Covid-19: Black Americans suffers the most in virus crisis

Chicago has seen a total of 98 deaths with 72% of them black residents CHICAGO, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Stark statistics from Chicago health officials have underscored the heavy toll of coronavirus on black Americans. Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases in the city and more than 70% of…

Covid-19: World short of six million nurses, WHO says

GENEVA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the world needs nearly six million nurses. The UN’s health agency along with partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) underscored in a report the crucial role played by…

Covid-19: New York governor extends shutdown to April 29

NEW YORK, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended a shutdown in the epicenter of America’s deadly coronavirus pandemic until near the end of the month. Cuomo said the COVID-19 death rate in the state was “effectively flat” for the past two days but announced that schools…

Covid-19: Brazil’s Sao Paulo expects 100,000 deaths

SAO PAULO, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Latin America, Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, said it expects 111,000 deaths in the next six months, and extended its stay-at-home measures another two weeks. The forecast — an official projection, the state government said — would appear…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump announces 3M deal for millions of masks

WASHINGTON, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump announced a deal with US manufacturing giant 3M to provide millions of facemasks to combat the coronavirus pandemic after a dispute over foreign distribution. “We have reached a very amicable agreement with 3M for the delivery of an additional 55.5 million high…

Covid-19: UN Security Council to hold first talks Thursday, says diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council will on Thursday hold its first meeting on the coronavirus pandemic — by video conference — after weeks of divisions among its five permanent members, diplomats said. Last week, exasperated by the back-and-forth that has paralyzed the council, including between…

Covid-19: Europe looks for lockdown exit strategy as rate of new cases and deaths slows

 Italy hopes to be back on the move soon after seeing virus cases reach a plateau PARIS, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe’s governments have begun to look ahead to the post-lockdown phase of their battle against Covid-19 as curves on the continent flatten. Austria on Monday became the first EU…

Covid-19: US now has more than 367,000 cases; converting stadiums and conference centers into medical sites

A medical worker wheels a body to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York WASHINGTON, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States now has at least 367,507 cases of the coronavirus and 10,908 deaths, according to data…

Covid-19: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine – WHO

GENEVA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as “racist” the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa. “Africa can’t and won’t be a testing ground for any vaccine,” said Director-General, Dr Tedros…

Boko Haram suicide bombers kill seven in Cameroon

Boko Haram fighters YAOUNDE, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon on Sunday, police and a local official said. “Two Boko Haram bombers blew themselves up at around 8pm”…