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COVID-19: Consistency, Leadership Critical In Ensuring Economic Recovery – WTO Chief

  • June 30, 2020

Consistency and leadership are critical in ensuring quick economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo has said. Mr Azevêdo noted that some of the measures outlined by countries to deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy are beginning to yield results, He […]

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Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 500,000 Worldwide

  • June 29, 2020

More than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US. Since the virus emerged in China late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases, Johns Hopkins reports. Half the world’s cases have been in the US and […]

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Senegal President Macky Sall Self-Quarantines

  • June 25, 2020

Senegalese President Macky Sall has quarantined himself as a precaution after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a presidential statement late Wednesday. Although Sall tested negative for the virus, he will be undergoing a quarantine process of 15 days based on medical recommendations. Yeya Diallo, a lawmaker […]

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DR Congo Declares End To Ebola In The East

  • June 25, 2020

Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in 1976. Declared on 1 August 2018, this tenth epidemic of haemorrhagic fever on Congolese soil has killed 2,277 people, said the Minister of […]

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Nigerian Researchers Announce Covid-19 Vaccine

  • June 21, 2020

A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the novel coronavirus, local media reported Saturday. “It is our passion to be a solution provider to such a global pandemic, and we are ready to throw our weights behind the team and make the vaccine a reality,” news website Leadership […]