[ad_1] General News of Saturday, May 2 2020 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2020-05-02 One more death has been recorded with 229 recoveries Click to read all about coronavirus → Ghana’s Coronavirus case count has risen to 2,169 with 229 recoveries and a death toll of 18. The new cases were updated by …
Read More »Ghana coronavirus cases now in 2169 with 1 more deaths
[ad_1] General News for Saturday, May 2, 2020 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2020-05-02 One more death has been recorded with 229 recoveries. Click to read all about the coronavirus → Ghana’s coronavirus case count has increased to 2,169 with 229 recoveries and a death toll of 18. The new cases were updated …
Read More »US allows emergency use of the drug remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment – World
[ad_1] US regulators said Friday that they have authorized the emergency use of the experimental anti-viral drug remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients, saying that clinical trials have shown “promising results.” “While there is limited information known about the safety and effectiveness of using remdesivir to treat people in the hospital …
Read More »Africa’s fight against the coronavirus is a mix of victories and defeats.
[ad_1] The spread of the coronavirus in Africa has exposed the precarious nature of many of its health systems. I am writing this at a tense moment in the history of public health on the continent. A pre-Codiv-19 survey by Afrobarometer, an online data analysis tool, found that one in …
Read More »UPDATED: Kano records 92 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours
[ad_1] By David Royal Kano state on Friday recorded 92 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 311. This was announced by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, via its Twitter handle. For the second consecutive day, Kano recorded the highest …
Read More »Face shields can be better than homemade masks. Here is why we should all try one. [ARTICLE]
[ad_1] But surgical masks were never really designed to catch or catch viruses, and they’re also not as available or easy to clean as face shields, which also provide a lot of protection against the spread of virus particles. Here are some of the best reasons why you might want …
Read More »Tanzanian cartoonist has a stick for each powerful eye
[ad_1] NAIROBI, Kenya – In a quiet office on the third floor of a building in Nairobi’s central business district, the cartoonist known by his pen name, Gado, was drawing a satire about the coronavirus. Entitled “Conspiracy Inc.”, it parodied the unfounded claims that have exploded about The pandemic, which …
Read More »Opposition deputies from Tanzania will ‘isolate’ after series of deaths
[ad_1] Freeman Mbowe, chairman of the opposition Chadema party, has repeatedly accused the government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus and implies that MPs had died of the disease. Chadema Party President Freeman Mbowe (R) and Secretary General John Mnyika sit on the bench of the accused …
Read More »Fossil fuel companies linked to Trump get millions in aid for small businesses from coronavirus | Environment
[ad_1] American fossil fuel companies have taken at least $ 50 million in taxpayer money that they probably won’t have to pay back, according to a review of coronavirus aid for struggling small businesses by investigative research group Documented and The Guardian. A total of $ 28 million will go …
Read More »Activists hail criminalization of female genital mutilation in Sudan
[ad_1] Activists have welcomed the Sudanese government’s move to criminalize Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The transitional government amended the criminal code in an effort to protect women and girls from the traditional practice that is considered a violation of human rights. “There is so much that women’s groups are pushing …
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