Section: Nigeria
Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead At Home – Police
Members of the police gather at the entrance of the residence of Israel’s Chinese ambassador on the outskirts of Tel Aviv after he was found dead on May 17, 2020. – The Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his residence in the Herzliya district on the outskirts of Tel Aviv,...
Putin To Address Russians As Country Sets New Daily COVID-19 Record
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at military aircrafts flying over the Kremlin and Red Square to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, Moscow, May 9, 2020. Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP. Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the nation about the coronavirus on Monday, as a new record of...
Europe Remains ‘In The Eye’ Of COVID-19 Storm – WHO
The World Health Organization’s European office said Thursday that despite some “optimistic signs” in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases was rising and approaching one million in the continent alone. “We remain in the eye of the storm,” WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told a news...
117 Million Children Face Measles Risk From COVID-19 Response – UN
More than 6,000 people have died in DR Congo’s latest measles outbreak.File photo: AFP Around 117 million children worldwide risk contracting measles because dozens of countries are curtailing their vaccination programmes as they battle COVID-19, the United Nations warned. Currently, 24 countries, including several already dealing with...
Ukraine President Offers $1 Million For COVID-19 Vaccine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visits an exposition at the Latvian Museum of Occupation in Riga, Latvia, on October 16, 2019. Gints Ivuskans / AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country’s scientists if they manage to develop a coronavirus vaccine, his spokeswoman said Monday. The...
Lagos discharges 7 more coronavirus patients, 39 in total
A total of 39 people have now been discharged in Lagos after receiving treatment for coronavirus infection. Seven people who previously tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have recovered and been discharged in Lagos. …read more Source:: Pulse...
COVID-19: Latest Global Developments
A woman wearing face mask, amid concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, walks along a street in Hefei, China’s eastern Anhui province on March 9, 2020. NOEL CELIS / AFP. Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Europe ‘underestimated’ threat – The president of the European Commission admits...
Coronavirus: Austria Bans Gatherings Of More Than Five People
Medical staff, with protective clothing, stands at an entrance where patients are filtered at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital (KFJ) hospital as part of the novel coronavirus epidemic on March 15, 2020 in Vienna. GEORG HOCHMUTH / APA / AFP. Austria on Sunday banned gatherings of more than five people and told residents to go out only if necessary, in a...
Trump Names Meadows As Fourth Chief Of Staff
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 31, 2019 US Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, speaks outside the secure facility where depositions relating to the House impeachment inquiry are taking place on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB / AFP US President Donald Trump announced Friday he had chosen staunch ally...
Contact tracing: No fresh case of Coronavirus as FG monitors 61 contacts
The Federal Government says there is no new fresh case from 61 contacts of the index case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, at a media update on Coronavirus (COVID-19) …read more Source:: Pulse...
