UK PM Johnson moves out of intensive care

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, in London, Britain March 3, 2020. To match Special Report HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRITAIN-PATH Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has moved out of intensive care as he continues to recover from COVID-19, a spokesman said on Thursday. “The Prime

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UK braces for more virus deaths; Johnson reported stable

A British police officer wears a 3M face mask, with few police officers in Britain seen wearing face masks since the outbreak of the coronavirus, outside St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms persist, Thursday, April 9, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains

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Mogadishu mayor says, “People I know who has not left the country has died of Coronavirus and others are suffering.”

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu mayor says,”People I know who has not left the country have died of Coronavirus and others are suffering.” Omar Mohamud Mohamed Filish said the country’s impact of Coronavirus was not hidden and that the people he knew and others were suffering from it. ”Some are already buried” said the mayor. “If it

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The latest: Officials who are positive with Coronavirus has a meeting with Prime Minister Hassan Khaire

Photo/Somali Times The Somali Ministry of Health announced that Coronavirus had infected two officials of the ministry of health. The officials told Somali Times that one of the two individuals was a member of the ministry who met with Somali Prime Minister Hassan Khaire in his office a few weeks ago. Reliable sources told that

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Congo president’s chief of staff arrested amid graft probe

Photo; Credit Reuters Vital Kamerhe, the chief of staff to the president of Democratic Republic of Congo, was arrested on Wednesday after testifying in an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of public funds, police said. Kamerhe’s arrest was a blow to President Felix Tshisekedi, who took power in January last year after campaigning on promises

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Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans

In this April 7, 2020, photo, Erica Harris, right, and her daughter Jordan, wear their protective masks as they walk back home after getting a lunch and homework from the child’s school on Chicago’s Southside in Chicago. As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an

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Trump-Biden election off-limits for US bettors (so far)

In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Collier, Pa., on March 6, 2018, and President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018. For a moment, West Virginia looked like it was going to be the only state in the

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Saudi actress calls for prisoners to be used to test coronavirus vaccines

Saudi actress Maram Abdulaziz, 7 April 2020 [Alroeya/Twitter] Saudi actress Maram Abdulaziz has sparked controversy after calling for prisoners to be used as guinea pigs to test new medicines to combat the coronavirus. On Twitter Abdulaziz wrote that if it was up to her, she would not waste money on “food and drink” for detainees;

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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to curb spread of COVID-19

Photo: Credit Reuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the country to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, his office said on Twitter. “Considering the gravity of the #COVID19, the government of Ethiopia has enacted a State of Emergency,” Abiy’s office said. Africa’s second most populous

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Masked crowds fill streets, trains after Wuhan lockdown ends

A medical worker from China’s Jilin Province reacts as she prepares to return home at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by

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