World Health Organisation (WHO) has said no fewer than 200,000 cases of Coronavirus ( COVID-19) have now been reported to WHO and 8,000 people have lost their lives. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, gave the update on the agency’s website. According to him, more than 80 per cent of all cases are from two … Read more
U.S. restaurants on Wednesday asked President Trump and congressional leaders for at least $455 billion in aid to help them weather the coronavirus crisis, saying the industry could shed nearly half of its 15.6 million jobs and a quarter of annual sales. Restaurants could take a $225 billion hit over the next three months, equal … Read more
Italy will rush 10,000 student doctors into service, scrapping their final exams, in an effort to help the struggling health service cope with the coronavirus which claimed another 345 lives. The death toll rose to 2,503 over the past 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the total number of confirmed cases increased to … Read more
Buckingham Palace on Tuesday March 17, announced that Queen Elizabeth canceled her annual garden parties and will leave London for Windsor Castle earlier than planned because of the coronavirus outbreak. Queen Elizabeth who will meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and also carry out small duties at the palace in the next few days, will … Read more
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended all forms of daily congregational prayers and the weekly Friday prayers in all mosques as a means of curtailing the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The Council of Senior Scholars reportedly made the decision on Tuesday in a statement made available to the Saudi Gazette, a Saudi news agency. … Read more
People, who suspect they have caught the novel coronavirus, should not take the popular drug ibuprofen without consulting a doctor, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. WHO gave the warning, on Tuesday, pointing to the ongoing research into possible negative effects. WHO’s spokesman, Christian Lindmeier, told a Geneva news conference that there are no recent … Read more
U.S officials on Monday said the first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 has begun in Seattle. The US National institutes of Health in a statement said “The open-label trial will enrol 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks,”. “The first participant received the … Read more
President Trump‘s coronavirus test result has been released. Ekohotblog reports that United States President, Donald Trump, tested negative to the deadly coronavirus. This online news platform understands that President Trump’s coronavirus test result was released in a statement issued from the White House after Trump took the test on Friday, after coming into recent contact … Read more
In a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19, the Church of England has banned the use of Common Cup for Holy Communion as it will no longer be passed around for people having Communion. The Common Cup is often reused several times and passed from person to person while receiving Holy Communion drink wine … Read more
The world’s second richest man Bill Gates has announced his exit from the board of Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. Gates who made the announcement , Friday afternoon, via a statement on LinkedIn will also step down from the board of Berkshire Hathaway. The purpose of his resignation is to … Read more
Following serious pressure by the media at a press conference in the White House this Friday in the wake of declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump potentially ended speculation as to whether or not he’ll get tested for the virus during an exchange with a reporter. A reporter asked “Are you … Read more
An Aer Lingus passenger who made cabin crew cry by lying that his mum had coronavirus has been jailed for two months. Job van den Broek, 30, while on an Aer Lingus flight, caused pandemonium among passengers when he told cabin crew that he was talking to his mum on phone who had coronavirus and … Read more
Two women and a man dressed in medical lab coats posed as ‘coronavirus’ doctors, went to an aged person’s house, pretending to carry out medical checks but with the intention to steal. The resident called police after suspecting they were not real doctors but the suspects fled before officers showed up. Read Also: Agba Jalingo … Read more
For three years, U.S. President Donald Trump touted a stunning run-up in the stock market as evidence of his success in the White House. In the space of three weeks of coronavirus crisis, most of those gains have evaporated. As the coronavirus pandemic spreads fear of a recession, the stock market’s rise under the Republican … Read more
The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it would close the Disneyland resort in Anaheim, California, due to the coronavirus crisis. Disney announced that in the best interest of guests and employees, it will be closing Disneyland and California Adventure, its theme parks in Anaheim, California, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Disneyland Park and … Read more
National Federation of Doctors and General Practitioners in Italy have confirmed the death of a medical chief, Roberto Stella. Aged 67, Roberto who was the head of the medical association in the northern Italian region of Varese, died from coronavirus. He died on Tuesday night in Como, where he was hospitalized for respiratory failure. He … Read more
Three dead and at least 10 wounded as a barrage of Katyusha rockets hits Taji military base near Baghdad an Iraqi base housing the United States and coalition troops on Wednesday. US media, citing official sources, said that one US soldier and one British soldier were among the three dead. They also said an US … Read more
Democratic voters turned out in droves on Tuesday for primaries in six states aimed at clearing up the question of who will go up against President Donald Trump in November – game-changer Bernie Sanders or the status quo candidate, Joe Biden. Ultimately, Democratic voters opted for Biden, raising the question of whether Sanders will suspend … Read more
Despite the rising number of coronavirus cases across the United States, the candidates remaining in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination – as well as President Donald Trump – are sticking to their schedules. Senator Bernie Sanders said over the weekend that his campaign is still gauging whether it will become necessary to cancel … Read more
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are the two major candidates left in the United States Democratic presidential primary election. Each candidate is spending their first weekend as their party’s last top White House contenders working hard to best one another at the same time demonstrating that he is the right … Read more