saying that the displaced persons had already suffered enough and should not be left to suffer the effect of the pandemic. He said the response would focus on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is no longer shaking hands, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after a top doctor with whom he met last week, tested positive for the coronavirus. “Everyone maintains social distancing now,’’ Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency, TASS. State media reported the previous day that Russia’s top doctor for coronavirus cases, Denis Protsenko, had tested positive. Protsenko heads the coronavirus treatment facility at Moscow’s Kommunarka hospital. Moscow,...