Covid-19: Rwanda deploys drones to raise awareness in communities

KIGALI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda National Police (RNP) announced the usage of drones to further raise awareness of the Coronavirus pandemic in local communities.“We have added drones to our methods of raising awareness about COVID-19,” reads part of the announcement on Twitter.The development comes after the country records a total of…

Covid-19: Botswana MPs caught breaking quarantine rules

GABORONE, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several MPs in Botswana have been caught breaking their self-isolation instructions and have now been placed in supervised quarantine.On Thursday, all parliamentarians and President Mokgweetsi Masisi were asked to quarantine for 14 days after a health worker who had been screening them for the coronavirus…

DR Congo records second Ebola death – WHO

KINSHASA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said.The victim was an 11-month-old girl linked to an Ebola death reported on Friday in the city of Beni, it said.Congo…

Covid-19: Somali state minister dies virus, second in the state

MOGADISHU, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The justice minister of Somalia’s autonomous Hirshabelle state, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died after contracting the Novel Coronavirus, the second recorded death in the country.Tohow died on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the town of Jowhar, the…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are the latest developmentsin the coronavirus crisis: China imported cases rise: China records its highest daily toll of imported virus cases, confirming 97 new infections. US deaths top 20,000: At least 20,608 people in the United States have died, making the US the hardest-hit…

Covid-19: PM Boris Johnson leaves hospital with UK deaths set to top 10,000

LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boris Johnson has left hospital to convalesce from COVID-19 at Chequers, the country estate ofBritish prime ministers, a week after he was admitted and then spent three days in intensive care. The 55-year-old leader will not be immediately returning to work, onthe advice of his…

Pres Diaz-Canel: Despite blockade, Cuba will get ahead

HAVANA, April 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the tightening of actions by the Government of the United States to discredit and isolate Cuba amid the fight against Covid-19. Speaking at the regular daily meeting to review the impact of the disease in Cuba, the president rejected recent…

Covid-19: Cuba hits out at ‘cruel’ US sanctions during pandemic

Neighbours applaud doctors and nurses battling the virus in Havana HAVANA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba hit out at the United States over its nearly 60-year-old embargo against the island nation, which Havana described as “even more cruel” given the suffering caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. The communist-run single-party…

Pres Trump: US could impose visa sanctions on countries not accepting deportees

US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said the US government could impose visa sanctions on countries that refuse or unreasonably delay accepting people returned from the United States. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the…

Missing journalist found murdered in Mexico’s south

Members of the press protest against the murder of a colleague MEXICO CITY, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican journalist who disappeared over a week ago in the southern state of Guerrero was found dead close to where his family last saw him, the local prosecutor said. Forensic tests on…