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LLiverpool Winger, Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have announced. Salah is on international duty but will not have to enter self-isolation. A statement on the EFA website said: “The medical swab conducted on our national football team showed that our player, Mohamed Salah, the star of Liverpool, is … Read more
NOVEMBER 13, 2020 New York will shut early on Friday as part of fresh measures designed to slow surging new coronavirus infections in the United States as hospitals in many European countries fill up with new patients. AFP reports that New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that all establishments licensed to sell alcohol, … Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020 Germany is seeing tentative signs that a surge in coronavirus infections may be easing, officials said Thursday, giving credit to anti-transmission measures that they warned would have to be maintained through winter and beyond. “The curve is flattening,” said Lothar Wieler, who heads the country’s disease control agency RKI. Falling daily new … Read more
Joe Biden, coronavirus team US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the scientists who will lead his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, signaling his plans to prioritize Covid-19 from the outset. The advisory board will be led by three co-chairs: epidemiologist and former Federal Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner David Kessler, former surgeon general Vivek … Read more
Coronavirus, Kwara Kwara government says two more persons have tested positive to Coronavirus in the state, bringing its total confirmed cases to 1,079. Spokesman of the state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, made this known in a statement he issued on Saturday in Ilorin. Read Also: Police Rescue 10 Kidnapped Traders In Ondo … Read more
Nigeria has recorded four new deaths caused by the coronavirus on Tuesday, according to NCDC. While giving its daily update of the infection on its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov, the infectious disease outfit stated that out of the over 63,000 infections so far, 59,634 persons have recovered and have been discharged while it has recorded … Read more
Coronavirus, Laboratories German laboratories have been stretched to the limit by the surge in demand for coronavirus tests. On the basis of data from 162 laboratories, test capacity has reached 100 per cent for the first time nationwide, the Association of Accredited Laboratories in Medicine said on Tuesday. Read Also: 3-Year-Old Rescued After 91 Hours … Read more
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus has tested positive for Coronavirus. He announced the status in a series of tweet on his verified handle @Dr.Tedros. According to him: “I’ve been identified as a contact person of someone who has COVID-19 symptoms, I am well and without symptoms but will self quarantine … Read more
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr Ahmad Ahmad has tested positive for COVID-19. A statement on the website of the continental football governing body on Friday read:”the president after his arrival to Cairo on Oct. 28, presented mild flu symptoms and submitted to the COVID-19 protocol. ”Today, the test results are … Read more
Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has joined the list of politicians who have tested positive for coronavirus. According to his ministry, he has been self-isolating after testing positive for the virus. There are indications that Schallenberg could have contracted coronavirus during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday. “He has not … Read more
Juventus and Portugal football maestro, Cristiano Ronaldo, has tested positive for Coronavirus. The five-time Balon d’Or winner, who’s currently on international duty, has reportedly left the Portugal squad and is currently self-isolating. Details later..
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (has) confirmed 103 new coronavirus infections in 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). Leading the pack of states with new cases on Thursday was Lagos with 39 infections, followed by Rivers with 21, and FCT with 19. The number of discharged patients increased to 51,551 with 148 … Read more
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 126 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were recorded in 11 states of the federation and Abuja. It added that two persons died from complications resulting from the virus on Sunday. Consequently, the number of COVID-19 fatalities increased … Read more
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night revealed that 1,102 persons have died from Coronavirus in the country. According to a tweet released by the body, 125 new cases were confirmed around the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 57, 849. 49,098 persons have so far been discharged. Lagos … Read more
Ministers charged to expedite action on the N2.3 trillion stimulus package Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the novel coronavirus pandemic has had devastating impact on the nation’s shaky economy and citizens standard of living. Osinbajo made the assertion at the first year ministerial performance review retreat. At the retreat, ministers gave account of their performance in … Read more
coronavirus crisis cost the automotive industry billions The coronavirus crisis cost the automotive industry billions of dollars worldwide and inflicted heavy losses on companies, according to a study by the EY consultancy group. It found that operating losses among the world’s 17 biggest carmakers amounted to almost 11 billion euros (12.9 billion dollars) in the … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that donors and industry stakeholders should allocate sufficient resources to ensure African countries had access to safe and efficacious coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Richard Mihigo, Programme Area Manager of Immunisation and Vaccine Development of WHO, disclosed this at a news briefing in Nairobi, EKO HOT BLOG gathered. Read … Read more
FIFA on Monday relaxed the rules on the release of players for the upcoming international window “in light of the recent evolution of the coronavirus pandemic”. Clubs are usually obliged to release players to national teams during those parts of the calendar reserved for international games, however quarantine rules in many countries will make travel … Read more
A march with thousands planned for Saturday to commemorate the victims of a racially motivated attack earlier this year in the German city of Hanau has been called off due to fears about the coronavirus, but will be replaced by a smaller event. “As soon the number of infections has gone down significantly, we’ll reschedule … Read more
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says though every one faces one or two challenges but throughout countries COVID-19 has been the scariest and most strength consuming challenge. Tedros said this is because the respiratory disease passes relatively easily between people. The DG spoke on Tuesday in Geneva during the … Read more