Spain to end requirement to wear masks outdoors on June 26

    BARCELONA, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The obligation to wear masks outdoors in Spain is to be lifted on June 26, with the corresponding decision to be approved at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting next week, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on the sidelines of an event in Barcelona.“This will be…

South Africa steps up coronavirus vaccinations as cases spike

President Cyril Ramaphosa was among the first to be vaccinated in February but since then the rollout has hit problems PRETORIA, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa is deploying army medical personnel to its commercial hub and most populous province to help health workers battle a surge in coronavirus, the…

Guinea declares end to Ebola outbreak that killed 12

CONAKRY, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Ebola outbreak which started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the health ministry and the World Health Organization said on Saturday.Health authorities were able to move swiftly to tackle the resurgence of the virus, which causes…

Uganda Olympic team member tests positive on arrival in Japan

TOKYO, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A member of the Uganda Olympic team hastested positive for coronavirus on arrival in Japan, just over a month beforethe pandemic-postponed Games, officials said. The first group to arrive from Uganda — a nine-strong party, includingboxers, coaches and officials — landed at Tokyo’s Narita airport…

Five construction workers dead in Belgium school collapse

BRUSSELS, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five building workers were confirmed deadSaturday a day after a school construction site partially collapsed in theBelgian city of Antwerp. The last two bodies were pulled out the rubble on Saturday afternoon,Antwerp’s fire department said, meaning that all the missing victims were nowaccounted for. King…

Separatists kill two soldiers, official in Cameroon

DOUALA, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two soldiers and a civil servant werekilled in separate attacks in Southwest Cameroon, officials said Saturday, thelatest violence in a bloody independence struggle by English-speaking rebels. Two soldiers were killed in one incident, in Nguti commune on Friday, theprefect of Koupe-Manengouba, Jean-Marie Tchakui, said. “There…

US violence: One killed as truck hits crowd at Florida Pride parade

WASHINGTON, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The driver of a pickup truck slammedinto a crowd gathering for a Pride parade Saturday in south Florida, killingat least one man, US media reports said. It was not immediately clear if this was a deliberate assault. The incident happened at the start of the…

Polls open in Armenia for early parliamentary election

YEREVAN, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polls opened in Armenia on Sunday forearly parliamentary elections which were called in an attempt to healdivisions after a disastrous war with Azerbaijan, but could spark post-election protests. Reformist Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has lost much of his appealafter a military defeat last year…

Covid-19: Belgium bans Britain travellers due to covid-19 variant

BRUSSELS, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgium will ban entry to non-EUtravellers from Britain in order to limit the spread of a Covid-19 variantthat has forced London to delay the lifting of its pandemic curbs. Britain is on a list of 27 nations that will also face the order which willtake…

Covid-19: Moscow records pandemic high for second day running

MOSCOW, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s capital Moscow on Saturdayreported a pandemic high for new coronavirus cases for the second straightday, while Saint Petersburg introduced fresh restrictions ahead of its Euro2020 matches. Moscow’s hospitals were flooded with new patients due to the Delta variant,registering 9,120 new coronavirus infections in 24…