Covid-19: Buenos Aires homeless stuck on the streets during lockdown

BUENOS AIRES, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Argentine government hasordered people to stay at home until mid-April, but thousands have literallynowhere to go — for them “home” is the street. The homeless are among the very few seen on the streets of the capitalBuenos Aires since President Alberto Fernandez issued…

Covid-19: Bronx zoo tiger tests positive

NEW YORK, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo hastested positive for COVID-19, the institution said, and is believed tohave contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia along with her sister Azul, two Amur tigers…

Covid-19: UN chief urges governments to protect women during lockdown

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. “Violence is not confined to the battlefield,” said Guterres in a statementand a video released in multiple languages, reminiscent…

Covid-19: US navy captain fired for voicing virus concern tests positive

WASHINGTON, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US naval commander whose widely publicized plea for help for his coronavirus-affected crew led to hisdismissal has reportedly himself tested positive for the disease. Captain Brett Crozier’s COVID-19 test result was reported by the New York Times, just hours after US Defense Secretary Mark…

Covid-19: Venezuelans stream home from Colombia due to virus pandemic

BOGOTA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Venezuelans who fled toneighboring Colombia during their country’s economic crisis are now returning home, pushed by the deadly novel coronavirus and Colombia’s own pandemic woes. Colombian migration officials said that 600 people — including 35children and 167 women — crossed the main border…

Covid-19: Ecuador city runs out of coffins amid virus crisis

QUITO, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soaring numbers of COVID-19 deaths inEcuador’s second city Guayaquil have led to a shortage of coffins, forcinglocals to resort to using cardboard boxes, city authorities said. Authorities in the Pacific port city said they had received a donation of1,000 pressed cardboard caskets from local producers,…

U.S. Death Toll Of COVID-19 Tops 1,200 In Last 24 Hours

WASHINGTON, Apr 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 1,200 in the United States, in the past day, Johns Hopkins University said, Sunday evening. There are more than 337,072 confirmed infections in the United States with 9,633 deaths, said the Baltimore-based university.– NNN-AGENCIES

Brazil Registers 11,130 COVID-19 Cases, 486 Deaths

RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Brazil’s Health Ministry said, the country’s death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 486, as 11,130 people tested positive to the disease. In the past 24 hours, 54 patients died, up 12.5 percent compared with the day before, and 852 new infections were…

Captain Removed From Coronavirus-Stricken Aircraft Carrier Reportedly Tests Positive For COVID-19

WASHINGTON, Apr 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Captain Brett Crozier, who commanded the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt, until his recent removal by the Navy, for sounding the alarm about a COVID-19 outbreak on board, has tested positive for the virus. The Times, citing Crozier’s Naval Academy classmates, said, Crozier exhibited symptoms…

Russian Energy Minister: “OPEC+” Meeting Is Expected To Be Held Tomorrow

BAGHDAD, Apr 5 (NNN-NINA) – Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, said that, he informed Russian President, Vladimir Putin, about the date of the “OPEC+” meeting. Novak added that, he told President Putin that the “OPEC+” meeting is expected to be held on the sixth of this April (tomorrow). The Russian…
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