Covid-19: Brazil’s death toll top 10,000

BRASILIA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 10,000 deaths, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health. The country has now recorded 10,627 deaths and 155,939 confirmed cases. While Brazil’s figures are high, scientists think the real toll could…

Covid-19: Half of Spain prepares to ease lockdown as deaths fall

MADRID, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Just over half of Spain’s population is preparing for eased lockdown measures as the country registered 179 more deaths and 604 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus on Saturday. The number of deaths and new infections are down slightly from Friday and far below peak figures reached…

Covid-19: US Vice-President Mike Pence’s press secretary tests positive

Katie Miller, seen here with Mike Pence’s chief of staff, is married to Trump aide Stephen Miller WASHINGTON, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top aide to US Vice-President Mike Pence has tested positive for Covid-19 one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed with the virus. Pence’s press…

Covid-19: Britain to introduce two-week quarantine for arrivals – Reports

LONDON, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals despite growing pressure on the government to relax virus lockdown measures. It comes as the UK, which has the world’s second highest coronavirus death toll after the US, cautiously charts a way forward…

Pres Trump ‘torn’ over US-China trade deal as officials push to fulfill its terms

WASHINGTON, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he was “very torn” about whether to end the Phase 1 US-China trade deal, just hours after top trade officials from both countries pledged to press ahead with implementing it despite coronavirus economic wreckage. In an overnight phone call, US…

Covid-19: US private payrolls dive by a record 20.2 million

US private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April WASHINGTON, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak savaged the economy, setting up the overall labor market for…

Covid-19: Jobless boda boda rider kills wife, two sons during lockdown

UGANDA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A boda boda cyclist, who has been staying at his home idle since the lockdown, has strangled his wife and two sons before he fled. The incident happened at Banda B in Nakawa Division, Kampala City at around 4 am Friday. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesman,…

Covid-19: Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina ANTANANARIVO, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based “cure” for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation that its efficacy is unproven. Last month President Andry Rajoelina launched…

UN: Hundreds of thousands flee violence in eastern DR Congo

KINSHASA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled surging violence in Ituri since March in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, the UN said. Tensions have been rising in Ituri since last December with the launch of a government-led military operation against…

Covid-19: Somali mayor suspects coronavirus deaths go unreported

MOGADISHU, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, says the city has recorded about 500 deaths over the past two weeks many of which he suspects are as a result of Covid-19. The federal government has so far confirmed 44 deaths from the pandemic out of 928…