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Facebook, Apple and Twitter ask staff to work from home due to coronavirus

March 9, 2020 2:45 pm Add a Comment

New research by Deutsche Bank gives insights into the pressures felt by millions of Americans who don’t have the luxury to work remotely to prevent catching or spreading COVID-19. Working from home is a luxury that only some, mainly white-collar … Read more →

Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people

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Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are … Read more →

Health Ministry to receive additional GH¢11 million to fight Coronavirus

March 5, 2020 11:05 am Add a Comment

The Ministry of Health is set to receive an additional GH¢11 million to help it prepare and contain an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, should it surface in the country. The World Health Organisation in its … Read more →

Coronavirus: Dangote pledges $550K to help curb spread in Nigeria

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The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged N200million [$550,000] to support the current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a … Read more →

Donald Trump donates salary to fight coronavirus

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American President, Donald Trump has donated $100,000 of his salary towards the fight against coronavirus in the country. Mr Trump’s gesture was announced by Press Secretary of the White House, Stephanie Grisham in a tweet. Madam Grisham revealed the donation … Read more →

Condoms are selling out as people put them on their fingers to avoid Coronavirus

March 4, 2020 10:02 am Add a Comment

People all over the world are currently doing whatever they can to prevent themselves getting Coronavirus, from wearing face masks everywhere they go to using hand sanitiser more times a day than they can count. But methods of prevention seem to be … Read more →

Senegal confirms second coronavirus case

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A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the … Read more →

Coronavirus: Global death toll exceeds 3,000

March 2, 2020 10:06 am Add a Comment

The number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3,000, as China reported 42 more deaths. More than 90% of the total deaths are in Hubei, the Chinese province where the virus emerged late last year. But there … Read more →

Pope Francis reportedly falls ill a day after praying for coronavirus sufferers

February 28, 2020 8:51 am Add a Comment

Pope Francis has reportedly taken ill and cancelled an event at a Rome basilica just a day after he prayed for coronavirus sufferers in Italy. According to the UK Mirror, the pontiff prayed for coronavirus sufferers on Ash Wednesday, while … Read more →

First case of coronavirus confirmed in Nigeria

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Nigeria has recorded the first case of coronavirus, health officials confirmed Thursday. The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state of Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos is the … Read more →