Tag: Coronavirus
Another President contracts Covid-19 ahead of election
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the coronavirus just two weeks before the election of a new head of state. The 72-year-old politician from the Conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) is running for re-election. He is not suffering from any symptoms, but the infection is disrupting the election campaign, the Lusa ...New coronavirus strain spreads in Africa, 8 countries experience surge
A new and deadlier strain of the Coronavirus has hit Africa and it shows in the rising cases among a people once thought to possess some immunity against the virus. A new genetic mutation of the coronavirus was first reported in the U.K. earlier this month which is said to spread faster and has the ...Analysis: Pandemic, crude oil price dip put Nigeria at ‘Critical Juncture’
More than 200 million Nigerians will slide further into poverty as the coronavirus pandemic has sent oil prices tumbling and pushed Africa’s largest economy into recession. To many in oil-rich Nigeria, Saturday’s announcement of a recession was no surprise — even the president had warned a downturn was coming. “It feels like we have been ...Coronavirus positive Ronaldo still defiant of isolation protocols – Report
Juventus star player Cristiano Ronaldo appeared as combative as ever in a social media post on Friday, a day after being accused of breaching Italian coronavirus rules. “Don’t let what you can’t do stand in the way of what you can do,” he posted on Instagram, along with a picture of him smiling and relaxing ...We’re not afraid of coronavirus, we still eat bushmeat – Epe wet market vendors
Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos are back buying, selling and trading animals. A vendor descales an endangered pangolin with a machete. Nearby, grasscutter rodents are skinned. Most of the sellers ...What is killing Nigerians is the fear, panic of coronavirus – Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has insisted that the coronavirus pandemic is a scam orchestrated by some individuals to generate profits to the detriment of the poor masses. He accused some politicians of playing games with the people of the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor stated this on Sunday when he received the ...Africa does not have manifold undetected coronavirus infections -Regional Director
The World Health Organisation (WHO) does not think there are manifold undetected coronavirus infections in Africa with people dying unreported, the regional director of the organisation, Matshidiso Moeti, said on Thursday. “We think that there is a certain underestimation of cases,” Matshidiso Moeti told a news conference, adding that the WHO was working with countries ...Bill Gates conspiracy theories echo through Africa in a season of misinformation
As the novel coronavirus wreaks global havoc, Bill Gates is the new bete noire for conspiracy theorists worldwide including in Africa where a Kenyan politician’s false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation. While Gates’s vaccine programmes on the continent have long provided ample fodder for speculation, the bogus claims have ...Two EPL players test positive for Covid-19, La Liga resumes June 8
Two people from two English Premier League (EPL) clubs have tested positive for the coronavirus after a second batch of testing, the Premier League said on Saturday. This is even as Spain’s government on Saturday gave the go-ahead for La Liga to resume from June 8. Since the Premier League players returned to limited group ...Breakthrough in local manufacture of Covid-19 test kits as NCDC okays of RNA extraction
The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus. The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) ...
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Qatar Airways makes history, completes first longest non-stop flight of 16 hours from Doha to New ...
Confusion in Gambia, Jammeh stays put, Barrow to be sworn in at Gambia embassy in Senegal