Guinea’s electoral commission boss dies of coronavirus disease
Mamadou Salif Kébé, President of Guinea’s Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante, CENI, has died from coronavirus infection.
Kebe was said...
Uber driver dies of COVID-19 after ‘catching virus in cab’
A family has been left “shattered” after an Uber driver died in hospital with his family thousands of miles away after contracting...
Japan facing catastrophe in Coronavirus fight
Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people as the country struggles with surging coronavirus infections and its emergency medical system...
Italy celebrates as virus cases level off
Italian health officials cheered Friday after the number of people currently being treated for COVID-19 rose by only a few hundred for...
U.S. Coronavirus death toll hits new single-day record
The U.S. coronavirus death toll reached 4,591 in 24 hours on Thursday, nearly doubling the previous single-day record, according to data compiled...
World Bank to have COVID-19 related projects in 100 countries by end of April
The World Bank Group says it will have COVID-19-related projects in 100 countries by the end of April.
The...
Coronavirus ends China’s honeymoon in Africa
Africa was supposed to be China’s new stomping grounds. Instead, the novel coronavirus has spawned a growing backlash that threatens to unwind...
Europe remains ‘in the eye’ of COVID-19 storm – WHO
The World Health Organization’s European office said Thursday that despite some “optimistic signs” in some of the countries worst hit by the...
China secretly prepared for a pandemic as people dined together in Wuhan, AP reports
There
was compelling evidence by late December that the new coronavirus in Wuhan,
China, was spreading from person to person, but Chinese officials didn't...
Hungry S.Africans clash with police over food aid in Cape Town
South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food...
