Covid-19: Recovered from virus, Pres Bolsonaro says nothing to fear as ‘everyone will catch it”

BRASILIA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh off a bout of COVID-19, President Jair Bolsonaro said nearly everyone will probably end up catching the new coronavirus, urging Brazilians to “face up to it” and saying there was nothing to fear. His latest bid to downplay the pandemic came as Brazil closed…

Covid-19: Kenya Airways resumes international flights after curbs lifted

NAIROBI/DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya Airways resumed international flights on Saturday, heading to about 30 destinations for the first time since the routes were suspended in March due to the Coronavirus. The carrier, in which Air France KLM holds a small stake, resumed domestic flights in mid-July…

DR Congo: Soldier shoots dead 12 in drunken rampage; 9 others injured

KINSHASA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A soldier shot dead 12 people and injured nine others during a drunken rampage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday evening, regional authorities said.Security services are conducting a search for the gunman in the city of Sange, 24 km from the Burundian border,…

Nigeria: Seven women found dead in a beauty salon, suspected of inhaling fumes from generator

Eyewitnesses say the women died from inhaling fumes from the generator used in the salon ABUJA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven women were found dead in a beauty salon in Nigeria’s Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State on July 30. The spokesperson of the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun,…

Covid-19: South Africa cases top 500,000 – health ministry

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa has now registered more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the health ministry announced, making it by far the hardest hit country on the continent. “Today South Africa has exceeded the half-a-million mark with a cumulative total of 503,290 confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded,” Heath…

Five soldiers killed in twin attacks in central Mali

BAMAKO, Aug 3 (NNN-) — At least five soldiers were killed and five were wounded on Sunday in twin attacks blamed on jihadists in central Mali, army and local sources said. A military convoy was ambushed en route from the village of Goma-Coura to Diabaly town, a local elected official…

Covid-19: Kosovo PM tests positive

PRISTINA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and would self-isolate for the next two weeks. “Today I did the test for the COVID-19 and tested positive,” Hoti wrote Sunday on his Facebook account. The prime minister said he…

Update: US adds 47,508 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US notched 47,508 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Sunday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. There were also 515 new deaths, the Baltimore-based university real-time count at 0030 GMT Monday. Sunday’s toll was a slight dip, as the previous five…

Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month rose 28 percent from July 2019, satellite data showed, fueling fears the world’s biggest rainforest will again be devastated by fires this year. Brazil’s national space agency, INPE, identified 6,803 fires in…

US: 8 missing after AAV sinking presumed dead as search off California ends

LOS ANGELES, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The seven Marines and sailor missing after their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the California coast are presumed dead as search and rescue operation ended, the Marine Expeditionary Force said in statement. “The 15th [Marine Expeditionary Unit and the [Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group]…