Tag: Coronavirus
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WHO DG, Tedros in coronavirus scare, self-isolates
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has begun a self quarantine for coronavirus. This was after he was identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The Ethiopia-born WHO chief, however, added on Sunday night that he was feeling well and did not have any symptoms. “I have been identified as…
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Jason Njoku, wife test positive for coronavirus
Founder of IrokoTV Jason Njoku and wife Mary Njoku have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Njoku, the serial entrepreneur made this known in a tweet on Wednesday. “My enemies are hard at work in 2020. Mrs Njoku and I tested positive for Covid19. I’m not feeling great but Mary is well. “Literally no…
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Coronavirus cases drop in Lagos, but infections still above 100
Coronavirus cases in Lagos fell on Wednesday, but infections in the state are still something to worry about. Lagos had recorded staggering figures on Tuesday, raking in 165 COVID-19 cases even after state authorities said It had flattened the curve. Despite recording a fall in infections on Wednesday, which stands at 116 new cases, the…
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Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus
Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out of Portugal’s clash with Sweden after testing positive for Covid-19. The Portuguese Football Federation confirmed the news in an official statement on Tuesday, which reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo was released from training with the national team after a positive test for Covid-19, so he will not face Sweden.
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Trump holds first in-person gathering amid virus spread concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday conducted his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus, proclaiming that he is “feeling great,” as he seeks to reboot his embattled re-election bid. “We got to vote these people into oblivion,” Trump said addressing hundreds of supporters from the White House balcony. “We’re starting very, very…
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Ibrahimovic survives COVID-19, tests negative
AC Milan striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested negative for coronavirus, 14 days after he first tested positive. The Italian club announced that the striker tested negative to two consecutive swabs and health authorities have terminated his quarantine The 39-year-old first tested positive on September 24, prompting him to tweet: “I tested negative for COVID yesterday…
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Coronavirus pandemic makes super-rich even richer
The coronavirus pandemic has made the super-rich around the globe even richer, according to a study by consulting firm PwC and the major Swiss bank UBS. At the end of July, the total assets of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires had risen to a record level of around 10.2 trillion dollars, according to the…
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Coronavirus and the epitaph of Donald Trump – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Donald Trump, president of the United States, disparaged Joe Biden, his opponent for the American presidency, over the wearing of masks in this era of the coronavirus pandemic. In his typical macho fashion, Trump mocked Biden and castigated him as a sissy. He boasted: “I don’t wear a mask like him. Every…
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1m global coronavirus deaths a very sad milestone – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday described the one million deaths from the coronavirus as “a very sad milestone”, considering that many victims suffered “a terribly difficult and lonely death” and their families were unable to say goodbye. WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a UN briefing in Geneva that the global coronavirus death toll…
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COVID-19: Nigeria cases now 58,198 with 49,722 discharged
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases has reached 58,198 with 49,722 patients discharged from various isolation centres across the federation, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed. In its official twitter website, the health agency also announced 136 new cases of the infections with three deaths in the country for Saturday. The agency said that the new…