Covid-19: Global toll at 1100 GMT Wednesday

PARIS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 82,726 on Wednesday, according to a tally from official sources. More than 1,438,290 declared cases have been registered in 192 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these…

Covid-19: Kenya’s parliament cancels sitting after virus travel ban

Some MPs were in quarantine after returning from international trips last month NAIROBI, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A recall of Kenya’s parliament scheduled for Wednesday in the capital, Nairobi, has been cancelled. Lower house Speaker Justin Muturi told local media that the sitting was cancelled after President Uhuru Kenyatta imposed…

Covid-19: DR Congo frees 1,200 prisoners over virus fears

KINSHASA, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice ministry has freed 1,200 prisoners in new measures to decongest prisons and prevent the spread of coronavirus.Those released from prisons were minor offenders according to Justice Minister Celestin Tunda.The Makala Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, is among those decongested…

Chad president joins frontline combat against Boko Haram

Chadian President, Idriss Deby Itno DAKAR, April 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Chadian President, Idriss Deby Itno joined the country’s soldiers in the frontline of the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the country. Deby appeared in military fatigue last week as he led an operation to decimate the terrorists from Chadian…

Update Covid-19: Global death toll tops 80,000

PARIS, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 80,142 on late Tuesday, according to a tally compiled from official sources. More than 1,397,180 declared cases have been registered in 192 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December.…

Covid-19: Zimbabwe eases lockdown to allow diaspora remittances flow

Women cross a deserted street in Harare HARARE, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will allow citizens to access remittances from the diaspora and permit farmers to take their produce to the market, easing a three-week coronavirus lockdown that analysts fear could push the struggling economy to the brink of collapse.…

Covid-19: Angola’s Health Ministry summons retired professionals

LUANDA, April 8 (NNN-ANGOP) — The Health Ministry (MINSA) appealed to retired Angolan doctors and nurses to join in and reinforce the staff involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. According to a Minsa statement, those called in  are required to report to locations and…

New swarm of locusts invades eastern Uganda

Locusts previously invaded Uganda in February KAMPALA, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new swarm of locusts has invaded parts of the north-eastern and eastern regions of Uganda, putting at risk June’s harvests.Largely made up young locusts, it arrived four days ago in a district bordering western Kenya and has since…

Covid-19: World Bank releases $82m support to strengthen Nigerian public health response

ABUJA, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank Group has released 82 million dollars for immediate support in strengthening the public health response through the Regional Disease Surveillance System Enhancement Project (REDISSE). The bank made this known in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday. The bank explained that in…

Roundup: Death Toll Of COVID-19 In Iran Nears 4,000; More States Require Wearing Masks To Prevent Virus Spread

CAIRO, Apr 8 (NNN-MENA) – The COVID-19 pandemic claimed nearly 4,000 lives out of the over 60,000 infected cases in Iran, while more states in the Middle East started to require wearing face masks to curb the spread of the pandemic. The death toll of the virus in Iran rose…
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