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South Africa closes public schools as Coronavirus cases rise

July 24, 2020 8:53 am Add a Comment

State schools in South Africa will close for four weeks from Monday as part of measures to combat a surge in the number of coronavirus cases. President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was important to ensure that schools did not become … Read more →

Coronavirus: Madagascar hospitals ‘overwhelmed’

July 23, 2020 7:29 am Add a Comment

Hospitals in Madagascar have warned they are overwhelmed after a spike in coronavirus cases in a country where the president has been promoting a herbal drink to treat the virus. A record 614 new cases have been confirmed in the … Read more →

Coronavirus: Medical staff at KATH dies; 170 others test positive

July 15, 2020 4:08 pm Add a Comment

One medical staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has died of Covid-19. Details of the deceased are scanty, but JoyNews has learnt the male radiographer died on July 3, 2020. Chief Executive of KATH, Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso, revealed … Read more →

Coronavirus: White House targets US disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci

July 14, 2020 2:52 pm Add a Comment

US infectious disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci is being targeted by the Trump administration as tensions rise between the health expert and the president. The White House has been increasingly critical of Dr Fauci, and on Sunday, an official shared … Read more →

Coronavirus: Quarantine rules for some countries set to be relaxed

June 19, 2020 6:10 pm Add a Comment

The government is planning to relax its travel quarantine rules in early July for some countries. UK officials are talking to their counterparts in Portugal, France, Italy, Greece and Spain. However, the UK hopes to make an announcement on 29 … Read more →

Coronavirus was already in Italy by December, waste water study finds

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Italian scientists say sewage water from two cities contained coronavirus traces in December, long before the country’s first confirmed cases. The National Institute of Health (ISS) said water from Milan and Turin showed genetic virus traces on 18 December. It … Read more →

Coronavirus: South Africa Smokers fume at cigarette ban

May 26, 2020 8:18 am Add a Comment

The illicit trade in cigarettes in South Africa is now in full swing after the sale of tobacco was banned at the end of March as part of strict measures imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus, as the BBC’s … Read more →

Coronavirus: European countries further relax restrictions

May 18, 2020 3:55 pm Add a Comment

Italy and Spain are among a number of European countries further easing their coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday. Most businesses in Italy, including bars and hairdressers, are reopening after more than two months of nationwide lockdown measures. Spain meanwhile has … Read more →

Guinea Bissau PM tests positive for coronavirus

April 30, 2020 2:35 pm Add a Comment

Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for coronavirus, the health ministry has said. Interior Minister Botche Cande and two other ministers also have Covid-19. Mr Nabiam said that several members of an interministerial coronavirus committee had … Read more →

Coronavirus could affect international football for ‘two or three years’

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Coronavirus could impact on the international football calendar for “two or three years”, says a member of Uefa’s executive committee. Lars-Christer Olsson, president of European Leagues, said that it would be a case of “wait and see” to assess the … Read more →