Covid-19: US deaths top 220,000 as northern neighbour Canada hits milestone of 200,000 cases

NEW YORK/OTTAWA, Oct 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — US COVID-19 deaths surpassed 220,000 on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 8.2 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 220,020 as of 4:25 p.m. local time…

80 pct of Europe’s natural habitats in poor shape: report

COPENHAGEN, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 80 percent of the European Union’s natural habitats are in poor or bad condition and more must be done to protect them, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned in a report. The report, which covers the period 2013-2018, shows a deterioration fromthe 2007-2012…

Covid-19: UN stockpiling billion syringes for vaccine

GENEVA, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said it wouldstockpile one billion syringes around the world by the end of 2021, to beused for the delivery of any future coronavirus vaccine. UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, said it aims to get 520 million syringes inits warehouses by the end…

Covid-19: Several thousand vaccine dozes arrive in Venezuela from Russia – Pres Maduro

HAVANA, Oct 19 (NNN-TASS) — Several thousand dozes of Russian-made coronavirus medicine has arrived in Venezuela, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said on TV Sunday. “The Favipiravir antiviral medicine has arrived from Russia. […] Thousands of dozes have arrive from Russia to save lives,” the president said, adding that this medicine…

Update: MAS Luis Arce won Bolivia’s elections, according to exit poll

Luis Arce (center) celebrates with running mate David Choquehuanca (right) after exit poll results come in LA PAZ, Oct 19 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The candidate of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS), Luis Arce, won the Sunday presidential election in first round, according to an exit poll broadcast by the national…

Covid-19: Italy tightens rules after cases surge

ROME, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — ITALY has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases. A mask-wearing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures were needed “to avoid a new lockdown”. Mayors will get powers to close public areas after 21:00 and the…

Covid-19: Ghana’s economy recovering from coronavirus than anticipated – Pres Akufo-Addo

play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Ghanaian economy has begun to recover faster from the novel Coronavirus than “initially anticipated”. This, he indicated, is according to the Bank of Ghana’s assessment on Ghana’s economy. Delivering his 18th address to the nation on…

Covid-19: Global cases surpass the 40 million milestone

Medical workers tend to a patient suffering from Covid-19 at a hospital in Strasbourg, eastern France LONDON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. Experts believe the…

Chile: Churches burnt as thousands mark protest movement anniversary

Demonstrators start a fire inside the San Francisco de Borja church in Santiago SANTIAGO, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest movement that broke out last year demanding…

Bolivia’s Electoral Authorities begins declaring official results

LA PAZ, Oct 19 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s electoral authorities begin releasing official preliminary results of the vote count that is taking place in the country after over 7 million citizens went to the polls Sunday. After three hours of vote counting, the Supreme Court (TSE) revealed that the Movement Towards…