Covid-19: Tear gas fired at mosques in Comoros for violating lockdown

MORONI, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security forces in Comoros have used tear gas to disperse people who had congregated in mosques in violation of the country’s coronavirus lockdown regulations.This happened on the island of Anjouan late on Saturday and has been condemned by opposition politicians.President Azali Assoumani has imposed a…

Covid-19: South Africa seeks $5 bln from multilateral lenders to fight virus – Treasury official

Dondo Mogajane, director general of the National Treasury PRETORIA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa is seeking 95 billion rand ($4.99 billion) from multilateral lenders to help it fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Treasury official said. Africa’s most advanced economy is talking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World…

Covid-19: Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus

The Cuban doctors are to be deployed to different provinces in South Africa PRETORIA/HAVANA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and…

Covid-19: Hospitalized cases in Wuhan drop to zero as China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks

BEIJING, April 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19patients in Wuhan, the central China city hardest hit by the epidemic, hasdropped to zero, a health official said. The result is achieved with the hard efforts of medical workers in Wuhan and those who were dispatched to assist Wuhan in…

Covid-19: Saudi relaxes lockdown except in Makkah

RIYADH, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia partially eased a24-hour curfew in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic, except for inhotspots including the Muslim holy city of Makkah. The curfew will be relaxed between 9am and 5pm and malls and retailers will be allowed to reopen in all regions of…

Covid-19: Spain’s daily virus death toll drops to 288, lowest in a month

MADRID, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s daily coronavirus death tolldropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest since March 20, as the country eased its lockdown to allow children outside for the first time in six weeks. The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 on Saturday andbrought Spain’s total…

Covid-19: Italy’s PM vows to reopen schools in September

ROME, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that schools will only reopen in September but many businesses will resume as early as next week as the country emerges from a near-total coronavirus shutdown. Conte told La Repubblica daily that he will spell out the detail of…

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 5 more deaths, 418 fresh positive cases

DHAKA, April 27 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported five more deaths, including a child, from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 418 fresh positive cases overnight. “Five more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 145,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima…

Covid-19: India’s death toll rises to 824, cases climb to 26,496

NEW DELHI, April 27 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll due to COVID-19 roseto 824 and the number of cases climbed to 26,496 in India on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry. The death toll increased by 45 and the number of cases has gone up by 1,554 since the…

Covid-19: Nigeria’s governors seek to make face masks compulsory in public

A medical health worker helps his colleague to wear his PPE LAGOS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian state governors have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the compulsory use of face masks in public as confirmed coronavirus cases rise. The 36 governors believe Buhari’s approval is needed to ensure a…