Covid-19: Libya releases prisoners to contain virus spread

Libya has eight confirmed cases of coronavirus TRIPOLI, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya has become the latest country in the Middle East to release detainees in response to Coronavirus. The internationally recognised government in Tripoli has ordered more than 400 prisoners to be freed. Saudi Arabia has ordered around 250 people…

Covid-19: Nigerian Pres Buhari imposes lockdown on Abuja; Lagos, Ogun states

President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, March 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has given his first Coronavirus address to the nation touching on a myriad of issues from containment efforts, social and economic intervention and the way forward. A major takeaway was the imposition of a lockdown on two impacted states, Lagos…

Covid-19: Donations pour in to fight coronavirus – Ghana Pres Akufo-Addo reveals

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donations have started pouring in by spirited Ghanaians both home and abroad towards the fight against the deadly coronavirus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed An eight-member board has since been inaugurated by the President of Ghana for the COVID-19…

Covid-19: Things will get worse before getting better, UK PM Johnson warns

 LONDON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The prime minister has warned that the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better, in a letter being sent to every UK household. Boris Johnson, who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, says stricter restrictions could be put in place if necessary.…

Covid-19: US regulator approves limited use of malaria drugs for virus

WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A limited emergency-useauthorization for two antimalarial drugs touted as game-changers by President Donald Trump has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients. In a statement, the US Department of Health and HumanServices detailed recent donations of medicine to a…

Covid-19: Twitter removes two Brazilian Pres Bolsonaro tweets questioning quarantine

BRASILIA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two tweets by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in which he questioned quarantine measures aimed at containing the coronavirus were removed, on the grounds that they violated the social network’s rules. The far-right leader had posted several videos in which he flouted hisgovernment’s social distancing guidelines…

Covid-19: Hungary’s PM Orban seeks sweeping new powers in virus fight

BUDAPEST, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hungary’s parliament was on Monday expected to endorse a bill giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. Critics at home and abroad have condemned the “anti-coronavirus defencelaw”, saying it gives Orban unnecessary and unlimited…

Update: Cruise company still searching for port for Covid-19 ship, passengers plead for help

PANAMA CITY, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Passengers on a virus-strickencruise liner entered the Panama Canal in Central America Sunday after theywere told the company was still searching for a port which will allow them to disembark, even as they pleaded for help. The Panama Canal Authority said the Zaandam liner…

Update Covid-19: US sees 518 new deaths in 24 hours

WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US recorded 518 new coronavirus-linked deaths in the span of 24 hours, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University. The record toll, higher than the previous day’s increase of 453, brings thecountry’s total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to…

Update: US Pres Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back as more countries globally opted for lockdowns

A staff member checks equipment in the ICU room of a field hospital being set up in Cremona, Italy WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump abandoned his timetable for life returning to normal in the United States,extending emergency coronavirus restrictions for another month, while Spain suffered its deadliest…