Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Africa records over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said there have been over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. WHO stated on its dashboard that “there are over 1.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – …
Over 800 million children worldwide risk contracting COVID-19 — UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 818 million children worldwide are at risk of getting infected with COVID-19 and other infectious illnesses. Mark Hereward, UNICEF’s Associate Director, Data and Analytics Division, Planning and Monitoring, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Mr Hereward stated that latest data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme …
Brazil records over 50,000 COVID-19 cases for third consecutive day
Brazil has recorded over 50,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the third day in a row, the health ministry said in the capital Brasilia late Friday.An increase of 55,891 cases was announced, as well as 1,156 more deaths from the virus. In total, more than 2.3 million infections have …
Oil extends losses as coronavirus spike stalls demand
Oil prices slid for a second straight session on Monday as coronavirus cases rose in the United States and other places, leading some countries to resume partial lockdowns that could hurt fuel demand. Brent crude dropped 83 cents, or two per cent, to $40.19 a barrel by 0456 GMT, while U.S. crude was at $37.69, …
COVID-19: Court orders Brazil president to use mask in public
A Brazilian court has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to rectify his “at best disrespectful” behaviour by wearing a face mask whenever he is in public places, according to The Guardian. The president has sparked outrage by repeatedly flouting measures designed to slow the advance of the coronavirus disease that has killed more than 50,000 Brazilians. …
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases exceed 20,000 as 436 new cases are reported.
Gbeleyi Abayomi Nigerian’s COVID-19 case has exceeded the 20,000 mark even as The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 20,244. In thesame vein, Twelve deaths were recorded from the virus on Sunday bringing the total number of confirmed …
Iraqi football legend Radhi dies from COVID-19
Iraqi football legend, Ahmed Radhi died Sunday from complications linked to COVID-19, the health ministry said, just hours before he was to be flown for treatment in Jordan. Radhi, 56, scored what remains Iraq’s only World Cup finals goal in 1986 against Belgium. He had been hospitalised last week in Baghdad after testing positive for …
Great news on COVID-19 treatment – but not good enough yet
A low-cost steroid dexamethasone can save the lives of one in eight severely ill patients on ventilators being treated for COVID-19 and of one in 25 patients who are receiving supplemental oxygen. That’s according to Oxford University researchers Peter Horby and Martin Landray, who are conducting treatment experiments as part of the large Recovery Trial …
Autopsy shows George Floyd tested positive for COVID-19
A full autopsy report has shown that the late George Floyd tested positive for Coronavirus before his death. The 20-page autopsy report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office proved that Floyd tested positive for COVID-19 in April. George Floyd’s death has now been classified as a homicide.
Brazil records 1,349 single-day covid-19 deaths
Brazil reported a record 1,349 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period Wednesday, the health ministry said, as the pandemic continued to take a grim toll on Latin America’s hardest-hit country. The figure brought the total death toll from the new coronavirus in Brazil to 32,548, with 584,016 confirmed infections — the second-highest caseload worldwide, after …
