Covid-19: Guinea buys 300K doses of Chinese jabs, gets 200K donation

A number of African countries have opted for China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac jabs CONAKRY, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea received a shipment of 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China and is also set to receive a donation of 200,000 Sinopharm shots, Guinean Foreign Minister Ibrahima Khalil Kaba said.Kaba gave no further details…

Covid-19: Tanzania’s new president forms task force, unlike skeptical predecessor

President Suluhu at a campaign rally with Magufuli banner in the background DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan said she has formed a committee of experts that will advise her on the status of COVID-19 in the country and the necessary steps to take.She called on…

Covid-19: Canada to roll out big spending in pandemic recovery budget

OTTAWA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada is expected to channel funds into childcare, wage subsidies and other pandemic recovery measures as the government presents its new budget Monday ahead of possible snap elections. The 2021 budget is the first full fiscal plan from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration since the…

Covid-19: Argentine court orders city schools in Buenos Aires to open despite virus surge

The last-minute decision by the lower court judge left school administrators in Buenos Aires scrambling to tell parents to send their kids to school after all BUENOS AIRES, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Schools in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires open on Monday morning after a court overruled a federal…

US shooting: 5 shot, critically injured in Louisiana; 3rd multiple shooting in one day

Police personnel and their vehicles are seen near the scene in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting at a liquor store in Shreveport, Louisiana SHREVEPORT (Louisiana, US), April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were hospitalised after being shot and critically injured in a drive-by shooting at a liquor store in…

Cuban party electing new leaders amid generational shift

HAVANA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Delegates of Cuba’s Communist Party elected a new Central Committee on Sunday, with an announcement due Monday on leadership as its historic congress closes with a sendoff for chief Raul Castro. When the 89-year-old Castro steps down as first secretary of the Communist Party —…

Rescuers recover bodies of 11 killed in illegal Colombian mine

BOGOTA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers in Colombia have recovered the bodies of 11 people killed after an illegal goldmine flooded almost a month ago, an official said. The group was trapped on March 26, when the 17-meter deep shaft flooded in a heavy downpour. “With the mining rescue team……

Update: Cape Verde leader declares victory after vote dominated by pandemic

PRAIA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cape Verde’s prime minister declared victory after results showed his party on course to win legislative elections dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy. “It’s a great victory, the victory of Cape-Verde,” Ulisses Correia e Silva said as jubilant supporters…

Covid-19’s global developments: US hits vaccine milestone as NZealand, Australia open travel bubble

WASHINGTON, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The hard-hit United States has passed a hopeful milestone as half its adults have had at least one Covid vaccine dose and from Monday all its over 18s will be eligible to get their shot. The positive news from America — the world’s hardest-hit country…

EU foreign ministers to meet on Navalny health as tensions with Russia soar

BRUSSELS, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EU foreign ministers are set to meet virtually Monday for talks on the health of dissident Alexei Navalny, as the United States warned Moscow of “consequences” if the Kremlin critic dies in prison and tensions soared over a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border. Doctors…