Health

Some countries prise open COVID-19 lockdowns, but UK says not yet

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street after recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain April 27, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS Countries from Italy to New Zealand have announced the easing of coronavirus lockdowns but Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, back at work on Monday after being

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COVID-19: Trump says US to send ventilators to Ethiopia

US presidents says Ethiopia ‘needs Ventilators, and the U.S. is in good position to help’ US President Donald Trump said he will send ventilators to Ethiopia in support of its effort to fight COVID-19. “Just spoke to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia. His Country needs Ventilators, and the U.S. is in good position

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Kenyans will not be used as guinea pigs in coronavirus vaccine tests, Uhuru says

Photo: Cedit Daily Nation President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed reports claiming that scientists from the United Kingdom are considering testing a vaccine for the coronavirus in Kenya. Kenyatta made the remarks after BBC’s Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh said during an interview that a team of scientists from Oxford University were working on

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Coronavirus relief pushing US deficits to staggering heights

President Donald Trump signs a coronavirus aid package to direct funds to small businesses, hospitals, and testing, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 24, 2020, in Washington. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — Spend what

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COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region

Sadad Dakhare (R), his father Mohamed Dakhare Farah and niece Safa Mohamed Hassan (L) who fell ill with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but have now recovered pose in a photo taken in Oslo, Norway April 23, 2020. Picture taken April 23, 2020. Samsam Muhammed Dakhare/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD

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Britain launches COVID-19 vaccine study, latest in race

Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain’s Oxford University, showing microbiologist Elisa Granato, being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK for a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University, England, Thursday April 23, 2020. The first vaccine trial for COVID-19 Coronavirus have begun Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP)

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Kenyans are not taking Covid-19 seriously, Uhuru says

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenyans’ lack of seriousness regarding Covid-19 has turned out to be his government’s biggest challenge in the fight against the pandemic. In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Mr Kenyatta said many Kenyans are “deliberately taking lightly the threat of Covid-19”, adding that those who recently escaped quarantine at

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Somalia’s surge in Covid-19 cases raises alarm

Photo: Credit AFP Somalia’s Covid-19 cases have soared to 135, five times the number at the start of last week in what is turning out to be a frightening tally for the Horn of Africa country. The Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday night issued a statement outlining that the number of individuals found positive

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Covid-19: Duale warns Eastleigh traders

Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale says businesses in Eastleigh, Nairobi, will only re-open if residents observe guidelines issued by the Health ministry to combat Covid-19. Speaking when he led Somali business leaders and prominent Somali Muslim scholars in Eastleigh to create awareness on the pandemic, Mr Duale said the Eastleigh Business

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Mogadishu residents reluctant to follow State orders on Covid-19

A group of men sit outside a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. In mid-March, Somalia’s council of ministers held a special meeting on Covid-19, as it became clear that the pandemic was soon to hit country. Chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Ali KhaIre, the cabinet members labelled the virus as germ with massive potential to

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