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  • Just in: Despite claims to remedy, Madagascar records first Coronavirus death

    Just in: Despite claims to remedy, Madagascar records first Coronavirus death

    Madagascar on Sunday reported the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus nearly two months after it was first detected in the country.

    According to local daily L’Express de Madagascar, the case is a 57-year-old man, a parking lot security officer at a hospital in the city of Toamasina.

    The first death comes weeks after the country’s President Andry Rajoelina launched Covid Organics (CVO), an organic herbal drink he claims can prevent or cure coronavirus patients.

    The Indian Ocean island which has reported 304 cases has hit the headlines over a home-grown herbal concoction derived from artemisia — a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatment — and other indigenous herbs.

    Several African countries have ordered or expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as COVID-Organics.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) had warned against the use of CVO without any medical supervision and cautioned against self-medication.

    The WHO on Thursday said it is in touch with Madagascar over its herbal drink.

    ”We have offered to support the design of a study to look into this product [COVID Organics],” Matshidiso Moeti, the regional director of WHO office in Africa, told a media briefing.

    The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has exceeded 312,200, with more than 4.65 million confirmed cases and recoveries have surpassed 1.7 million, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University.

  • JUST IN: Ekiti records first Coronavirus death

    A 29-year-old health worker, who was the third index case of coronavirus in Ekiti state, has been recorded as the first casualty after she died of the pandemic on Wednesday.

    The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, announced this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti.

    Yaya-Kolade said the woman died on Wednesday around 6:58 am at the Intensive Care Unit of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido EkitI.

    The woman, who until his death was a Community Health worker with Lagos State Government, sneaked into Ekiti last week before she fell into prolonged labour leading to the discovery that she had contracted the infectious disease.

    Yaya-Kolade regretted the deceased infected a 45 -year old medical doctor, who had been identified as the fourth index case by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC).

    “The woman showed signs of stability on Monday but unfortunately her condition deteriorated yesterday, and we lost her exactly 6.58 am today (Wednesday),” she stressed.

    On whether her body will be released to the family, Yaya-Kolade said the state will take standard precautions and comply with the World Health Organisation’s safety rules on the burial.

    “We are going to liaise with the family on her burial. We are going to consider safety despite that there was an assumption that the virus is not active in the corpse, because we don’t know much about the virus.

    “But whatever we are going to do won’t be against the interest of the family. But let me assure you that the state will also be on the side of safety”, she stated.

    She said FETHI where the patient died, had been sanitised and cleaned up since the woman was hospitalised, urging the patients and members of the public not to stigmatise the hospital or afraid of patronising it.

    The Commissioner assured the state will proceed with its surveillance and engaging the people on sensitization, to ward off COVID 19 in Ekiti.

    She added that all the 78 persons who had contacts with the deceased and the medical doctor, had been traced and placed on isolation.

  • U.S. overtakes Spain in coronavirus death toll, now second highest in the world

    The United States coronavirus death toll is now the second highest in the world, after Italy.

    The U.S. overtook Spain early today, with new deaths recorded, taking the country’s tally to 14,797. Spain has 14,792 deaths.

    Italy, the world’s leader has 17,669 deaths.

    U.S. death toll is expected to go higher later today when figures from New York and other worst-hit areas are added up.

    On Wednesday, a record 1,940 people died from the virus and the COVID-19 illness that it causes.

    The U.S. also reported 31,935 new infections, that takes its tally to 434,927.

    The figure grew to 435,160 early today.

    Only four countries in the world have recorded infections above 100,000.

    They are Spain with 148,220 cases, Italy 139,422, Germany 113,296 and France 112,950.

    China where the virus started from has 81,865 cases, with 3,335 deaths.

  • Coronavirus death toll surpasses 12,000 in US

    Coronavirus death toll surpasses 12,000 in US

    The United States has recorded 12,291 deaths from the raging Coronavirus pandemic sweeping through all its 50 States.

    There are at least 387,547 cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 12,291 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases.

    So far Tuesday, there are at least 19,351 new cases and 1,305 deaths have been reported, according to the tally.

    The total includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as all repatriated cases.

    Wyoming is the only state not reporting a death from coronavirus, according to CNN.

    New York is the epicentre of Coronavirus in the US, recording 138,863 cases and 5,489 deaths. The City recorded 714 death on Tuesday alone.

    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is worried about coronavirus cases and hospitalizations increasing again as some people start to leave their homes.

    “The weather has turned warm. People have been in their homes for one month, everyone has cabin fever and they’re coming out in greater numbers,” Cuomo told CNN’s Erin Burnett.

    Earlier Tuesday, Cuomo said at his daily press briefing that hospitalizations may be leveling off and social distancing “is working,” but stressed that New Yorkers need to keep doing it.

    He told Burnett his focus isn’t merely on preventing a second wave, but working to improve the current situation in New York — an epicenter for coronavirus in the United States.

    “(I’m) not even worried about a second wave. I’m worried about getting out of the situation we’re in right now and saving as many lives as possible and that will be a direct coefficient of how well we comply with social distancing,” Cuomo said.

  • Italy’s Coronavirus death toll exceeds 10,000 despite lockdown

    Italy’s Coronavirus death toll exceeds 10,000 despite lockdown

    The coronavirus toll in Italy shot past 10,000 on Saturday and showed little sign of slowing despite a 16-day lockdown.

    The 889 new fatalities reported in the world’s worst-hit nation came a day after it registered 969 deaths on Friday — the highest single toll since the COVID-19 virus emerged late last year.

    Italy now looks certain to extend its economically debilitating — and emotionally stressful — business closures and the ban on public gatherings past their April 3 deadline.

    “Is it time to reopen the country? I think we have to think about it really carefully,” civil protection service chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters.

    “The country is at a standstill and we must maintain the least amount of activity possible to ensure the survival of all.”

    Italians had begun to hope that their worst disaster in generations was easing after the increase in daily death rates began to slow on March 22.

    But the new surge has changed the Mediterranean nation’s mood.

    Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Italians late Saturday to be ready to spend more time cooped up at home.

    “If one is being reasonable, one cannot envision a quick return to normal life,” Conte said in his latest sombre television address.

    – Going into debt –
    The monumental economic toll of fighting the pandemic has triggered a huge row among European leaders about how best to respond.

    The southern European nations worst-hit by the virus are urging the EU to go abandon its budget rules.

    The bloc has already loosened its purse strings in ways not seen since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

    But Conte argues that this is not enough.

    France is backing a push by Italy and Spain for the EU to start issuing “corona bonds” — a form of common debt that governments sell to raise money to address individual economic needs.

    More spendthrift nations such as Germany and the Netherlands are baulking at the idea of joint debt.

    Conte said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had “not just a disagreement but a hard a frank confrontation” this week about how to proceed.

    “If Europe does not rise to this unprecedented challenge, the whole European structure loses its raison d’etre to the people,” Conte told Saturday’s edition of the Il Sole 24 Ore financial newspaper.

  • US records first Coronavirus death

    US records first Coronavirus death

    The first death from the novel coronavirus has been confirmed on US soil, in Washington state, health officials said Saturday, after a handful of cases of unknown origin were detected, indicating the disease was spreading in the country.

    This is coming barely a week after President Donald Trump said America was doing a great job and there was no case of the novel virus in the US.

    The fatality occurred in King county, the most populous in the state and home to Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people, says officials in the state.

    The victim was not immediately identified.

    “It is a sad day in our state as we learn that a Washingtonian has died from COVID-19. Our hearts go out to his family and friends,” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said in a statement.

    US President Donald Trump said he would address the media about the “latest coronavirus developments” at about 1:30 pm (1830 GMT).

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 people are infected with the disease in the United States — the majority of them passengers from the stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship.

    An American citizen died of the new coronavirus in early February at the Chinese epicenter of the global outbreak, the city of Wuhan, the US embassy confirmed at the time.

    Worldwide, the virus has hit 59 countries across the globe, with more than 2,900 people killed and over 85,000 infected since it was first detected at an animal market in Wuhan late last year.

    Authorities in Washington state set a press conference for 1:00 pm Pacific time (2100 GMT).

  • Coronavirus death toll hits 350 in China

    Coronavirus death toll hits 350 in China

    Chinese state television reported on Monday that the death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in China’s central Hubei province rose by 56 to 350.

    There were another 2,103 cases detected in Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, taking the total in the province to 11,177 as of Feb. 2.

    Hubei’s provincial capital of Wuhan, where the virus is thought to have originated, reported 41 new deaths. A total of 265 people in Wuhan have now died from the virus.

    New confirmed cases surged by 1,033 in Wuhan and climbed by 244 in nearby Huanggang on Feb. Two new deaths were reported in the city, about 60 km (37 miles) east of Wuhan.

    Hubei has been under virtual quarantine, with roads sealed off and public transport shut down. Elsewhere, China has placed growing restrictions on travel and business.

    The province extended its Lunar New Year holiday break to Feb. 13 in a bid to contain the outbreak.