Iran has allowed some businesses in Tehran to reopen as the country’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month.
So-called “low-risk businesses” including many shops, factories and warehouses resumed operations … Read the rest
Many Nigerians face hunger amid lockdown
By Farooq Kperogi
SHOULD Nigeria lock down and risk mass deaths from hunger and, worse, the cruelly fatal irony of security operatives killing people in the bid to save them from themselves? (The National Human Rights Commission said security … Read the rest
Abba Kyari
Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari is dead. According to a reliable source, he died on Friday night and will be buried according to Islamic rites on Saturday.
A statement released by Femi Adesina, who is … Read the rest
Remdesivir
Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial.
The patients taking part in … Read the rest
By Afua Hirsch
I wanted to believe the comforting thought that, when it comes to coronavirus, we are all in this together. That knowing we’re all equally at risk, we’re pulling together in the same direction, bearing the strain … Read the rest
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas’s Hospital in London.
A Number 10 spokesman said: “The Prime Minister has been moved … Read the rest
Lagos State Government, earlier today, announced that it has discharged seven patients from its Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba area of the state.
The governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle @jidesanwoolu.
“Good people of Lagos, I … Read the rest
Life is gradually returning to normal in Wuhan
The months-long lockdown in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province – where the coronavirus pandemic started – has been lifted.
Anyone who has a “green” code on a widely used smartphone health app is now allowed to leave, … Read the rest
Donald Trump
President Donald Trump blamed the World Health Organization for getting “every aspect” of the coronavirus pandemic wrong and threatened to withhold funding from the international organization.
“They did give us some pretty bad play calling … with regard to us, … Read the rest
Healthcare workers wheel the body of deceased person from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, April 2. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
By Nick Triggle
Each day, news of more deaths is a huge source of alarm to people across the country – as well as a tragedy for the families involved.
Projections of how bad the outbreak could get have … Read the rest
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