Covid-19: Millions of children risk missing vaccines as cargo blocked, says UN

GENEVA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of children risk missing “life-saving” vaccines, the UN has warned, after a “massive backlog” of shipments built up due to the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak has had a huge impact on the air industry, drastically reducing commercial and charter flights. Dozens of countries are…

Covid-19: Rwanda announces plan to lift lockdown

KIGALI, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda’s government has announced plans to partially ease strict measures imposed six weeks ago to stop the spread of coronavirus. A highly awaited government announcement said the restrictions will be lifted from May 4 even though some measures will be maintained. A curfew will be…

Covid-19: Comoros announces first case

MORONI, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the few African countries without any reports of coronavirus has now confirmed its first case.Comoros’ President Azali Assoumani said the patient is a man who came in contact with a French-Comorian national who’d recently travelled to France before being hospitalised on April 23.His…

Covid-19: More prisoners freed in Zimbabwe virus amnesty

HARARE, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe has granted clemency to more prisoners, broadening the conditions for release in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a government notice, those who are facing life sentences and who have served at least 20 years of that sentence could be released. Some…

Covid-19: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons – study

LONDON, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus patients from black African backgrounds in England and Wales are dying at more than triple the rate of white Britons, a study suggests. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a higher proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds live in areas hit harder…

Covid-19: Ghana seeks more funds from the World Bank to fight pandemic – Pres Akufo-Addo

Akufo-Addo, Prez Ghana ACCRA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nana Addo Danwa Akufo-Addo said discussions are ongoing between Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and officials of the World Bank to raise more funds to deal with the effect of the COVID-19 on the local economy. Speaking during the May Day…

Man arrested after shooting at Cuban embassy in Washington

WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Texas man accused of opening fire outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington early Thursday morning was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, the authorities said, reporting damage to the building but no injuries. The police and Secret Service officers were called…

Arab foreign ministers condemn Israeli plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at an overview of the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, located in an area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank CAIRO, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Arab countries condemned Israel’s plan to de facto annex parts of the occupied West Bank as a “new war crime”…

Covid-19: UN launches aid flights to vulnerable developing nations

Workers loading medical supplies in a cargo aircraft chartered by the U.N. World Food Programme to help developing countries hit by COVID-19 LIEGE (Belgium), May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN World Food Program on Thursday sent a first plane loaded with medical supplies for developing nations especially vulnerable to the coronavirus…

Stranded Singaporean sailor rescued at sea by Fijian navy after Pacific countries shut borders due to COVID-19

The Singaporean man rescued by the Fijian navy SINGAPORE, May 1 (NNN-CNA) — A Singaporean man was rescued by the Fijian navy after the ongoing coronavirus pandemic left him stranded at sea on a yacht, with his food supplies running low. The 59-year-old man set sail from Singapore three months ago on…