COVID-19, Airborne Transmission In limited circumstances, transmission occurred in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday updated its guidance saying COVID-19 can sometimes be spread by airborne transmission. It said some infections can be spread by exposure to virus in small droplets and particles, or aerosols, that … Read more
Paris, Ireland COVID-19 Paris is to be placed on maximum alert for two weeks from Tuesday, the French prime minister’s office said. Bars will close and restaurants will have to upgrade new sanitary protocols. Ireland’s health chiefs have recommended the government imposes a second nationwide lockdown for four weeks – a leap to Level 5 … Read more
The 26-year-old was entering the synagogue when he was attacked A Jewish student has been badly injured in an attack by a man wielding a shovel as he entered a synagogue in the northern city of Hamburg. The 26-year-old sustained severe head injuries and was taken to hospital, according to local media. Read Also: Osinbajo … Read more
Donald Trump, Criticized For Leaving Hospital US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly-infectious, potentially deadly new coronavirus. He was masked as he waved from inside his bulletproof vehicle during the short … Read more
Hepatitis C virus, Nobel Medical Prize Two American and one British-born scientist won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work in identifying the Hepatitis C virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday. Read Also: Osinbajo Concerned, Angry Over Activities Of FSARS “Prior to their work, the … Read more
Lebanon, Federalism Lebanon has reached its breaking point, and the recent Beirut port explosion has put it on the verge of collapse. The country continues to battle with Iran’s stranglehold via Hezbollah, imminent financial ruin, and increasingly strong sectarian divides. Read Also: Osinbajo Concerned, Angry Over Activities Of FSARS While a transition to a democratic … Read more
Japanese Fashion Designer, Covid-19 Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, better known as Kenzo, who created his label in Paris in the 1970s, died on Sunday, the brand that still carries his name said. Aged 81, Takada died of complications linked to Covid-19 at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a residential suburb on the … Read more
New York City, COVID-19 Non-essential businesses and public and private schools in nine areas in New York are to be closed as authorities try to curb a rise in coronavirus infections, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday. The nine areas are in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and have a testing positivity rate … Read more
Donald Trump could be discharged from hospital as soon as Monday as his condition continues to improve, doctors have said. The US president’s physician, Dr Sean Conley, said Mr Trump is “doing well” after he was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Friday following his coronavirus diagnosis. “The president has continued to … Read more
Omar Al-Razzaz, his Cabinet to stay on in caretaker capacity until new prime minister is named, new Cabinet is formed Jordan’s King Abdullah has accepted the resignation of the country’s premier Omar al-Razzaz but asked him to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new prime minister is designated and a new Cabinet is … Read more
US secretary of state to make planned visit to Japan but not South Korea or Mongolia as president remains in hospital The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, will cut short his trip to east Asia following the hospitalisation of Donald Trump with Covid-19. Pompeo would leave for Japan on Sunday but would not go … Read more
European Union, Bid WTO top job European Union governments are nearing an agreement to support the Nigerian and South Korean candidates to lead the World Trade Organisation as the arbiter of international commerce prepares to whittle down a list of contenders. EU member-country envoys plan on Monday to endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, … Read more
He’s in good spirit, says doctor US President Donald Trump has reportedly asked to be administered with hydroxychloroquine as he receives treatment for COVID-19 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre. Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, made this known on Saturday. You recall that Trump and his wife, Melania, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night … Read more
Russia, COVID-19 tests More than 47.2 million tests for COVID-19 have been performed in Russia since the outbreak, the country’s consumer rights and human welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Saturday. “We have conducted more than 47.2 million coronavirus tests in Russia. 226,435 people are remaining under medical supervision,” the watchdog said in a statement. Read … Read more
Chris Christie Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who helped President Donald Trump prepare for the first presidential debate earlier this week, has tested positive for Covid-19, he announced on Twitter Saturday. “I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19,” Christie wrote. “I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who … Read more
Senate Despite the recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee said that it will continue on in the process to nominate Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement Amy Coney Barrett to the bench. The Senate announced Saturday that it will go into a recess until October 19 after three Republican lawmakers tested positive for the coronavirus. Read Also: Agbaso … Read more
‘This morning, the president is doing very well’ says his physician Dr Sean Conley on Saturday Donald Trump’s doctors dodged questions about whether he received supplemental oxygen at any point after contracting the novel coronavirus. The team of physicians delivered an update on Saturday morning outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland where Mr … Read more
Reunification Germany is celebrating 30 years as a reunified country on Saturday with a scaled-down event due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and political veteran, Wolfgang Schaeuble, the Head of the Bundestag parliament, took part in an official ceremony at the Church of St Peter and Paul in the city … Read more
Trump’s campaign manager tests positive to coronavirus as White House cluster spreads Donald Trump’s campaign manager tests positive to coronavirus as White House cluster spreadsinsiders to contract the virus. Bill Stepien received his COVID-19 test results today and is reportedly experiencing mild flu-like symptoms. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Saturday, October 3rd, … Read more
COVID-19: Trump Taken to Hospital Ekohotblog, October 2, 2020 Less than 24hours after testing positive for COVID-19, the US President, Donald Trump has now been rushed to hospital for proper and intense treatment. Ekohotblog recalled that Trump announce his COVID-19 status, noting that he and his wife had gone into quarantine late Wednesday. He has … Read more