Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is self-quarantining after she had mixed coronavirus test results following campaign events with Vice President Mike Pence and fellow GOP Sen. David Perdue ahead of Georgia’s two highly contested Senate runoff. In her campaign statement on Saturday, Loeffler said a rapid test immediately came back negative for the virus; a second
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After months of turmoil and over 42,000 deaths, Spain appeared to see light at the end of the tunnel Friday, announcing ambitious plans to vaccinate much of the population by mid-2021. “Our forecasts, under almost any reasonable scenario, show that a very substantial part of the Spanish population will be able to be vaccinated, with
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New York: US coronavirus deaths passed a quarter of a million people Wednesday as New York announced it would close schools to battle a rise in infections and protests in Europe against restrictions turned violent. America has now registered 250,029 fatalities, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University, by far the highest national
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating again after being in a meeting with a Member of Parliament who later tested positive for Covid-19, Downing Street said. The prime minister’s spokesperson ,on Sunday, said, Johnson was informed by the National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace that he had come in contact with someone who
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced that Nigeria recorded 156 new cases on Friday bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 64,884 This was disclosed via its Twitter handle. It also added the new cases were recorded in 10 states of the federation and Abuja. Here are the states with their
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an additional 180 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID19) infections in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 63,508.The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the figures in Abuja on Thursday while updating newsmen on COVID-19 infections in the country. The News
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Algeria’s President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by the Algerian presidency on Tuesday, ending days of speculation over the health of the 74-year-old leader. The statement said the Tebbourne “continues to receive treatment in a specialised German hospital after catching the COVID-19 illness. “The medical team is reassured that the
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that Nigeria recorded 72 new infections of COVID-19 and 1 death. This was made known by NCDC on Monday via its Twitter page. According to them, Lagos State, remains the hot spot of the virus in the country, recording the highest number of confirmed cases, with
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Canada has extended its ban on non-essential international entries until the end of November as Coronavirus cases continue to rise. The travel ban was put in place since mid-March. However, travellers allowed into Canada despite the ban must still quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. Meanwhile, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Friday said, “some
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A city in western China finished testing 4.7 million people for coronavirus in four days after workers at a factory tested positive, state media reported on Wednesday. Kashgar, in the far-western Xinjiang region, had tested its entire population by Tuesday after a coronavirus cluster emerged last week, according to the People’s Daily. A total of
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has revealed that Governors of the 36 states received N1billion each from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He made this revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily. Yahaya Bello also revealed that the Governors also signed a Memorandum
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has predicted a spike in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Nigeria in the next two weeks.This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, in Abuja on Monday at the joint national briefing of the task force. Mustapha explained that the prediction
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four more people have died from COVID-19 virus in Nigeria, moving up the total number of deaths toll to 1,123. Review of NCDC data has showed that only two deaths was recorded last week. However, 113 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country as of Saturday
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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that 181 students and members of staff of a private boarding school located in the Lekki area of Lagos State have tested positive for COVID-19. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the cases were discovered during surveillance and case investigation in the school.
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Johnson & Johnson’s has paused a later stage COVID-19 vaccine as a result of an “unexplained illness” of a participant while the company investigates whether the illness is related to the shot. The company said this in a statement on Monday evening that illnesses, accidents “are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large
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