Covid-19: Torment in Ecuador – deads piled up in bathrooms

QUITO, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Front line medics in one of Latin America’s coronavirus epicenters are lifting the lid on the daily horrors they face in an Ecuadoran city Guayaquil, whose health system has collapsed. In one hospital overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, staff have had to pile up bodies in…

Covid-19: Brazil deaths passes 5,000 – official

BRASILIA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil, the South American country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered more than 5,000 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry announced. A record 474 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, with the number of infections rising to 71,886, the ministry said. The…

Global Covid-19 Death Toll Reported To WHO Exceeds 200,000

GENEVA, Apr 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Globally, over 200,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as of Tuesday, according to the latest WHO figure. The WHO COVID-19 dashboard updated at 16:00 CET (1400 GMT) Tuesday, showed that so far WHO received reports of 2,954,222 confirmed COVID-19…

Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 Cases Top One Million, True Number Of Infections Likely “Much Higher”

WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped one million Tuesday afternoon, reaching 1,002,498 as of 1:55 p.m. (1755 GMT), with a total of 57,266 deaths, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at the Johns Hopkins University. New York…

Hillary Clinton Endorses Biden’s Presidential Bid

WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Former Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday, endorsed former Vice President, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s current presumptive presidential nominee. “This is a moment where we need a leader, a president, like Joe Biden,” Clinton said. “I want to add my voice to the…

Brazil Announces New Justice Minister, Head Of Federal Police

RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The Brazilian government announced the appointment of Andre Mendonca, as the country’s new minister of justice and public security, and Alexandre Ramagem, as the new head of the Federal Police. The announcement was made in Tuesday’s edition of the Official Journal, which…

Covid-19: UN raises alarm about police brutality in lockdowns

Police officers detain a person during a demonstration against the lockdown GENEVA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN human rights office voiced concern about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people…

Covid-19: Lockdowns begin to ease globally, but cases top three million

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide soared past three million on Monday as several European nations and a handful of US states began taking steps to reopen their shuttered economies. But as schools and shops reopened in some parts of Europe, British Prime Minister…

Covid-19: Pres Trump says he expects to see a ‘lot of schools’ open up

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said he expects to see a “lot” of US schools reopen after being shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. “Many (state governors) are thinking about their school system,” Trump said at a daily White House briefing. “Not a long way to go…

Venezuela names official indicted by US as oil minister

CARACAS, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a top official targeted by US sanctions as oil minister as the market for the country’s vital export is in tumult. Maduro tasked Tareck El Aissami — a vice president for the economy who has been indicted in the United…
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