Tag: Covid-19 deaths
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Bill Gates queries ‘low’ COVID-19 deaths, cases in Africa
Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. Recall that Gates and his wife, Melinda, had on more than one occasion, warned that there will be dead bodies all over the streets…
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Covid-19 second wave: Germany registers 962 deaths in 24 hours
Germany has registered 962 Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, a new record, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of infectious diseases in Berlin said on Wednesday. The previous record was reached a week ago, when 952 infections were announced. A further 24,740 new infections were recorded on Wednesday, according to the RKI. The total number of…
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Trump accuses U.S. doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths, with the virus exploding in many states. However, his challenger Joe Biden said Trump had surrendered to the pandemic. Both rivals on Friday sought support in Midwestern states where the coronavirus has roared back. In Wisconsin, where new cases doubled last week, Trump…
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See names of high profile Nigerians who have died from, contracted COVID-19 so far
While countries all over the world continue battling and adjusting to a new normal brought about by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), one thing that has remained a sort of mystery since this global trying moment is the non-discriminatory approach of the virus. The fatalities cut across countries, class, race, tribe and other…
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Nigeria records 12 deaths in 24 hours as COVID-19 cases hit 27,564
Twelve people died of COVID-19 in the various isolation centers of Nigeria in the last 24 hours, the NCDC announced on Friday. An additional 454 cases were also announced for Friday, taking the country’s total to 27,564. The number of people discharged increased from 10,801 to 11,069 – which means 268 were discharged in 24…
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Health Minister resigns over COVID-19 death toll
Chilean health minister Jaime Manalich resigned Saturday, just after a year in office, amid a furore over the true coronavirus death toll. He was immediately replaced by Enrique Paris, former president of the Medical Association and an academic. , will Monalich got into trouble over discrepancies in the death toll. He was also criticised for…
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COVID-19: More prominent Nigerians have died using self-medications at home – FG
The Federal Government has linked the growing number of Covid-19 deaths in Nigeria to self-medication, stressing that many of those who died recently, apart from having some underlying illnesses, had taken to home care. Mustapha warned that those who are infected to seek help rather than going underground. “For those who are struggling with the…
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Kano records five fresh COVID-19 deaths, 65 new cases
The Kano state ministry of health says the state has recorded five deaths of COVID-19 patients with additional 65 cases. The state ministry of health published the information on its Twitter handle Friday evening. The ministry explained that one COVID-19 patient was discharged on Friday while the total number of cases recorded in the state…
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Gov Mai Mala Buni speaks on alleged mass COVID-19 deaths in Yobe
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has debunked reports that there were COVID-19 related deaths in the state. Buni urged the public to disregard those reports in a statement by his Director General, Press and Media Affairs, Malam Mamman Mohammed. “Our attention has been drawn to an online report alleging COVID-19 related deaths in Yobe…
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Lagos records seven fresh COVID-19 deaths
The deadly Coronavirus has killed seven more people in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, seven more people died in Lagos State on Friday. As at Thursday, the state has 21 deaths, but the deaths of seven more people took its Coronavirus deaths to 28. Lagos, the epicentre of…