Covid-19: Slow vaccine rollout hits LatAm as covid claims million lives

MONTEVIDEO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Covid-19 has caused the death of more than one million people in Latin America and the Caribbean where slow vaccine rollouts are preventing an exit from the pandemic crisis. Since the coronavirus was first detected in the region in Brazil’s Sao Paulo in late February…

Covid-19: Germany imposing quarantine on travellers from UK – health institute

BERLIN, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany will impose a quarantine on people arriving from Britain due to the spread there of the coronavirus variant first found in India, the Robert Koch health institute said. From Sunday, all travellers arriving from the UK will have to submit to a quarantine period…

US Pres Biden vows to help ‘rebuild’ Gaza; stresses two states solution to mideast crisis

WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden pledged to help organize efforts to “rebuild Gaza” and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict. Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop “intercommunal fighting” in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. However…

Update: Nigeria’s top army commander, 10 other officers killed in air crash during bad weather

ABUJA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers were killed on Friday when their plane crashed in bad weather in the country’s north, officials said. Chief of Army Staff Attahiru was only appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January as part of…

Colombian protest leader Lucas Villa, who was shot eight times, dies

Thousands pro-Lucas Villa protesters took to the street for weeks BOGOTA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian student activist Lucas Villa has been declared brain dead, nearly a week after he was shot eight times at a peaceful protest against President Ivan Duque’s government, according to a statement from San Jorge…

Covid-19: CAR, among last countries in the world to receive vaccines, launches vaccination in Bangui

BANGUI, May 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Central African Republic, one of the last countries in the world to receive coronavirus vaccines, has finally launched its immunization campaign.The CAR received 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines thanks to the COVAX initiative.Authorities began the vaccinating at risk populations, such as health workers, the…

Covid-19: South Africa expands vaccinations to cover older people

A photo of a person taking the coronavirus vaccine PRETORIA, May 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) –South Africa expanded its vaccination campaign to cover the elderly after initially inoculating healthworkers and teachers.The country has said it intends to inoculate nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June.One of…

Tunisia and Italy to open migration ‘hotline’

oRome and Tunis are looking to use the hotline to combat irregular migration TUNIS, May 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A hotline would be established between Rome and Tunis to counter irregular migration amid a spike in arrivals at Italy’s Lampedusa island, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said.Lamorgese is on a visit…

Nigeria army chief killed in aircraft crash: Media reports

Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria army chief ABUJA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s army chief has died in a helicopter accident in the north central Kaduna State, multiple local media portals have reported. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru was appointed to the top post months back after President Muhammadu Buhari changed…

Covid-19: Excess deaths due to pandemic up to three times higher than reported, says WHO

GENEVA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported COVID-19 deaths, the World Health Organization said. So far, more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide have officially been attributed to COVID-19 since the disease first surfaced in China…