COVID-19: Iran records over 2500 death
Iran one of the world’s worst-affected countries on Saturday announced that 139 more people had died from corona-virus pandemic, raising the official death toll to...
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COVID-19: UK PM Boris Johnson tests positive
According to a tweet by UK prime minister himself: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. I...
Iran’s coronavirus deaths exceed 2,300
Iran’s health ministry says the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has now risen to 2,378. Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Friday that some...
Coronavirus: SA begins 21-day lockdown
The South African military have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus. All but essential movement...
US surpasses China in coronavirus infections
The US has overtaken China in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. According to the latest figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the...
Coronavirus: Kenya bans importation of used clothes
Kenya has banned the importation of second-hand clothes popularly known as mitumba, as a way of limiting the spread of coronavirus. “Importation of used clothes...
Vatican worker tests positive for coronavirus
A Vatican worker who lives in the same residence as Pope Francis has been hospitalised after reportedly testing positive for coronavirus. The clergyman, who has...
UN: We still live in the shadow of slave trade
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the world “still lives in the shadow of the transatlantic slave trade” in spite of rejecting racism. In a video...
American playwright Terrence McNally dies of coronavirus
Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the...
Coronavirus: 10,000 new cases emerge in US
Reports from the US early on Thursday say confirmed cases of the covid-19 disease have jumped to 66,132 – representing an increase of more than...